Events
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03 / 6
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." Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream | ||
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03 / 9
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm
Stand Up to Big Insurance! Tuesday, March 9th 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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03 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Please join us for a special cultural evening: "TUNES OF TRANSFORMATION: A Concert Supporting the US Social Forum," $10 suggested; | ||
03 / 13
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03 / 17
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Know Your Rights under Secure Communities Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 ¿Have YOU heard of DC Police’s participation in the Secure Communities program? *¿Do you know your rights if you are stopped, detained or arrested by the police in DC? Attend a Know Your Rights presentation to learn more. Presentation will explain Secure Communities program and inform individuals of their rights in the event that they are stopped, detained, or arrested by the police in Washington, D.C. and interrogated about their immigration status. | ||
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03 / 19
Start: 10:45 am
End: 12:30 pm
Stop "Secure Communities" Friday, March 19th Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Metro DC CLUW March 19, 2010 - 6:00–8:00 PM So much is missed in women’s history. A Lite Dinner, Wonderful Speakers, and Camaraderie Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
In honor of the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the same weekend as a huge immigrant rights march in DC, come learn how militarization and the US military in particular affects oppressed populations. We'll discuss the experience of Iraqis after 7 years of US occupation and on the verge of US pulling out some of their troops; the experience of Latino immigrants in DC; and, making the local-global connection, the impact of over-policing that targets black communities in DC. Friday, March 19th Topics of discussion: | ||
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03 / 22
Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:30 am
Restaurant Industry at a Crossroads: Monday, March 22, 2010 Honorary Host: Rep. Donna F. Edwards Join Restaurant Opportunities Center to discuss the findings of Behind the Kitchen Door - comprehensive restaurant industry studies conducted in Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, New York and Portland, ME and their implications for the nation's fastest growing employer. Speakers: *Lanysha Adams, Research Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. | ||
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03 / 25
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Stand with Hotel Workers Thursday, March 25th Columbia Sussex, a national hotel owner with several hotels in the local area, has been using the economic downturn as an excuse to cut workers wages and benefits to distressing levels. Columbia Sussex is currently engaged in bitter labor disputes at four of its union properties, including the Sheraton City Centre in Baltimore and the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington. | ||
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03 / 28
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Book Event: Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do Sunday, March 28 | ||
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