Events

« July 12, 2008 - August 11, 2008 »
 
07 / 12
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Tenant Town Hall Meeting
Tenants' day to have our say!

Saturday, July 12th
1-4pm
St. Aloysius Church
North Capitol and Eye St, NW

Are you concerned about the city's response to poor housing conditions? Do you want to see real changes in the code inspection process, fining of negligent landlords, and the use of the city repair fund? If so, join hundreds of residents from around the city for the Tenant Town Hall.

Convened by the Tenant Advisory Council
Co-sponsored by Latino Economic Development Corporation, Empower DC, and more

07 / 13
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07 / 15
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 pm

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

7:30-9am
Branch Avenue Metro Station

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07 / 16
07 / 17
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Verizon workers and their union - CWA Local 2108 - will hold worksite rallies for a fair contract. Verizon is demanding healthcare and benefit concessions from workers during current negotiations with CWA. The workers contracts are set to expire on August 2.

Join their picket line between 11am and 2pm at one of two locations:

*Verizon Chespeake Complex
13100 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD

*3901 Calverton Blvd, Beltsville, MD

For more info, contact CWA Local 2108, 301-595-2108.

07 / 18
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

Friday, July 18th
5-6:30pm
Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro station

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07 / 19
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07 / 21
07 / 22
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

Tuesday, July 22nd
7:30am-9am
Eastern Market Metro

More info at www.smithfieldjustice.org

Click here for full leafletting schedule.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Join Jews United for Justice, Interfaith Worker Justice of Greater Washington, and the DC JCC for

An Evening of Workers' Rights, Community,and Interfaith Dialogue

Tuesday, July 22nd
7-8:30pm

DC Jewish Community Center
1529 16th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036

*Hear from a panel of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Hindu faith leaders
*Join your neighbors for a thought-provoking discussion
*Find out how you can make a difference

Free and open to the community
Light snacks provided

07 / 23
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Please join the Stop Firestone Coalition THIS WEDNESDAY at noon for a rally in front of Public Strategies! Public Strategies is the public relations firm that does all of the media work for Firestone and is helping them to gloss over their exploitation of workers and the environment on their rubber plantation in Liberia. This is a very important time for us to show our solidarity with the Firestone workers, because they are currently in a fight with company management over improving wages for the workers. Please come and show your support for the workers!

07 / 24
07 / 25
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

Friday, July 25th
5-6:30pm
Eastern Market Metro

More info at www.smithfieldjustice.org

Click here for full leafletting schedule.

07 / 26
07 / 27
07 / 28
07 / 29
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

Tuesday, July 29th
7:30-9:00am
Columbia Heights Metro

More info at www.smithfieldjustice.org

Click here for full leafletting schedule.

07 / 30
07 / 31
Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm

Tell Bain Capital to Put Kids First!

Thursday, July 31st
11:30am

1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (Federal Triangle metro)

Bright Horizons, the third largest child care center company in the US, had been bought by Bain Capital, a corporate buyout firm that makes money for its investors by buying companies and loading them with debt. More than 70,000 children depend on Bright Horizons child care. SEIU is joining parents and child care providers to tell Bain Capital that they won't accept cost cutting measures or changes that put children and families at risk.

08 / 1
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm

Flyering to support Tar Heel, North Carolina Smithfield workers' fight for justice. The flyering is part of a summer-long Smithfield "Packaged with Abuse" campaign to encourage Metro DC consumers to choose alternatives to Smithfield products this summer.

Friday, August 1
5:00-6:30pm
Columbia Heights Metro

More info at www.smithfieldjustice.org

Click here for full leafletting schedule.

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08 / 7
08 / 8
08 / 9
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Neighbor to Neighbor: Building Alliances Across Cultures

Sat, August 9th
1-4pm
Reeves Center Community Room
2000 14th St, NW 2nd flr

For many years, Latinos, African Americans, and people of African descent have lives in the same communities, residing in the same apartment buildings, working the same types of jobs and sharing the same American struggle!

Yet too often our language, nationality, and ethnicity is used by those who benefit from divided communities to prevent us from coming together to fight common challenges and bring about positive change for everyone.

08 / 10
08 / 11