Events
October 2021
Montgomery County Racial Equity and Policing Team Meeting
Join us for our next Racial Equity and Policing Team meeting to get updates about current campaigns and take action together. Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »Montgomery County Watch Party: Public Safety Committee Worksession – OLO Traffic Report
Join JUFJ and the Silver Spring Justice Coalition (SSJC) for a virtual watch party, where the Office of Legislative Oversight will present their findings on Montgomery County traffic stop data to the Public Safety Committee. This presentation will highlight the racial disparities, and gaps in existing data, of the Montgomery County Police Department's traffic stops.
Find out more »DC Politics Crash Course
Join us for a fast and furious session all about politics in DC - from who our DC councilmembers are to how a bill becomes a law and how the DC budget works.
Find out more »SSJC Watch Party: Worksession for Bill 45-20
Join the Silver Spring Justice Coalition (SSJC) for a watch party of the worksession for Bill 45-20, which will improve data collection from the Montgomery County Police Department.
Find out more »November 2021
SSJC Watch Party: Worksession for Bill 18-21
Join the Silver Spring Justice Coalition (SSJC) for a watch party of the worksession for Bill 18-21, which will strengthen Body Worn Camera use and review in Montgomery County.
Find out more »Montgomery County Racial Equity and Policing Team Meeting
Join us for our next Racial Equity and Policing Team meeting to get updates about current campaigns and take action together. Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »DC Initiative on Racial Equity General Meeting
DC's Office of Racial Equity has drafted a guidebook for city agencies to conduct community engagement. How should DC agencies reach out to the community? What would help them truly hear the voices of people most affected by their policies? How can agencies build trust that community input is actually considered? What should they start doing, or do differently? Join the DC Initiative on Racial Equity for our next general meeting to provide feedback to the Office of Racial Equity, to change how the DC government engages the community.
Find out more »Montgomery County Watch Party: Policing Advisory Commission Update
Join JUFJ and the Silver Spring Justice Coalition for a virtual watch party, where we'll watch a report from the County's Policing Advisory Commission (PAC) about their work and recommendations.
Our watch party will begin at 1 PM with a review of the Policing Advisory Commission, and we will begin screensharing the worksession at 1:30 PM.
Find out more »Montgomery County Watch Party: Worksession for Bill 17-21
Join JUFJ for a virtual watch party of the worksession for Bill 17-21, which creates new training requirements for incoming police officers in Montgomery County.
The watch party will start at 1 PM with a review of the bill, and we will begin screensharing the worksession at 1:30 PM.
Find out more »Racial Equity Online Series: the History of Racial Formation
DC's Office of Racial Equity has drafted a guidebook for city agencies to conduct community engagement. How should DC agencies reach out to the community? What would help them truly hear the voices of people most affected by their policies? How can agencies build trust that community input is actually considered? What should they start doing, or do differently? Join the DC Initiative on Racial Equity for our next general meeting to provide feedback to the Office of Racial Equity, to change how the DC government engages the community.
Find out more »Community Menorah Lighting to Stand Against Hate
We invite all Mt. Washington residents to come together to light the menorah as we celebrate Hanukkah and bring light into the darkness.
Find out more »December 2021
Protest at the HoCo State’s Attorney’s Office: Justice for Kwamena Ocran!
Join JUFJ and our partners in the Silver Spring Justice Coalition to demand justice for Kwamena Ocran a"h, who was unjustly killed by Gaithersburg police on January 8, 2021. We'll meet -- socially distant and with masks -- at the Howard County State's Attorney's Office.
Find out more »Montgomery County Racial Equity and Policing Team Meeting
Join us for our next Racial Equity and Policing Team meeting to get updates about current campaigns and take action together. Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »January 2022
Montgomery County Racial Equity and Policing Team Meeting
Join us for our next Racial Equity and Policing Team meeting to get updates about current campaigns and take action together. Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »DC Politics Crash Course 101: DC Government
Join us for a fast and furious session on the basics of politics in DC, from who our DC councilmembers are to how a bill becomes a law and how the DC budget works.
Find out more »DC Politics Crash Course 201: DC Budget
A budget is a moral document that reveals what our government really values. As budget season approaches, join us for a deeper dive into the budget process in DC and how JUFJ advocates for our values and priorities to be represented the District's spending.
Find out more »Honoring Dr. King: The Enduring Relevance of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday at a dynamic, interactive exploration of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
Find out more »HEARING: Montgomery County Police Accountability
Montgomery County needs real police accountability, but Bill 49-21 waters down community oversight of police. Join the Silver Spring Justice Coalition for a virtual watch party of the bill hearing and help amplify community concerns about this important legislation.
Find out more »Worksession Watch Party: Montgomery County Police Disciplinary Boards
Montgomery County needs real police accountability, but Bill 49-21 waters down community oversight of police. Join the Silver Spring Justice Coalition for a virtual watch party of the bill worksession to follow along with this important legislation.
Find out more »DC Councilmember Meeting: Robert White
Join JUFJers to meet virtually with Councilmember Robert White. We will have a chance to share our legislative and budget priorities with him and to ask him about his own priorities for the DC Council in the upcoming year.
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