Events

« February 09, 2010 - March 11, 2010 »
 
02 / 9
Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:30 am

Congressional Briefing and Public Discussion

"Behind the Kitchen Door: The Hidden Cost of Low Road Jobs in the Country's Thriving Restaurant Industry"

Tuesday, Feb. 9th
9:30am
2318 Rayburn Office Building

Speakers:
*Congresswoman Donna Edwards, 4th District MD
*Lanysha Adams, Research Director, Restaurant Opportunities Center.
*Paul Sonn, co-author of National Employment Law Project's "Restoring the Minimum Wage for America's Tipped Workers" report.
*Annette Bernhardt, co-author of the Employment Law Project's "Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers" report.

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02 / 17
Start: 6:41 pm

COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE WINGS WORKERS STRIKE.

Prayer Vigil: Have a Heart for Wings Workers
Wednesday, February 17th from 4:00pm-6:00pm
In front of the GW Metro Station (corner of 23rd and I St NW)

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

02 / 18
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Workers' Rights Board hearing:
Wage Theft

Thursday, Feb. 18th
6-9pm
First Rising Mt. Zion Church
602 N Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
(Mt. Vernon Square metro)

More details to come! Save the date!

02 / 19
Start: 8:00 pm
Start: 19 Feb 2010 - 8:00pm
End: 20 Feb 2010 - 1:00am

Party for Justice: a Fundraiser for Wings Strikers
Friday, February 19th from 8pm-1:00am
La Casa, 3166 Mount Pleasant St NW

Featuring music by DJ Alex
bachata, cumbia, merengue
snacks and drink will be provided
Suggested donation: $10-$25

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End: 1:00 am
Start: 19 Feb 2010 - 8:00pm
End: 20 Feb 2010 - 1:00am

Party for Justice: a Fundraiser for Wings Strikers
Friday, February 19th from 8pm-1:00am
La Casa, 3166 Mount Pleasant St NW

Featuring music by DJ Alex
bachata, cumbia, merengue
snacks and drink will be provided
Suggested donation: $10-$25

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02 / 23
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Training: How DC Government Works
Tuesday, Feb. 23rd
6:30-8:30pm
St. Stephen Episcopal Church
1525 Newton St NW
Columbia Heights metro, S2/S4 bus

Start: 11:30 pm

Rally in Support of Transportation Security Officers

Tuesday, February 23rd
11:30 AM
AFL-CIO - 815 16th Street NW

In the wake of September 11, 2001, the Congress created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to protect airline passengers from future terrorist attacks. Unfortunately, one of the first acts of the Bush administrations TSA was to prohibit collective bargaining for 41,000 TSOs. Despite being denied the right to bargain collectively for the last eight years, over 12,000 TSOs have joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).

02 / 24
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:45 pm

Represent'n At the US Social Forum
Wed, February 24, 2010 -- 6:45-8:45pm
SALSA
1112 16th St NW, Suite 60

The US SOCIAL FORUM (USSF) is a movement building process. It's not a conference but a space to come up with the peoples' solutions to the economic, social, and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and changes history.

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02 / 27
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOTEL WORKERS RISING!
March for Justice for Hotel Workers!
Saturday, February 27th

Gather at the Hilton Crystal City
2399 Jefferson Davis Highway

March to the Sheraton Crystal City
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway

Contact; Tracy Lingo, UNITE HERE 301 717 1958, tlingo@unitehere.org

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Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm

This year DC JwJ is partnering with the award winning DC Independent Film Festival to bring you a series of short and full-length feature movies under the lense"This is America: Films on Immigration."
Saturday, March 6th.
The Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW (Navy Yard Metro)
3:30pm-5:30pm.
Feat. Director Esau Melendez
Sarahi Uribe, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Mackenzie Baris, DC Jobs with Justice

Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream
Esau Melendez 2010
Run time: 105 min. | USA

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03 / 9
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Stand Up to Big Insurance!

Tuesday, March 9th
11:30am at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 22nd & M Sts, NW
(To march with the labor delegation, meet at 11am in front of AFSCME at 1625 L St NW)

Obscenely high rate hikes, hundreds of millions of dollars in profits sent to parent companies, 100's of executives earning $1 m+ salaries, millions more spent on lavish executive "retreats". This has to STOP!

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

EMPOWER DC

Empowerment Circles Series

YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE!

Interested in Community Organizing but Don't Know Where to Start?

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING 101

"AN INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING POWER

THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING"

Special Guest Facilitator:

Longtime DC Community Organizer Roger Newell

Tuesday, March 9

6:30PM-8:30PM

Brooks Mansion

901 Newton St NE

Brookland Metro (Red Line)

RSVP to Linda at (202) 234-9119

FIND OUT:

How do you build collective power to achieve your goals?

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

As part of the "African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present" exhibition, the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum would like to invite you to join us:

Tuesday, March 9th 7:00pm @ Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

COMMUNITY FORUM: BUILDING BLACK AND BROWN COALITIONS

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