Events
HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF 50 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE ADVOCACY DAY, REPRESENTING ALL 8 WARDS! RSVP TO PARISA@EMPOWERDC.ORG, (202) 234-9119
A Mark-Up on Bill 18-76 is expected before the Council's Summer Recess!
Join us to Visit Council Offices & Urge Their Support for Bill 18-76!
*TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, 9:30 AM
WILSON BUILDING, 1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NW ROOM 103
(Bring ID to enter; Metro - Federal Triangle or Metro Center)
* Coffee at 9:30; Remarks from Councilman Thomas at 10:00
HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF 50 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE ADVOCACY DAY, REPRESENTING ALL 8 WARDS! RSVP TO PARISA@EMPOWERDC.ORG, (202) 234-9119
A Mark-Up on Bill 18-76 is expected before the Council's Summer Recess!
Join us to Visit Council Offices & Urge Their Support for Bill 18-76!
*TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, 9:30 AM
WILSON BUILDING, 1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NW ROOM 103
(Bring ID to enter; Metro - Federal Triangle or Metro Center)
* Coffee at 9:30; Remarks from Councilman Thomas at 10:00
SAY NO TO PLANS TO CLOSE Parks & Rec CHILD CARE CENTERS!
The DC government plans to close child care services at all Parks and Rec sites by Sept. 30th.
Join Empower DC to find out more, get involved & prep for the Hearing!
INFO SESSION:
MONDAY, July 13th
6:30-8:30 PM
Martin Luther King Jr Library
901 G St, NW - Room A-5
Gallery Place/China Town Metro, Free Garage Parking
CHILD CARE AVAILABLE - RSVP to Parisa@empowerdc.org or (202) 234-9119
The DC government plans to close child care centers at all Parks and Rec sites by Sept 30th. Tell them what you think!
ATTEND/TESTIFY at CITY COUNCIL HEARING
Tell the Council to STOP Planned Closings!
WEDNESDAY, July 15th
5:30 PM - END
John A Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - Room 412
Bring ID to Center - Metro by Federal Triangle or Metro Center
TO SIGN UP TO TESTIFY contact Angel Nix at (202) 724-8107 or SNix@dccouncil.us
Participants have 3 minutes to testify, 5 minutes if representing an organization
BENEFIT CONCERT
Saturday, July 18th
Rock & Roll Hotel - 1353 H St, NE Washington, DC
Doors Open at 9 PM - All Ages - $10
All Artists' Proceeds go to Empower DC!
Featuring:
Drop Electric
Hypernova
Dangerosa
V:shal Kanwar
Tuesday, July 21st
5:30-8:30pm
888 16th St NW suite 520
(Farragut North or West metro)
Help reach out to other DC JwJ activists about our upcoming events. Snacks and good company provided! Sign-up at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N6CcSmWhiIQCFHW8Hw0RRw_3d_3d
On Thursday July 23, 2009 Chancellor Rhee, Deputy Mayor Victor Reinoso and Dr. Kerri Briggs (OSSE) will testify on student achievement and learning issues before the US Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management in a hearing titled Taking Stock of Education Reform. We urgently need parents, community members, teachers and others who are willing to come out and protest tomorrow on about what is happening in our schools.
WHEN: July 23, 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building in Room 342. Meet at 2nd & Constitution Avenue.
Bring an ID with you.
“Instead of respecting my hard work, Pizza Hut has thrown me on the street with nothing,†Leonidez Contreras, former Yum! Brands employee.
Stand in solidarity with hundreds of workers on Thursday, July 23rd at a dinnertime delegation and demonstration at KFC and Taco Bell on the corner of 14th and U St. NW (1934 14th St NW) at 6:30pm. Deliver a message to Yum! Brands to stop anti-immigrant firings of workers with social security's “no-match†letters!
The People's Rally: Medicare For All NOW!!!
Sunday, July 26th, 2009 / 1pm - 4p
Malcolm X Park (16th & Euclid Streets, NW)
Washington, DC 20009*
- Featured music by The Makepeace Brothers, David James & Ndelible, Kuku,
Jeremy James, Joel Segal, Mikuak Rai, Gray Panthers of Metropolitan
Washington & more!!
- Speak Out by uninsured and under-insured patients, doctors, nurses,
political & community leaders including Rev. Graylan Hagler and Audri Scott
Williams.
This is a movement of the uninsured & under-insured to demand that Congress
"A Day's Pay for a Day's Work"
An Interfaith Forum on Worker Justice
Monday, July 27th
6:30-8:30pm
Reeves Center, 2000 14th St NW
(U Street Metro or 52,54 bus lines)
Join Jews United for Justice and Interfaith Worker Justice of Greater Washington for a dynamic, interactive forum on the issue of stolen wages.
RSVP to mbaris(at)dclabor.org
Popular Education: tricks and techniques of educating for social change
Tuesday, July 28th
6:30-8:30pm
St Stephens Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW
(Columbia Heights metro, S2/4 bus lines)
Interested in improving your facilitation skills? Want to learn more about the tenets and techniques of popular education? Think your organizing would benefit from an education program? Join us for a workshop on educating for social change.
Training is free and open to the public, pre-registration required.
St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW
Help build the movement for workers' rights in the District. Become a sustainer.
*JULY 30 - MARCH FOR HOTEL WORKERS’ RIGHTS! *
*SHERATON CRYSTAL CITY*
Thursday, July 30
4:30 - 6:30pm
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway - Arlington, VA
by the Crystal City Metro
*SUPPORT FIRED UNION LEADER FERDI LAZO!*
*DEFEND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE!*
Take action to save decent and affordable housing in DC!
Tenant Rights Forum
St Aloysius Church
North capitol & I St NW (2 blocks from union stations.
Get involved in the campaign for better rental housing conditions and improved inspections and enforcement.
Join the fight for more funding for affordable healthcare. Help protect or human right to housing.
Free childcare, english-spanish interpretation.
For more information call 202.540.7419
You haven't lived until you've sat down to one of Haydee's famous margaritas after performing your favorite song, spoken word, or mime...at DC JwJ's Open Mic and Happy Hour Fundraiser!
Haydee's Restaurant
3102 Mt. Pleasant St. NW (corner of Irving and Mt. Pleasant St.)
There's no better way to start off your week than having a wonderful time with the DC Jobs with Justice community at Mt. Pleasant's most beloved hangout. Bring your friends and loved ones!
**Please note change of date and location**
Now is the Time for Action! Rally to Take Back D.C.
Wednesday, August 5 at 7:00pm
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW (Adams Morgan Metro)
