Events
Book reading and discussion
Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Busboys & Poets
5th & K, NW
Jews United for Justice's Annual Labor Seder
Sunday, April 11
6:30-9:00 pm
Adas Israel Congregation
2850 Quebec St, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Hearing on Mayor's Budget
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM
1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Room 500
Washington, DC 20004
Directions
The next big date on the budget decision timeline is April 12th, when the Mayor takes questions from the Council on his proposed budget. We need your support to fill the hall and make our message heard. We are asking individuals and organizations to join us for a large creative action. We will call on City Council to be superheros and save our safety net, and we will celebrate the everyday heroes who strengthen and depend on safety net services.
Tax Day Action
"Walmart Dodges Taxes. Now We're Paying For It"
Thursday, April 15th
7:30-9am
Metro Center; 607 13th St. NW
On Tax Day, labor activists - led by UFCW Local 400, Local 1994 and Local 27 - will display a 3'x5' banner reading "Walmart Dodges Taxes. Now We're Paying For It" outside Metro Center while passing out flyers to area taxpaying commuters outlining retail giant Walmart's tax avoidance practices, including the many loopholes Walmart abuses in order to get out of paying millions in taxes. Email mbaris@dclabor.org if you can help flyer.
2010 Emancipation Day Celebration
"DC Almost 150 Years Later"
Presented by Busboys & Poets & ONE DC
Fri.April 16, 2010
4pm-7pm
2021 14th St. NW
(14th & V)
Celebrate, Dine and Discuss
Where are we, where we need to go and how do we plan to get there?
The celebration is free but space is limited!
RSVP to ONE DC
202-232-2915
DC Gentrification Revealed
Shaw Neighborhood Tour $10
Monday, April 26, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Hear about the negative impact of development on long-time residents of DC and how some communities have organized themselves to control it. Understand more deeply the racial and economic impact that market rate priorities have on lower-income communities of color. Learn about the impact that neighborhood residents have had acting collectively to build a neighborhood that works for working families.
Group Facilitation 201: Practicing Interventions
Tuesday, April 27th 2010
6:30-8:30pm
St. Stephen Episcopal Church
1525 Newton St NW
Columbia Heights metro, S2/S4 bus
Pre-register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d. A donation of $10 is requested, but no-one is turned away.
DC Gentrification Revealed
South East DC Tour - $10
Saturday, May 1, 2010
1:00-3:00pm
PRESIDENT OBAMA: STOP DEPORTATIONS AND RAIDS NOW!
250,000 people rallied for immigration reform on March 21...and the fight is not over.
What: Rally for Immigrant Rights
When: May 1, 2010, 2 pm
Where: Lafayette Park, in front of the White House
Join thousands from the DC area, as well as the Trail of DREAMs youth activists that will be culminating their 1,500 mile journey on foot from Florida, to demand that President Obama put an immediate end to deportations and raids, and work with Congress to pass a just immigration reform this year.
