Events
08 / 29
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
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Rally at FEMA Friday, Aug. 29th Sponsored by Right to the City Alliance, ONE DC, and Tenants and Workers' United | ||
08 / 30
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join Jews United for Justice for Labor Day Havdalah An evening of dessert, singing, and action for nursing home workers in our region. Saturday, August 30th, 2008 RSVP to Sonya at sonya(at)jufj.org or 202-408-1423 The Havdalah program is a part of Labor on the Bimah 2008 | ||
08 / 31
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09 / 3
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Rally to Stop Raids and Deportations Weds, Sept. 3rd No Human Being is Illegal! To Separate Our Families is Immoral! Press Release Media Contacts: 595 Workers arrested in an Immigration Raid in Mississippi: Emergency Response Rally and Press Conference Wednesday, September 3rd, 4pm Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
In honor of Labor Day, tell Carlyle-ManorCare to give caregivers the respect and support they need to care for seniors in our community. Join ManorCare caregivers and nursing home workers from across the region at a candlelight vigil for better working conditions. Weds, Sept. 3rd Sponsored by Jews United for Justice, and the Service Employees International Union | ||
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09 / 6
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09 / 7
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Support worker rights and community struggles for justice in DC - and get some great stuff! We'll have great political books, clothes, household items and more and it's all for a great cause. Join us for the first ever DC Jobs With Justice yard sale: THIS Sunday- September 7th, 12am-3:30pm For more information about DC Jobs With Justice, check out www.dcjwj.org. Click here to contribute to DC JWJ online: Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Finding Common Ground: A Series Dedicated to Building Solidarity Between African American and Immigrant Communities presents a session on Racism as a Means of Controlling Labor Sunday, September 7, 4-6pm Racism has long served U.S. elites as a means of sowing division among working people who collectively have the power to upset the corporate order. Join us for a discussion of how racism works to create divisions | ||
09 / 8
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09 / 9
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join Empower DC and Miami-based Take Back the Land to talk about our rights to land in our community Who's Land? Our Land! Tues. Sept 9, 2008 | ||
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09 / 11
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09 / 13
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09 / 14
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09 / 15
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09 / 16
Start: 9:00 am
End: 10:00 am
Welcome back City councilmembers from recess with this rally and city coucil takeover! Remind Adrian Fenty, Carol Schwartz and Neil Albert that public property is for public use NOT private profit. When: Tuesday, September 16th at 9am. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Colombia Human Rights Committee, Lutheran World Relief, and the Manuel Zapata Olivella Center invite you to participate in a ===Walk for Peace in Colombia=== ----------------------------------------------- with Gustavo Moncayo, a high school teacher from the southern province of Nari?o, who led a walk of approximately 600 miles through Colombia to promote the "humanitarian accord" to secure the release of the many Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
St Stephen's Episcopal Church Learn how to identify potential donors, engage your members and leaders in fundraising, confront your fear of asking for money, share strategies for building a grassroots base and hear examples of successful casestudies. Trainings are free and open to the public. Click here for a list of upcoming trainings or to register. Locations rotate. | ||
09 / 17
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Come join in on a book making extravaganza!! Wednesday, Sept.17 For the past 8 months, DC Jobs with Justice has been organizing with the day laborers union to create a safer and more orderly situation on the corner of Home Depot in ward 5. We are beginning a program to bring English classes to day laborers and want to be able to provide each worker with a resource booklet they can keep right in their back pocket. We need help putting these booklets together, so please consider helping out. | ||
09 / 18
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09 / 19
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09 / 20
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
ONE DC's 3rd Annual Freedom School: Building a grassroots-led voice and the skills to take action and make changes through: Popular Education Workshops Saturday, September 20, 2008 This free event also includes free child care. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Community Outreach/Rally to Stand Against AIDS Caravans of people with HIV are traveling to the 1st presidential debate in Oxford, MS. Join the Metro Washington Public Health Assoc. to support them with a rally for housing, drug treatment, jobs, and youth programs, and talk with community residents about their | ||
09 / 21
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09 / 22
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
JOIN the DC JwJ GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING TEAM! * Want to gain grassroots fundraising experience? The DC JwJ fundraising team will be meeting Monday, September 22nd at 6:30 PM at the DC JwJ offices which are located on 888 16th St NW, Suite 520. Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Upset the Setup presents: Band in DC Featuring Velvet Lounge $10 cover | ||
09 / 23
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09 / 24
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09 / 25
Start: 6:00 pm
HELP ORGANIZE THE "CONCERT FOR PEACE, PEOPLE IN SOLIDARITY." Join us Thursday night to put the finishing touches on a mural honoring the journey, work and contribution of immigrants to our communities. When: Thursday, September 25th. 6:00pm-8:00pm For questions contact Diana Terry at dterry@dclabor.org or 202.974.8224. | ||
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