Events
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07 / 25
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
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07 / 26
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
A public reenactment of a historic speech originally given by Paul Potter, former President of the Students for a Democratic Society, at the April 1965 March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam near the Washington Monument on the National Mall. This event is part of the Port Huron Project, a series of reenactments of protest speeches from the 1960s and 70s. Each performance in the project is staged at the site of the original speech and is delivered by an actor to an audience of invited guests and passers-by. Videos of these events are then distributed online and on DVD. The project is named after the Port Huron Statement, the visionary manifesto of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a radical student group formed in 1962. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Thursday, July 26th WHAT::Exciting Report Back & Action Slide show from G-8 protests in Germany last month. * MGJ / International Action Call for Protests at the World Bank & IMF Oct.14-21 WHEN: Thursday, July 26th @ 7-9:30 pm | ||
07 / 27
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07 / 28
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Sarah Browning, Coordinator of DC Poets Against the War, will be reading from her first book of poems -- poems from the intersection of the personal and political at a time of war. For more information: 703.415.1118, www.karibubooks.com, | ||
07 / 29
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Rachel Corrie was a young American activist working in Palestine who was killed when an Israeli bulldozer ran over her. | ||
07 / 30
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
from Marc Fisher's column in the Post yesterday:"The District is going to dispose of lots of properties during this mayor'sfour years," says Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Neil Albert... IMPORTANT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY CAMPAIGN MEETING Monday, July 30th6:30-8:30 PM 1419 V St, NW - basement To review and finalize our action plan thru mid-SeptemberTake on tasks Bring someone with you - Remind your Campaign friendsWe Need Everyone On Hand! RSVP to parisa@empowerdc. <mailto:parisa@empowerdc.org> org, (202) 234-9119 SAVE THE DATE:TUES, SEPT 18TH 9 AM - CITY COUNCIL ACTION DAY ON PUBLIC PROPERTYAT LEAST 100 RESIDENTS TAKE OVER THE WILSON BUILDING Parisa B. NorouziCo-Director/OrganizerDistrict of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project(Empower DC)1419 V St, NWWashington, DC 20009(202) 234-9119 | ||
07 / 31
Start: 11:45 am
Join us for the press conference at the National Press Club on 14th and Cities for Peace is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, a | ||
08 / 1
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08 / 2
Start: 7:00 pm
Join us at Sankofa Bookstore & Cafe (2714 Georgia Ave NW, DC) A gritty and soulful classic film, PASSIN' IT ON is the story of one man Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Social Concerns group at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Derwood Maryland invites you to join us for a presentation by Rabbi Arik Ascherman on "Supporting Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories." The Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights in Israel, Rabbi Ascherman is a renowned peacemaker who works towards reconciliation between Jews and Arabs of the region and has personally challenged his government's actions related to human rights. No RSVP necessary. For more information, please contact Susan Kerin at skerin@comcast.net or (301) 675-9518. Light Refreshments provided. Donations to Rabbis for Human Rights welcomed. | ||
08 / 3
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Together with Cease Fire Don't Smoke the Brothers and Sisters | ||
08 / 4
Start: 2:00 am
End: 5:00 am
The Black August Planning Organization and Malcolm X Grassroots BAPOs Jabari Zakiya presents: Learn how to free your mind, then free | ||
08 / 5
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Reflections by the Executive Director for Rabbis for Human Rights and one of Israel's Leading Nonviolence Practitioners Rabbi Arik Ascherman & Certified Nonviolence Trainer and Peace Activist Lee Diamond Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Vigil at Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. Will feature a couple hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) and a lantern float. | ||
08 / 6
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08 / 7
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08 / 8
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08 / 9
Start: 6:00 pm
TransAfrica Forum’s Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library and Homecoming (South Africa) & Aces (South Africa) Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras and Woodbridge Workers Committee urgently need your support and solidarity. On July 10, 2007 the Prince William County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved anti-immigrant legislation directing county employees to require proof of citizenship before providing county services (except those protected by state and federal laws). Additionally information about a person’s status may be sent and received by county employees to other local, state, and national agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It also calls for PWC police to investigate a person’s immigration status when detained by the police if there is “probable cause” to believe that immigration laws were violated.In addition it calls for an agreement between PWC police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would train a group of PWC police to act as immigration officials. We believe this resolution targets people of color, allows for racial profiling and violates the human and civil rights of the immigrant community. It has already created at atmosphere of fear and division in the community. | ||
08 / 10
Start: 6:00 pm
TransAfrica Forum’s Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library and Friday August 10 | ||
08 / 11
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
TransAfrica Forum’s Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library and Saturday August 11 | ||
08 / 12
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08 / 13
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08 / 14
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08 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
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08 / 16
Start: 6:00 pm
As part of their summer speakers series, Pete Perry, a former WPC Coordinator, will be addressing the AFSC gathering at the William Penn House this evening at about 6 P.m. The topic will be Costs of War vs. Social Costs at Home. | ||
08 / 17
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08 / 18
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Creating a People's Metro DC: Next Steps from the US Social Forum What are the common root causes of the problems we face in the Metro DC area? If you have been wrestling with these questions then you need to be at The Plymouth Congregational Church on Saturday, August 18 from 4pm to 7pm to contribute to uniting our struggles. The US Social Forum, which took place recently in Atlanta, was a massive gathering of over 15,000 progressive activists from all over the country, including hundreds from the DC metro area. It gave people a chance to connect across all kinds of lines and on just about any issue you can think of. The USSF was powerful because it was led by grassroots activists and was diverse in a very real way. | ||
08 / 19
Peace Cafe: Israeli/Palestinian team teaching at times of violent conflict: a decade-long experiment
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am
Peace Cafe Busboy and Poets, 2021 14th Street NW - Washington DC Topic: Israeli/Palestinian team teaching at times of violent Prof. Manuel S. Hassassian, teaches Conflict Resolution at Maryland | ||
08 / 20
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08 / 21
Start: 8:00 pm
Mayorga Lounge and Coffee - Tuesday Movie Night - Is Proud to Present Congressman Robert Smalls A Patriot's Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill A Documentary Feature Film Aug 21st , 2007 at 8:00PM Followed by a Session with Writer/ Director Adrena Ifill in attendance = Admission is $3 or Free with Drink Purchase = Ticket 1st Come 1st Served beginning at 7:00PM -- E-mail RCHU1619@GMAIL.COM for INFO 19th century rags-to-riches story of Congressman Robert Smalls, who went from being a slave to a Civil War hero to a master politician in South Carolina. Written and directed by Adrena Ifill; Narrated by Sean Patrick Thomas | ||
08 / 22
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A film shot in and around Falluja, Iraq just after the Coalition invasion of the city. | ||
08 / 23
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08 / 24
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