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A Film Screening and panel discussion with Harold Meyerson and Heidi Hartman
Please join the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the Metro Washington, D.C. Democratic Socialist of America for “50 years after Michael Marrington’s The Other America: Where is the War on Poverty”?
In 1962, Michael Harrington’s The Other America became a catalyst for the “War on Poverty”, leading to the later establishment of Medicare, Medicaid, and other social security benefits.
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Join the Housing For All Campaign at the Task Force Hearings!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
4:00 – 7:00 PM*
THEARC Theater
1901 Mississippi Avenue SE
*Please note that this time is earlier than was originally announced.
Last Chance to Raise Your Voice in DC’s Housing Strategy
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Student Summit!
Student activists from multiple DC campuses gathered on Sunday, October 28th to attend a student organizing training put on by DC Jobs with Justice and UNITE HERE Local 23. “Lea
ing about what other students are doing and their organizing strategies was very valuable, especially given how they can be tied in to what we’re doing on my campus,” said Alex Teplyakov, a freshman at George Washington University. 
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Free Get Up Training for DSA and DC JwJ
“The GET UP project works to arm activists and organizers with the knowledge, tools and skills to articulate an alte
ative economics that works for the 99% instead of the elites that dominate our society and politics”.
We will be having interactive trainings on; the economics of the 1%, the origins of the current economic crisis, and the job crisis. However we need you and your members to be there because we would like to talk about how this applies to the District of Columbia.
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Beers, Bands and Beignets, Oh My!
Join Many Languages One Voice (MLOV), Saturday November 10th for a party! They will start around 9pm and be dancing until early hours of the mo
ing with live Mediterranean music from the Azul.
The party is at 701 Shepherd Street NW-the bright yellow house wit the blue door.
Bring yourself! Bring your friends! Bring $10 o support MLOV! Bring your dance moves! The event will help MLOV continue its work of advocacy and community organizing to facilitate community led initiatives.
Questions? Contact:
Many Languages One Voice
3166 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20010r
Jews United for Justice Herschel Awards
Join Jews United for Justice to honor four inspiring leaders
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or Martin O’Malley, Elissa Silverman, Max Toth, and Jessica Champagne
Sunday November 18th | 6:30pm | 5th of Kislev, 5773
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
reception + awards program | kosher refreshments
Celebrate a wonderful evening with the greater DC labor, Jewish, and activist communities.
If you can’t – please send your wishes in our program book.
Please RSVP by November 9 at www.jufj.org/heschel2012
Respect DC Calls on JBG to Bring Affordable Housing and Good Jobs to the Region
Coalition says developer does not deserve Developer of the Year Award when their projects are harming communities and displacing residents. WASHINGTON, D.C., October 24 – Calling for an end to development that has been bringing low wage, part time jobs and displacing...
DC Trainers Network Skill share: Safe Space Edition
Join The Washington Peace Center, Wednesday November 7th at 6:30pm at St. Stephen’s Church (1525 Newton St NW) for the next installment of the monthly DC Trainers’ Network Skillshare!
This month,they’ll be focusing on honing their facilitation skills on how to make a “safe space” and to “build the container” and why this is important. Participants are encouraged to join in the skillshare by thinking of successes, challenges, and questions around a “safe space” when preparing and facilitating a workshop.
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Paid Sick and Safe Bill Passes DC Council!
On Tuesday, March 4th in front of a packed and tense audience of over 100 people, the DC Council voted unanimously to pass the Accrued Sick and Safe Days Act of 2007. The vote makes DC only the second city in the country to have a paid sick days law, and the first to provide paid time off to victims of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
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SPEAKERS PANEL: Building a Global Movement
SPEAKERS PANEL: Building a Global Movement
Bill Fletcher Jr, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Elmer Labog – Moderated by
Dennis Serrett
Hosted by the Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Institute for Education and Justice
November 18, 2012, 4pm – 6pm
501 3rd St NW, Washington DC, 20001
How can we build a stronger global movement, and what will it take to
win? Hear perspectives on movement building from the US and the
Philippines!
Bill Fletcher, Jr
Author, They’re Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions
Co-Author, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a Newr
EVENTS
July 1 Celebration of Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Days!
On July 1st the coalition of workers, business owners, faith leaders, labor organizations and community groups came together to celebrate the increase in the minimum wage and the extended legislation of paid sick days that they worked so hard to pass through the City...
Teamster Taxi Driver Protest for Justice
More than 10% of local DC cab drivers were in the streets on June 25 with the Teamsters to express frustrations at unfair regulations. http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2014/06/teamster-taxi-drivers-get-washingtons.html The regulations applied to their industry (to...
12th Annual “I’ll Be There” Awards
On Thursday, June 12th, DC Jobs with Justice hosted the 12th annual I'll Be There Awards to honor Reverend Graylan Hagler, Alya Solomon, Trabajadores Unidos, and Sasha Bruce Youthwork for their incredible leadership for workers' rights and economic justice in DC. More...