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DC Leftist Community Spring Meeting!

Start: 02/23/2012 - 6:00pm

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Location:

TBA

Join the Washington Peace Center to bring together the lefty/progressive/radical community to do shared planning for spring and summer. This is envisioned as a seasonal calendar check in and to follow up on work of the DC Metro Social Forum to assess the needs and strengths of the DC activist community and discuss possible collaborations & future projects.

The agenda will include conversations on:

-How has movement building changed in DC since Occupy?
-Review spring DC calendar [including building towards out-of-town mobilizations: G8, RNC, DNC]
-Review DC Social Forum assessment of DC organizing resources & DC Peoples Assembly Priorities
-Discussion: Could the needs identified in assessment be addressed through organizing on upcoming events?
-Are there projects people are interested in? perhaps small group break outs.

Please RSVP to interns@washingtonpeacecenter.org (Subject: DCSF Meeting) or call 202-234-2000. Let us know if you have questions or would like to help plan the agenda!

Sponsored by the DC Metro Social Forum and the Washington Peace Center.

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Congressional Briefing on Gender Equity in the Restaurant Industry

Start: 02/13/2012 - 9:30am

End: 02/13/2012 - 10:30am

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Location:

Cannon House Office Building B-338, Independence Ave and 1st St SE

In the US, women make up the majority of the restaurant industry's more than 10 million workers, but suffer its lowest-paying positions with little access to benefits.

ROC United, along with leading national women's organizations, will be sponsering a congressional briefing on their newest report, "Gender Equity in the Restaurant Industry."

For more information, click here

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One City Summit

Start: 02/11/2012 - 9:30am

End: 02/11/2012 - 4:30pm

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Location:

Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW

One City is not just a logo or a slogan. It is the recognition that all District residents, no matter their differences, are bound together by a common destiny and a shared desire to make the city even better for the people who live here. The One City Summit will offer District residents the chance to offer imput on important decisions that will shape the city for years to come.

For more information, click here

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Islam and Judaism 101

Start: 02/16/2012 - 6:30pm

End: 02/16/2012 - 9:30pm

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Location:

Hogan Lovells, 555 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

Jews and Muslims Washington DC (JAM DC) presents
Islam and Judaism 101:

How do we build bridges? How can we learn about each others' faiths?

In this second installment of our well-received “Islam & Judaism 101” Series, JAM DC will host a panel discussion examining selected stories from Jewish and Muslim scriptures. Many parables – such as Abraham, Moses and the Exodus, David and Solomon, Jacob and the 12 Tribes – are found in both religious traditions and hold valuable lessons for those who reflect on them. Join us for an enlightening evening that will bring forth the commonalities and differences between the two traditions’ narration of a few of these stories by our esteemed guests:

Rabbi Aaron Miller of the Washington Hebrew Congregation (bio here) and

Imam Mohamed Magid of the Islamic Society of North America (bio here).

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Looking at "Lost Washington, DC"

Start: 02/29/2012 - 6:30pm

End: 02/29/2012 - 8:00pm

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Location:

German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA, 719 6th Street, NW

Looking at "Lost Washington, DC"

Lecture and Book Signing by John DeFerrari

Join the D.C. Preservation League for a lecture by author John DeFerrari as he discusses his writings from his book Lost Washington, DC and blog Streets of Washington, which explores the fascinating stories behind some of the city's nineteenth and twentieth century buildings and the people associated with them. Many buildings have been demolished or altered beyond recognition, others remain to remind us of the special history and development of our great city.

The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing with an opportunity to meet the author.

$15 for DCPL Members

$25 for Non-members

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"We Ain’t What We Ought to Be”: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama

Start: 02/06/2012 - 9:43pm

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Location:

National Portrait Gallery, 800 F Street NW Washington, DC

"We Ain’t What We Ought to Be”: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama at the National Portrait Gallery

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Register for the HIAS Advocacy Mission

Start: 03/11/2012 - 8:00am

End: 03/13/2012 - 8:59am

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Location:

Washington, D.C.

The Young Leaders of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS ) is a group of young professionals and students in their 20's and 30's who further HIAS' mission of rescue, resettlement, and reunion of Jewish and other migrants.

HIAS invites you to join them for the HIAS Advocacy Mission, which will take place March 11-13 in Washington, DC.

Be a part of this annual event where HIAS' leaders advocate on behalf of immigrants and refugees and promote awareness about why immigration issues are of particular interest to the Jewish community.

Participants will attend high-level meetings with White House staff, UNHCR colleagues, officials from the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as House and Senate offices.

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The DC Learning Collective's Activist Sunday School Presents: More Tools for your Toolbox: Strategy and Tactics

Start: 02/05/2012 - 1:30pm

End: 02/05/2012 - 4:30pm

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Location:

Institute for Policy Studies, 112 16th St. NW #600, Washington, DC

Want more tools for your social justice needs? Join us on our first Activist Sunday School for a strategy and tactics skill-share with Nadine Bloch of the Ruckus Society and Andrew Batcher of Nonviolence International.

To RSVP, click here!

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Join Respect DC in asking Walmart Board Members and CEO to meet with the Organization United for Respect at Walmart

Start: 02/01/2012 - 2:00pm

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On Wednesday, February 1st at noon, Respect DC will be doing another visit to Arne Sorenson, the Marriott President who is also a Walmart board member, to deliver a letter asking that he meet with representatives from the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, and ask Walmart CEO Mike Duke and Board Chair Rob Walton, to do the same.

If you are interested in signing on to the letter, or joining us in our trip to Bethesda to deliver it, please contact Mike Wilson at 202-255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org