Calendar for 2001 (past)
JANUARY | MAY | SEPTEMBER |
FEBUARY | JUNE | OCTOBER |
MARCH | JULY | NOVEMBER |
APRIL | AUGUST | DECEMBER |
Ongoing Events | Current Calendar |
January 2001 | Calendar of Events for Jan. 20 Counter-Inaugural Demonstrations Organizing | Check for updates on this linked calendar. | Information Links | ||
1/2/2001 Tue. | 12 Noon - 3 pm | Forum: From Protest to Democracy (Will be covered by C-Span) | National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th floor, Washington, DC |
Center for Constitutional Rights CNTHSP@aol.com |
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1/3/2001 Wed. | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Justice Action Movement, General Meeting - J20 Organizing - Working Group Reportbacks, breakout groups. | Josephine Butler Building 2437 15th Street, Nw Washington, DC | 202-986-6186 | |
1/5/2001 Fri. | 7 pm | Buena Vista Social Club | DAR
Hall, 18th Street, NW between C and D Streets, WDC Tickets BVSC Site |
Artist
Direct Albums |
1/7/2001 Sun. | 12 to 4 pm | Center for Voting and Democracy workshop and training on pro-democracy reforms (instant runoff voting, proportional representation, redistricting) | Mott House, 122 Maryland Avenue NE, near the Supreme Court Building | Please RSVP if you plan to attend 301-270-4616 | |
1/13/2001 Sat. | 1:00-5:00 PM | AFocus on Police Brutality,@ | Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 North Capital Street | Information: | |
1/14/2001, Thur. | 7 pm | Next organizers meeting for the IAC Jan 20th counter-inaugural | International Action Center 733 15th Street NW, #515 Washington, DC 20005 | 202-588-1205 | |
1/17/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wash. Co., Hagerstown Community College | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 |
1/17/2001 Wed. |
11:00 am | Independent Media Center Opening | Studio 2412 2412 18th Street NW - Second Floor, WDC | Check them out! | |
6:30 - 9:30 pm | A Town Hall meeting/Teach In on Saving DC General Hospital | At: D.C. General Hospital, WDC | Gilma Franklin Ramirez 703/369-2647 | ||
1/18/2001 Thur. | 7 - 9 pm | DC Community Voices, Video Series: "Bringing Globalization Home" | St. Stephen's
Church 1525 Newton St., NW, WDC Information |
Project South Washington Office @ 202.332.5333 or 301.320.4034 | |
1/19/2001 Fri. |
10 am - 5:30 pm |
Progressive
Challenge Forum Jesse Jackson and other Black leaders= rally/march protesting voter disfranchisement and other civil rights issues |
Check Calendar for Time and Place. | Information: | |
6 pm | Janaury DC Alliance Meeting | Stewart Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave., NE, WDC & later to the Red River Grill, Mass. & D St., NE | |||
1/20/2001 Sat. | 10 am | Counter-Inaugural & Protest for Mumia | Pennslyvania &14th St. NW, Washington D.C | Sign-up
Organizing Tools |
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Afternoon | Jan. 20 Counter-inaugural protest | Pennsylvania
Ave., between the White House and the Capitol: |
Protesters
in groups of 25 or fewer so as not to exceed the limit of number needing
a permit. Bring own signs and fold in with the crowd on the parade route. Information Links |
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TBO | Counter-Inaugural Ball | TBO | |||
1/21/2001 Sun. | |||||
TBO | There is discussion on holding a seminar on Awhere to from here?@ | Information: | |||
1/24/2001 Wed. | 5 pm | Baltimore Ciy Council Hearing on HIV/AIDS | Council Chambers 4th fr, City Hall, 100 N. Holliday St, Baltimore | Free State Justice |
1/27/2001 Sat. | 2 pm | PLAY TONIGHT & SAT., SUPPORTS ARC / BLACK LOVE DAY | Pennsylvania Ave, Baptist Church Chapel, 3000 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., D.C. | ||
1/29/2001 Mon. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Baltimore City -- Sts. Phillip and James Church, 28th & Charles St | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
1/30/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | Demonstrate Tell Bush, Pastrana: Extend the Cease Fire! Stop Plan Colombia! |
Colombian Embassy,
1520 20th Street NW, WDC INFORMATION |
202-347-9300 International Action Center |
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7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party steering committee meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
1/31/2001 Wed. | 11:30 - 1:30 pm | "Harnessing the power of the media." | Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 Virginia Avenue NW, WDC | Patty Mullahy Fugere, (202) 872-8958. | |
TBO | Hearing for Tom Briggs | For allegedly violating the Hatch Act by running for office (DC Statehood Green candidate for Ward 2 member of Council) | DC Statehood Green Party |
2/1/2001 Thur. | 6 pm |
Save DC General Hospital
March & Rally |
Meet at Foggy Bottom Metro at 6 pm. March to 2475 VA. Ave., NW (Mayor Williams' apt. building) | DC
Statehood Green Party & Health
Care Now Coaltion. Health
Care for All Vanessa Dixon 202-726-4479 |
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7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
2/3/2001 Sat. | 1:30 - 4:30 pm | DC Copwatch Strategy Planning Meeting | All Souls Church, 16th & Harvard Streets NW | Monica Gutierrez, 703-218-2966 | |
2/4/2001 Sun. | 6:30 Pm | DC Alliance For Democracy, next meeting | 1425 Monroe St. NW, WDC | E-mail Geo. Ripley 202-483-3541 | |
2/7/2001 Wed. | 3 - 5 pm | Community Dialogue: What do we do for families reaching the 5-year welfare time limit? | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homelessness 1 616 P Street NW, 7th floor, WDC |
Welfare Advocates Group | |
2/7/2001 Wed. | 9:30 am | The Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor. | Patty Mullahy Fugere 202-872-8958 | |
2/8/2001 Thur. | 8 - 9 am Trial after. | The DC Democracy 7 - to be tried a second time | DC Superior Court (Moultrie Building), 500 Indiana Avenue NW | Stand Up For Democracy, 232-2500; ACT UP, 202-547-9404 | |
7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
2/13/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Baltimore/Harford Co -- Towson Unitarian Church, 1701 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville. LIST | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 |
2/15/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Frederick, Co.
MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
2/16/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm | DC Coalition For Rent Control | Yenching Palace, Connecticut Avenue and Porter Streets NW | Karen |
2/18/2001 Sun. | Un-President's Day Parties & Protests | All around the country | Louis
Posner National Chairman Voter March, LLC |
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2/19/2001 Mon. | DC Statehood-Greensweek | dcstatehoodgreen | |||
10 am to 6 pm | VOTER RIGHTS MARCH | Lafayette Park and the Mallin Washington, DC | Information | ||
3 - 8 pm | Citizens Campaign for the Environment in Annapolis for Lobby Day 2001 | First Baptist
Church of Annapolis 31 West Washington St., Annapolis, MD |
Information
Carla Pappalardo, Clean
Water Action, 202-895-0420 ext. 113 Terry Cummings, Chesapeake Bay Foundation 410-268-8833 |
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5 pm | Demonstration against Criminal US/British bombing of Baghdad! | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW (on the White House sidewalk), WDC |
International
Action Center Call 703-524-6016 for more information |
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2/20/2001 Tues. | 7:30 pm | SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK - Fundraiser for WILPF Document | MEYERHOFF CONCERT HALL | Paulette Hammond or 410-747-3811 | |
2/22-25/2001 | Call | National Council of th Alliance For Democracy Alliance for Democracy Meeting | Church of the Pilgrims, 23rd and P Streets, NW, WDC | Information | |
2/23/2001 Fri. | 9 am | Protest and Civil Disobedience at DC City Council - Briefing on PBC and DC General Hospital | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | 202-232-8997 | |
6:45 pm | The Silent
U.S. War Forum on The Iraqi, Palestinian, and Cuban Peoples under Siege |
Parish Hall,
St. Stephens Church 1525 Newton St., NW (at 16th St.), WDC |
Information: |
2/24/2001 Sat. | 11 am | Homes Not Jails: Housing takeover! | Front of Union Station, WDC | 202-607-8545 | |
3 - 5 pm | DC Statehood Green Party New Members Meeting | UDC Auditorium, Building 46, near the Van Ness/UDC Metro Stop on the Red Line | Steve Shafarman, 319-9279 | ||
6 - 7:30 pm | A
VIGIL FOR THE FILIPINO CHILDREN OF CLARK AND SUBIC (US Military Bases) |
St. Aloysius Parish |
Asia Pacific
Center for Justice and Peace
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8 pm | DANCE &
DINNER To Help The Victims of The Earthquakes in El Salvador |
St. Gabriel's Church School Hall, 26 Grant Circle and New Hampshire Ave., NW, WDC | International
Action Center 202-347-9300 |
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2/26/2001 Mon. | 5 pm | Demonstrate against Bush and Pastrana, President of Columbia | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC | ||
2/27/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | Demonstrate Against Bush and Pastrana:, Stop the Massacres!, No To Plan Colombia!,End the Phony War on | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC | International
Action Center 202-347-9300 |
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7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
2/28/2001 Wed. | Information | National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, WDC |
Campaign for America's Future |
3/1/2001 Sunday | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, in room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
3/3-4/2001 | 9 - 3 pm | Black
Radical Congress National Council Meeting |
Wash., DC | Information
BRC Columbia University Station P.O. Box 250791 New York, NY 10025-1509 (212) 969-0348 email |
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3/4/2001 Mon. | 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Regional Green Conference | Stamp Student Union building, RM 1137, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD |
DC Statehood Green
Party |
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3/6/2001 Tues. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wheaton Presbyterian Church, 3211 Paul Drive, Wheaton, MD For directions call: 301-495-7004 (Montgomery Co.) LIST |
Maryland Health
Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative |
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3/7/2001 Wed. |
7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Talbot Co., Avalon
Theater, Easton, MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 |
3/10/2001 Sun. | 10 - 4 pm | Community Activist Workshop - Learn organizing skills! | Wash. Highlands Library, WDC | . | |
3/12/2001 Mon. | 6:30 pm | Meet elected Greens from all over the US | City
Lights of China 1731 Connecticut Avenue, NW WDC |
Mike
Livingston 202-722-1650 |
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3/13/2001 Tue. | 5 - 7 pm | Community
Forum on CRACK Implications of this approach! |
Charles Sumner School, 17th & M Streets NW | More Information | |
3/15/2001 Thur. | 6:30 - 9 pm | Public
Hearing concerning police accountability and racial profiling and Against police brutality in PG |
St.
Paul's Baptist Church, 6611 Walker Mill Road, PG Co. MD |
People's Coalition for Police Accountability and Amnesty International |
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3/17/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 1 pm | Maryland
United for Peace and Justice, Inc. Coordinating Body Meeting |
Bert Donns, 19 Woodland Way,Greenbelt, MD 20770 | 301-474-1353 |
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3/19/01 Mon. | 7 pm | Book Reading and discussion: Howard Zinn on History, War, etc. | Politics and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW, WDC | Vanessa
Grajwer 202-363-7663 Events Calendar |
3/21/01 Wed. | 7 pm | The Fight Against the Racist Death Penalty: public discussion | 801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 460, WDC | 202-726-1151 | |
3/22/01 Thur. | 9:30 - 11:30 am | Advocacy Day for Human Needs | 441 4th Street NW WDC | SOME, 797-0701 x107, fax 797-1867 | |
8 pm | Native American Perspecitives Film Festival | Hirshhorn Museum, Ind. & 7th St., NW, WDC | 202-357-2700 | ||
3/24/01 Sat. | 12 Noon | Demonstrate
against the war in Macedonia |
At the White House, WDC | International Action Center 202-347-9300 email | |
1 - 5:30 pm | Zapatista Celebration - 7 years of struggle! | St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St., NW WDC | Committee
of Indigenous Solidarity 202-265-9833, 202-9038 |
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4 - 6 pm | Candlelight Vigil & Rally for DC General Hospital | Call for more info. | 202-483-3141 | ||
7:30 pm | UDC Theater
Company's production of Giant Steps -birthday party for Gail Dixon |
UDC Auditorium, Bld. 46, near Van Ness Metro Stop. |
The DC Statehood Green Part |
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3/26/2001 Mon. | 8:30 am to 6 PM | THE
PINOCHET PRECEDENT: Individual Accountability for International Crimes |
AU
Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 603 Washington, DC |
American University
Washington College of Law and the Institute for Policy Studies |
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3/27/01 Tue. | 7 pm | Going
Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation Author Joe Hallinan |
Politics and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW, WDC | Vanessa
Grajwer 202-363-7663 Events Calendar |
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3/28/2001 Wed. | 2 to 4 pm | Covert Operations Working Group Meeting | 122
Maryland Ave., NE WDC (ACLU Washington office) |
Bill
Blum 202-237-5373 |
3/29/01 Thur. | 6 pm | Forum presents
eyewitness testimony from Korea of massacre survivors from the Korean War in 1950 |
Auditorium in the Visitors Center (On Route 1, Campus entrance 1 block South of Campus Drive), U. of Maryland College Park | 202-347-4666 email | |
7 pm | Meeting: Immigrants' Rights in Housing | Marie Reed School,
2200 Champlaign Street NW (entrance on 18th Street, NW) |
DC Coalition
for Housing Justice. Monica Gutierrez 703-218-2966 |
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3/29/01 to 4/3/01 | Days of Resistance to Close the School of Assassins | Six days of action mass action in Washington DC | Detailed schedule of events: http://www.soaw.org/ |
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3/30/01 Fri. | 6 - 9 pm | DC Democracy 7 Fundraiser | Toutorsky
Mansion, 1720 16th Street NW |
DC
Statehood Green Party |
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3/30/01 Fri. | 7 pm | Free and open public rally demanding justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal | First Congregational Church 10th & G Streets NW, WDC | 202-973-2177 http://www.j4mumia.org | |
3/31/01 Sat. | 9 am to after 7 pm | Mumia Organizing Conference | First Congregational Church 10th & G Streets NW, WDC |
202-973-2177 http://www.j4mumia.org |
4/1/01 Sun. | 3 - 5 pm | MARYLAND'S 3RD ANNUAL "OUT FOR JUSTICE" EVENT | Geoff Grief and
Maureen Lefton-Greif 1917 Old Court Road, Ruxton, MD |
FreeStateJustice |
4/3/01 Tue. | 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party Steering Committee Meeting - All Welcome! | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, in room 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party DCSG Weekly Calendar |
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4/3/01 Tue. | 7:15 pm | Update on the Struggle for Justice in East Timor | La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant Street NW | East
Timor Action Network 202-544-6911 |
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4/4/01 Wed. | 9:30 am | Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor.WDC |
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12:30 pm | Anti-Sweatshop Rally at GWU | Outside Rice Hall, Eye Street NW, between 21st and 22nd Streets, WDC | Todd
Tucker 202-337-4719 or Dan Calamuci 202-223-4159 |
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4/5/01 Thur. | 11:30 - 1 pm | Demonstration and Speak Out against Threats to Medicare! | White House,
WDC Information Leaflet |
Coalition to Protect and Preserve Family Health Care
Services |
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7 pm | Monthly
meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party The Challenge of Growing Income Inequality in the District |
One
Judiciary Square, Room 700. 441 4th Street NW |
All invited! |
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4/7/01 Sat. | 2 pm | Rally against supermax prisons - torture & inhuman conditions | . | More information: http://www.yorkci.com |
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4/8/01 Sun. | 4 PM | The Metro DC Committees of Correspondence Chapter Meeting | At David Schwartzman's in Wash., D.C. Members & friends encouraged to attend |
For help with transportation to the meeting or more information call Glenn at (202) 362-3748 or email Walter |
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4/9/01 Mon. | TBO | Paul Robeson Cultural Diversity Tribute | More information forthcoming. |
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4/10/01 Tue. | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | People's Hearing on Affordable Housing | John Wesley AME Zion Church, 1614 14th Street NW, WDC | Linda Leaks,
202-234-9119 or Janet Brown, 332-0789. |
4/12/01 | 10 am | D.C. Council
Committee on Human Services - Marks up the Mayor's proposed Budget: Interim Disability Assistance (IDA) for D.C. Residents with Disabilities |
441 FOURTH STREET,
NW IN THE COUNCIL'S CHAMBERS, FIRST FLOOR, WDC |
For more information,
call Scott McNeilly, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 872-1925 or T.J. Sutcliffe, So Others Might Eat, 797-0701 ext. 107. |
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4/13-15/01 | Info | Socialist Scholars Conference | New York City | Information | |
4/16/01 Mon. | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | DC Alliance for Democracy meeting | Josephine Butler Center, 2437 15th Street NW, first floor, WDC |
Tim Scanlon, | |
4/17/01 | 1:00-3:00 pm | After the Spy Plane Standoff: Where Do We Go from Here? | Friends Committee
on National Legislation 245 2nd St. NE Washington, DC |
Asia Pacific Center 202-543-1094 |
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4/22/01 Sun. | TBO | DC Earth Day | Klingle Valley, Wash. DC | Information | |
11 am | Emergency March for Women's Lives | Assemble 11 am in Senate Park, Constitution & Delaware Avenues NE, WDC | National
Organization for Women. More information: 202-628-8669 |
4/23/2001 Mon. | 7 pm | Public hearing on the budget of Prince George's County | Prince George's County Admin. Bld., 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland | 301-952-4131 | |
4/24/2001 Tue | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Anne
Arundel Co., MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
6 pm | DC Council public hearing on the investigation of offensive e-mail by members of the Metropolitan Police Department | One Judiciary Square, 441 Fourth Street NW, WDC | Tami Lewis, Legislative Assistant to the Committee on the Judiciary, at 724-7808 | ||
8 pm | "Natural Connections" film on preservation of biodiversity | PBS | |||
4/25/2001 Wed. | 6:30 pm | Health Care Now Coalition "Teach-In," a Forum on the Health Budget for DC | Charles Sumner School Museum and s, 1201 17th Street NW (at M Street) | Sherry Brown, (202) 339-9341 | |
7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wicomico
Co., MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | ||
4/29/2001 Sun. | 3 pm on... | Groups protest
IMF and World Bank, demand full debt cancellation Protests the International Monetary Fund and World Bank part of a global movement for social and economic justice. |
Protests begin in front of the World Bank at 18th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. NW WDC |
Information on Independent Media Center For more information on the issues, visit: |
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7 - 9 pm | Meeting of the Incipient DC chapter of the Social Welfare Activists Alliance | 1736 Columbia Road NW, apt 410, WDC | Walter
Teague, 301-439-6755 Information |
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4/30/2001 Mon. | 1 pm | Emergency Protest to Save DC General and Free DC | One Judiciary
Square 441 4th Street NW, WDC Information |
Forwarded by the DC Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org |
5/1/2001 Tue. | 10 am | Call your
Congress Representatives to attend a Discussion on Universal, Single-Payer
Health Care Organized by the Congressional Progressive and Black Caucus! |
Rayburn House Office Building, Rm 2237, Independence Ave. & S.Capital St., NW, WDC |
Arranged by
the Congressional Progressive Caucus
and the Black Caucus. Speakers from: Physicians for a National Health Program National Medical Students Association Women's National Medical Association Academy of Pediatric Physicians |
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TBO | May Day Picnic | Picnic Station
Number One Off Tilden Street Rock Creek Park |
Maryland Greens Bring edibles and potables. |
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5/2/2001 Wed. | 9:30 am | Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal Clinic, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor, WDC | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless 872-8958 |
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5/3/2001 Thu. | 7 pm | Monthly meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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5/5/2001 Sunday | 4 PM | Meeting of this Metro DC Chapter of Committees of Correspondence | At the home of David Schwartzman in NW WDC. | For information, directions, or transportation, please call Glenn Morrison at 202.362.3748. | |
5/6/2001 Sun. | 4 pm | Holy Cross Folk Festival / Festival del Día de La Cruz or Festival de las Lluvias (Festival of the Rains) | St. Gabriel's
Church (parking area), 26 Grant Circle NW |
Celebrating
an ancient Salvadorian tradition,featuring folkloric and indigenous dances,
music and colorful costumes Vladimir Monge, 202-291-8711 |
5/10/2001 Thu. | 10 - 12:30 pm | Media Briefing Democracy Now! Hosts, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez and Bernard White |
National Press
Club (529-14th Street, N.W., Thirteenth Floor) WDC |
Contact: Rob Robinson (202) 487-0435 | |
1-5 pm | Preserve the Estate Tax: Noon Rally featuring speakers Marian Wright Edelman, Bill Gates Sr., Rev. JimWallis | Rally behind the US Capitol, WDC |
Responsible Wealth and Nonprofits for Preserving the Estate Tax and United for Fair Economy Call 877-JOIN-UFE |
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7 pm | Meeting of the Coalition for Housing Justice | 2335 18th Street NW (the Adams Morgan ANC office) WDC |
Angela Hewett
or DC Statehood Green Party |
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5/11/2001 Fri. | 6 - 10 pm | Eco-Justice Coffeehouse benefitting the Word Bank Bond Boycott - Featuring the best in locally grown & vegetarian cuisine and entertainment | Josephine Butler
Parks Center, 2437 15th Street NW near Euclid Street |
Sunset Poetry
Jam on the Balcony and Open Mic to follow -- bring your instruments 202-299-0020 |
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5/12/2001 Sat. | 8:30 am | Philadelphia International Day of Action to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal | Bus from Fort Totten Metro at 8:30, returns from Philadelphia at 8:00 pm. $25 round trip, special student, group, senior, and children rates. | ||
8 am to 5 pm |
16th
Annual Peace and Justice Conference
"Peace and Justice in the 21st Century" |
River
Road Unitarian Church |
Maryland
United for Peace and Justice, 327 E. 25th Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 |
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2 - 6 pm | DC Statehood Green Party tabling | Safeway, 2845 Alabama Avenue SE, WDC | Steve Donkin, 202-986-9438,<sdonkin@smarty.smart.net | ||
3:30 pm | First planning meeting for "The People's Repo: ...Taking back our homes, taking back our communities" | Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Room A-5, 9th and G Streets NW, WDC | |||
10 pm | First annual
Bush Family Music Show Poker games, lasso contests, pin the steak on the Cheney, Dr. Laura Bush confessional, anti-radical cheerleading, Tofu-cue, drinks with names like "Halliburton Bigwig" and "Forest Destroyer," and special guests Les Dubyas singing hits from the lp "Straight Outta Midland." House and other forms of good music will be played. Dress up like your "favorite" Bush Administrator to win fabulous prizes. 942 Westminster Street NW, WDC. Admission $5, stay all night, drink and be happy. Money goes to help fight homelessness, national missile defense and the boredom of modern life. |
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5/12 & 13/2001 Sat. & Sun. | INVITATION
from the Maryland Greens to the: State Assembly of the Maryland Green Party |
Towson, Maryland |
Please respond by e-mail, mail, phone to Isaac Opalinsky, Co-Chair, Maryland Green Party, 410-267-0224, 443-995-0296, 13 Colonial Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 | ||
5/15/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | On the 53rd
Anniversary of Palestinian Dispossession, demand that the US bring its policy
on Palestine into accord with UN resolutions, international law: self determination
for Palestinians; an end to the Israeli occupation and the dismantlement
of settlements; a sovereign Palestinian; and Israeli recognition of refugees'
right of return. Leaflet |
Rally at 5 pm at Dupont Circle, then march to the White House, then rally at Lafayette Park until 7:00 pm. Sponsored by Al-Awda DC (Palestine Right to Return Coalition); American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee DC; many other groups. More information: Margaret at 202-879-6726. | ||
7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Howard
Co., MD LIST |
MD Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | ||
5/16/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Prince
Georges Co./Southern MD LIST |
MD Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 |
5/18/2001 Fri. | 5 - 6 pm | Zapatista Solidarity Protest | Mexican Embassy, 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, WDC | Ven...Seremos 703/490-9609 Mexico Solidarity Network, 202/544-9355 | |
5/19/2001 Sat. | 11 am | March to
Save DC General Gather at Adams-Morgan Clinic (already shut down) and march to Control Board Chairperson Alice Rivlin's house |
Healthcare NOW Coalition; Metropolitan Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO; SEIU 1199; AFSCME 1032; AFSCME 2097; CIR/SEIU; AFGE 631; International Socialist Organization; Booker T. Hines, Sr., Foundation, etc. More information: Vanessa Dixon, 726-4479. | ||
12 noon | Voter Rights March to Restore Democracy | West Capital steps and adjacent National Mall area at noon in Washington, DC | Voter March, PO Box 731, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-0731, fax 646-349-3757, or call 212-492-5175 email | ||
11 am to 8 pm | REPARATIONS COALITION (ARC) MOBILIZING FOR UNITY IN DIVERSITY DAY III |
National Mall at 3rd Street, WDC |
E-mail 202-310-1430 | ||
11 am to 8 pm | 3rd annual Unity in Diversity Day (UIDD), a global demonstration to spiritually connect, celebrate the human race and creatively heal the sickness of racism and intolerance. | National Mall at 3rd Street, WDC | More information: http://www.racialhealing.org or202-310-1430 . | ||
6 pm | The
Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights Presented by Father Robert Drinan |
At: Politics and Prose book store, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW | 202-364-1919 800-722-0790 | ||
5/20/2001 Sun. | 7 - 9 pm |
1865 Ingleside Terrace, NW, Wash. DC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information | ||
5/22/2001 Tue. | 1:30 pm | GROUPS CALL PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTHCARE IN DC | 1 Judiciary Square, WDC | Lawyers for
the Partnership For Civil Justice, and members of local community organizations,
religious leaders and labor leaders Sherry Brown 202-339-9341 PCJ 202-530-5630 Malcolm Cannon 310-526-3318 |
5/23/2001 Wed | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | "ISRAEL
MUST STOP THE MASSACRES AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE"
Stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian People End Israeli Occupation of Palestine |
In front of the Israeli Embassy -Washington DC (Van Ness and International Drive) | For more information contact: ADC at (202)244-2990; or Ibrahim Naji (703) 928-8393 | |
5/23/2001 Wed | 6:30 pm | The Health Care Now meeting | Service Employees International Union (SEIU)headquarters on 1313 L St. NW, WDC | ||
5/23/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Meeting on DC General to plan the June 6th | Temple Baptist Church, 1224 W St., SE WDC | ||
5/24/2001 Thur. | 4 to 6 pm | Drop in for Andrew Wells-Dang | Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace 110 Maryland Ave. NE (Box 70) Washington, DC 20002 | 202-543-1094 Fax: 202-546-5103 |
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5/26/2001 Sat. |
43rd Annual Commemoration of African
Liberation Day
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10 - 2 pm | "Neo-Colonialism: the Last Obstacle of the African Revolution" Symposium |
Howard Univ., Downing Hall, Engineering
Auditorium
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Maryland Chapter All-African People's Revoutionary Party 202-452-5924 | ||
2:15 pm | March from HU to Malcolm X Park |
16th and Euclid Streets, NW, Wash.,
DC
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3 - 6 pm | Rally in Malcolm X Park | ||||
5/29/2001 Tue. | 6:30 p.m. | Health Care Now Coalition Meets to Save DC General | SEIU headquarters at 1313 L St. NW, McPherson Square Metro Station) | 202-547-3039 | |
5/30/2001 Wed. | 5:30 to 6:30 pm | [justice4Palestine]
Rally at Farragut Sq., WDC Demonstration to protest Israeli Attacks on the Palestinian People |
Farragut Sq., Wash., DC (17th and K st, closest Metro top Faragut North, Red Line) |
Contact Margaret (sponsored by Al-Awda, Palestinian Right of Return Coalition) Information: Ibrahim 703-928-8393 | |
5/31-6/3/2001 | National Multicultural Institute Conference | Wash. DC | Call 202-483-0700 www.nmci.org or email |
6/2/2001 Sat. | 10 am | Caravan to Save DC General Hospital | Entrance to DC General Hospital, 19th St., & Mass. Ave., SE | call 202-726-4479. | |
6/2/2001 Sat. | 10 - 12 Noon | SHALEM -
6th Annual Slow Walk For Peace In the Spirirt of Martin Luther King., Jr. |
Call or write
for Info. Shalem Inst., 5430 Grosvenor Ln., Bethesda, MD 2k0814 |
301-897-7334 | |
6/2/2001 Sat. | 12 Noon | Lot #29, Piney Branch Pkwy, Rock Creek Park | RSVP 202-299-9677 | ||
6/2/2001 Sat. | 2 - 4:30 pm | Project South Washington Annual Membership Meeting | St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton Street NW, WDC | Project South Washington Office, 202-332-5333 or wkatzfishman@igc.org | |
6/3/2001 Sunday | 10 am to 6 pm | Repair and Re-open Klingle Road Coalition Celebrates Mount Pleasant Festival | Mount Pleasant, Wash. DC |
E-mail 202-986-5710 |
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6/3/2001 Sunday | 12 noon on... | Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Anti-Nuclear Vigil | Lagayette Park, Wash. DC | Info: prop1.org email | |
6/3/2001 Sunday | 6 pm to 7:30 pm | Meeting of this Metro DC Chapter of Committees of Correspondence | At the home of David Schwartzman in NW WDC. | For information, directions, or transportation, please call Glenn Morrison at 202.362.3748. | |
6/5/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Steering Committee meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party | 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop Rm 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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6/7/2001 Thur. | 12 - 1:30 pm | DC Environmental Network Brown Bag Lunch | 1025 Vt. Ave., NW, 3rd Fl., WDC | Chris 202-783-7400 x120 | |
6/7/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Monthly meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party - Forum! | 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop Rm 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 Center for Voting and Democracy |
6/8/2001 Fri. | 1:30 p.m. |
Save DC General
Pack the US District Court House at 3 pm! |
The court house is at 3rd St. and Constitution Ave., NW, WDC | 202-547-3039 | |
6/8/2001 Fri. | 5pm | Women in
Black protest march and vigil Demand Isreal End its Occupation! Vigil.doc Demo.doc |
We're meeting in Dupont Circle at 5pm and marching down Connecticut Ave to the White House for the vigil. | For more information
on June 8, please see http://www.geocities.com/cwjpil |
6/7-10/2001 | American/Arab Defense Comm. National Convention | Creystal Gateway Marriot, Arlington, VA | Info 202-244-3196 | ||
6/9-12/2001 | East Timor Network Lobby Days | ETAN, 11001 Penn. Ave. SE, 20003 | Caren Orenstein 202-544-6911 | ||
6/9-10/2001 |
Dance Africa,
DC |
DC Dance Place 3223 8th St., NW, Wash., DC | Info. 202-269-1600 | ||
6/9/2001 Sat. | 7 pm | CUBAN
FILM FESTIVAL Venceremos Brigade Presents 3 films, Speaker from Cuban Interest Section, etc. |
La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant St., NW Wash. DC | Venceremos
Brigade 202-756-4100 X7550 Wash. DC - Havana, Cuba Sister City Project 202-777-2641 X7863 |
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6/10/2001 Sun. | 2 pm | Stop Star Wars & Abolish Nuclear Weapons National Mobilization | Lafatette Park, DC | 219-535-1110 Email | |
6/11/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meet with us at the famous (but inexpensive) and endangered
Sholl's
Cafeteria, SWAA Conf. June 28- July 1, Philadelphia Downloadable leaflet |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local chapter.
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6/11/2001 Mon. | 8 pm |
Prophets of Peace: The Will to Make
a Difference
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Kennedy Center, 2700 F St., NW DC | 800-444-1324 | |
6/12/2001 Tue. | 11 am - 3 pm |
Macedonians for Peace Rally
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Lafayette Square Park, Washington, D.C. |
6/14/2001 Thur | 6:30 pm | Black Panther
Party will be sponsoring a free community dinner |
Anacostia Public
Library located at Good Hope Road and 18th Street, SE |
Shazza Nzinga | |
6/14/2001 Thur | 7 pm on... | GREEN SCENE Pot Luck Dinner for Statehood Green Party | 1739 Irving St., NW, WDC | Dave and Olivia 202-518-5624. 202-483-4165. | |
6/16/2001 Sat. | 2 pm |
Day of Visibility
"Massing of musicians, people & puppets" 3:30 pm Parade from Takoma Green Space, to Jesup Blair Park 4 pm, 7 pm free Concert at Takoma Park Municipal building |
Takoma Park, Maryland | Youth Leadership
Support Network 202-882-8678 www.worldyouth.org |
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6/16/2001 Sat. | 8 pm | CUBAN MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE | Traje Nuevo, HCC Galleria, Columbia, Maryland | 410-481-6500 | |
6/17/2001 Sun. | 7:30 pm | CUBAN MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE | Lizt Alfonso, Rouse Theater, Columbia, Maryland | 410-481-6500 | |
6/17-19/2001 | 2 pm on | 23rd Annual Grewat Labor Arts Exchange (or) 4th Annual Conference on Creative Organizing | George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, MD (N.H. Ave. & Powder Mill Rd.) | ||
6/19/2001 Sat. | Atonement/Reparations Mobilization for Unity in Diversity Day | On the Mall, WDC | www.racialhealing.org 202-310-1430 | ||
6/20/2001 Wed. | Rally for the "National Mobilization to Oppose Star Wars" | Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, D.C. | |||
6/20/2001 Wed. | 6:30 pm | Town Hall Meeting on Mayor Anthony Williams | Martin Luther
King Library Auditorium, Wash. DC |
E-mail us or call 722-5929 or 986-9605. |
6/23/2001 Sat. |
5th Anniversary of the Labor Party
Night of Music and Politics |
7911 Kentbury Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814 | 310-942-0071 | ||
6/24/2001 Sun. | BURMA: Brown bag lunch and talk. |
100 Maryland Ave, NE Room #3, WDC | Asia Pacific
Center for Justice and Peace and the Free Burma Coalition R.S.V.P. Loretta 202-543-1094 |
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6/25/2001 Mon. | 12-1:30 pm | RESOLVING CONFLICT ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: A PUBLIC BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION WITH ACTIVISTS FROM SOUTH KOREA | C.S. MOTT HOUSE 122 Maryland Ave. NE (Metro: Union Station or Capitol South) | The Asia Pacific
Center for Justice and Peace and the American Friends Service Committee RSVP to: Loretta Lachmansingh 202-543-1094 or Jim Matlac Leaflet |
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6/26/2001 Tue. | 1 pm |
PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE
IN SHOWING ISRAELI WAR CRIMINAL ARIEL SHARON THAT HE IS NOT WELCOME |
In front of the White House (Lafayette Park on Pennsylvania Ave. and 16th Street, NW) |
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6/28 to 7/1/01 |
Temple Universityi, Philadelphia, PA Leaflet.rtf or
Leaflet.doc |
Co-Hosted by: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Temple
University School for Social Administration, The University of the Poor,
The Underground Railroad - Temple Depot |
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6/29 to 7/1/01 |
Pro-Democracy
Convention
Shapoing the Future of Democracy in America: From Voter Disenfranchisement to a Voters' Bill of Rights |
Annenberg Center, Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia,
PA
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Sponsored by
the Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York,
New York 10012 212-614-6452 demconv@ccy-ny.org |
7/2001 | . | Venceremos
Brigade DC Go to Cuba with the Brigade! |
Focus will be on Santiago de Cuba |
For information
202-756-4100 #7550 |
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7/5/2001 Thur. | 7 pm |
THE MONTHLY MEETING of the DC Statehood
Green Party
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One Judiciary
Square, 441 4th Street NW, 7 pm in room 700 |
Mike Livingston 202-722-1650 | |
7/7/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 2 pm |
DC
Statehood Green tabling, registering voters
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414 Rhode Island Avenue NE, WDC | Steve 202-986-9438. | |
7/9/2001 Mon. | 4 pm |
Public hearing on the Labor Peace Bill
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41 4th Street NW in Council Chamber, WDC | Information Kristen Arant 202-639-5699. |
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7/9/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meet with us at the famous (but inexpensive) and endangered
Sholl's
Cafeteria, |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local chapter.
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7/11/2001 Wed. | 7 to 8 am | Demo to boycott Exxon Mobil | Wisconsin Avenue and Warren Street NW, WDC |
DC Green Party |
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7/14/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 2 pm |
DC
Statehood Green tabling, registering voters
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414 Rhode Island Avenue NE, WDC | Steve 202-986-9438. |
7/21/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 2 pm |
DC
Statehood Green tabling, registering voters
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414 Rhode Island Avenue NE, WDC | Steve 202-986-9438. | |
7/21/2001 Sat. | 12 Noon | "Iran: Understanding History & Recent Reform" | Politics and Prose 5015 Conn. Ave., NW, WDC | 202-363-7663 | |
7/21/2001 Sat. | 5 - 7 pm | Women of Color Reading
Group Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings, by Valerie Jean. |
Email Tracy at temdc@aol.com or call 202-832-1826 | ||
7/21/2001 Sat. | 7 pm | Film of Mission Anti Displacement Coalition in SF | La Casa, 3166 Mount Pleasant St NW, WDC | ||
7/25/2001 Wed. | 12 - 2 pm | "Sweatshop Labor" Film showing and Bama Athreya of Inter. Labor Rights Fund. | Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, WDC | Email 202-234-9382 | |
7/25/2001 Wed. | 6 - 7 pm |
Slavery
History in Adams Morgan
Sunset walk around Holt House! |
MEET: west side of Walter Pierce |
Holt House Preservation
Task Force of the Kalorama Citizens Association Information 202.232.6113 |
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7/26/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | The DC Independent Media Center Presents Breaking the Bank (Documentary on April 2000 Protests of IMF and World Bank) | Visions Cinema 1927 Florida Avenue NW, WDC | 202-667-0090 |
7/25/2001 Wed. | 6 - 7 pm |
Slavery
History in Adams Morgan
Sunset walk around Holt House! |
MEET: west side of Walter Pierce |
Holt House Preservation
Task Force of the Kalorama Citizens Association Information 202.232.6113 |
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7/26/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | The DC Independent Media Center Presents Breaking the Bank (Documentary on April 2000 Protests of IMF and World Bank) | Visions Cinema 1927 Florida Avenue NW, WDC | 202-667-0090 | |
7/28/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 2 pm |
DC
Statehood Green tabling, registering voters
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414 Rhode Island Avenue NE, WDC | Steve 202-986-9438. | |
7/30/2001 Mon. | 6:30 - 8 pm | TOWN
HALL MEETING: THE HOPE VI PROCESS - WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS? |
1000 5th ST SE (Nearest metro station: Navy Yard or Eastern Market) | ||
7/30/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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7/31/2001 Tue. | 6:30 - 9 pm |
As Long as it Takes, Whatever it Takes: |
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 1313 L St. NW, WDC | Washington Peace Center 202-234-2000 |
8/1/2001 Wed. | 12 - 2pm |
Global Warming & the "Energy
Crisis" Film and speakers
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Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, WDC | Email 202-234-9382 | |
8/1/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | El Barrio
Street Theater Standing our Ground: A play about genetrification, displacement, love, and laughter in DC |
All Souls Church (Harvard and 16th) WDC |
202/462-7042 Youth Action Research Group | |
8/2/2001 Thur. | 6:30 pm | DC Alliance: Pro-Democracy Meeting | New Bethel Baptist Church, 9th & S Sts. NW | Scottie Wingfield 301-403-9001 or Sue Wheaton, 301-270-9038 (H), 202-619-7585 | |
8/2/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Monthly meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party - Forum! | 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop Rm 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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8/3 - 5/01 | . |
Days of Global Action
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. | kwn@libertynet.org | |
8/4/2001 Sat. | 6 pm | El Barrio
Street Theater Standing our Ground: A play about genetrification, displacement, love, and laughter in DC |
Unity Park (formerly known as el parque de las ratas, Columbia and Champlain) |
202/462-7042 Youth Action Research Group | |
8/5/2001 Sun. | 4 - 6 pm | Workers' Rights Board Hearing on Interpark | National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle (14th & Mass. Ave. NW) |
DC Workers Rights Board |
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8/5/2001 Sun. | 5:30 pm |
20th Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting
Pool Wash. DC |
John Steinbach 703-369-7427 |
8/6/2001 Mon. | 8 to 10 pm | Open microphone fundraiser for the Community Coalition for Justice & Peace | 1725 Columbia Road NW, | Armando Sarlat, (301) 847-0358 or Luci Murphy, (202) 234-8840. | |
8/7/2001 Tue. | 12 - 2 pm | Exporting Failure: The US Drug War in the Andes | 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, WDC | Institute for
Policy Studies. Dario, 202-234-9382 ext 220 |
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8/7/2001 Tue. | 6 pm | Stand for
our Neighbors and TranzMission & Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU)
meet to plan for the involvement of musicians and artists in the movement
for economic human rights. |
La Casa, 3166 Mt Pleasant Street, NW, WDC |
The
School of Arts and Music of The University of the Poor
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8/7/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Community
Forum/Video Showing: Depleted Uranium in U.S. Warfare: Its Use and Significance |
Luna Books and
Democracy Center 1633 P Street, N.W., 2nd Floor |
D.C. Coalition
to Stop the War against Iraq, 202-452-7454; Gray Panthers, D.C. Metropolitan Area; Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, 1-703-369-7427 |
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8/8/2001 Wed. | 12 - 2 pm |
AIDS Pandemic & the Pharmeceutical
Struggle
Film and Speakers |
Insitute
for Policy Studies 733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020 |
Call 202-234-9382 or molly@ips-dc.org | |
8/8/2001 Wed. | 7 - 9:30 pm |
The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Cadlelight Vigil 10 pm at White House! |
Potluck Supper at 7 - 9:30 pm |
John Steinbach 703-369-7427 | |
8/9/2001 Thur. | 6:30 - 9:30 pm |
Neighborhood outreach volunteers needed for the Fall
World Bank/IMF and anti-corporate globalization demonstrations in DC |
The conference room of the Maryknoll Center, 401 Michigan Ave NE (one block from the Catholic University Metro Station) | Washington
Peace Center 1801 Columbia Road NW, Suite 104 Washington, DC 20009 (202) 234-2000; fax (202) 234-7064 |
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8/9/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Rhythm Workers Union, calling all people who want to set the revolution to music and "Jamming for Justice" | Electric Maid
in Takoma, DC, near the Takoma Metro Stop, on Carroll Avenue across the from the 7-11 |
Kristen, 202-639-5699 Marcus | |
8/9/2001 Thur. | 7 - 9 pm |
DC Housing Coalition Meeting
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Howard University hospital cafeteria, 2nd floor, 2041 Georgia Avenue NW | ||
8/13/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Tenant Coalition Meeting/ Project
South
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St. Stephen's Church 1525 Newton St. N.W. WDC | 202.332.5333 | |
8/15/2001 Wed. | 12 - 2 pm |
IMF/World Bank
Film and Speaker Njoki Njoroge Njehu |
Insitute
for Policy Studies 733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020 |
Call 202-234-9382 or molly@ips-dc.org | |
8/16/2001 Thur. | 6 pm |
Bikes Over Big Oil!
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Dupont Circle, NW, WDC | Info
at Critical Mass 2wrongs.net |
8/20/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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8/22/2001 Wed. | 7 pm on... | GREEN SCENE Pot Luck Dinner for Statehood Green Party | House of Maya
O'Connor and Joel Tomlinson. 3155 Monroe Street NE WDC |
Call for details DC Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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8/23/2001 Thur. | 28 more youth from eight US states will depart for Havana, Cuba to begin a six-year medical school program | Scholorship offer from Cuba | |||
8/23/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Rhythm Workers Union, calling all people who want to set the revolution to music and "Jamming for Justice" | Electric Maid
in Takoma, DC, near the Takoma Metro Stop, on Carroll Avenue across the from the 7-11 |
Kristen, 202-639-5699 Marcus |
8/28/2001 Tue. | 5:30 - 7 pm | Protest THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST PALESTINIANS & THE ASSASSINATION OF A SENIOR PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADER | On the side walk
of the White House - Pennsylvania Avenue, Wash. DC Information |
Contact: ADC
202-244-2990, 703-928-8393, or 202-256-6061 |
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8/30/2001 Thur. | 6:30 pm | Mobilizers Meeting to build the September 29th "Surround the White House" demonstration against the Bush program. | S29 office, 1247 'E' Street SE, Wash. DC | ||
8/31/2001 Fri. | 7 pm |
Fron Attica to Gustafsen Lake
Dacajeweiah discusses his new autobiography |
Luna Books, 1633 P Street NW(17th & P) Wash. DC | RSVP John Steinbach at 703-369-7427 |
8/31/2001 Fri. | 7 pm |
Fron Attica to Gustafsen Lake
Dacajeweiah discusses his new autobiography |
Luna Books, 1633 P Street NW(17th & P) Wash. DC | RSVP John Steinbach at 703-369-7427 |
9/3/2001 Mon. | 12 noon - 7 pm |
Celebrate Labor's Day! |
4202 Knowles Avenue, Kensington, Maryland | RSVP to Randy Cecil or Barbara Jacobi at (301) 564-6653 or email | |
9/4/2001 Tues. | 6:30 pm |
Immigration Panel
Looking at the impact of World Bank and IMF policies on immigration, and other immigration rights issues. |
All Souls Unitarian Church, 16th and Harvard Streets, NW | Contact Monica Wilson 202-387-8030. | |
9/4/2001 Tues. | 7 pm | Steering Committee meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party | One Judiciary
Square, 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop, in room 700. |
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | |
9/5/2001 Wed. | 9:30 pm | Fair Budget
Coalition Meeting Includes more than 60 individuals and organizations - Looking at the District's FY 2003 budget process, training plans for the year. |
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, 6th floor, WDC | Patty Mullahy Fugere at 202-872-8958. | |
9/5/2001 Wed. | 4 pm Rally 5 pm March |
THE MARCH OF THE POORS: Protest Against
Fox-Bush Meeting
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Lafatette Park, White House, Wash. DC | Los
Pasamontañas: ( Ricardo) 703-491-7619 MSN : ( Alicia or Morgan) 202-544-9355 Many endorsing organizations. |
9/6/2001 Thur. | 12 to 2 pm |
PROTEST HENRY KISSINGER -- #1 WAR
CRIMINAL IN THE WORLD TODAY!
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Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St NW Washington DC |
International Action
Center 733 15th Street NW, #515 Washington, DC 20005 |
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9/6/2001 Thur. | 6:30 pm | Mobilizers Meeting to build the September 29th "Surround the White House" demonstration against the Bush program. | S29 office, 1247 'E' Street SE, Wash. DC | ||
9/6/2001 Thur. | 6:30 - 8 pm |
The Justice for DC Youth! Coalition
Emergency Community Meeting
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Contact Liz Ryan | ||
9/6/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | One Judiciary
Square, 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop, in room 700. |
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
9/6-9/2001 |
DC
Labor Film Fest
Information 7 great labor films: Secrets of Silicon Valley; Life & Debt; La Ciudad; Bread & Roses; Live Nude Girls Unite!; At The River I Stand; Human Resources. |
Wash. DC |
Metro Labor Council, AFL-CIO |
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9/8/2001 Sat. | 2 pm |
Labor and Corporate Globalization
Learn how corporate globalization affects unions and workers' rights. |
Howard University, the Forum Room in the Blackburn Center, WDC | 202-265-7714 | |
9/9/2001 Sun |
Takoma
Park Folk Festival
11 am - 6:30 pm |
Takoma Park, MD, Municipal Complex
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Takoma
Park Takoma Park Folk Festival 301-589-3717 |
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9/10/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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9/14-18/2001 Fri. |
The Ruckus Society |
GLOBAL
JUSTICE ACTION CAMP!!! The Ruckus Society, Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs with Justice & Global Exchange present |
Middleburg VA
(near Washington DC) |
To
apply: http://www.ruckus.org Email: 510-595-3442 |
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9/14-18/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm |
Procession for Peace |
16th and Columbia Road NW, WDC | American
Friends Service Committee at 202-265-7997 and the Washington Peace Center at 202-234-2000 |
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9/14-18/2001 Fri. | 8 pm | "Healing Our Democracy and Saving Our World" Gathering of friends. | Email for location and to confirm. | Steve | |
9/15/2001 Sat. |
Teach-in on DC Statehood
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DC
Statehood Green Party Arturo 202-265-2659 Partnership for Civil Justice Henry |
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9/15/2001 Sat. |
Postponed
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Outreach Volunteers Needed for Bring
It Home Canvassing on Globalization
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Postponed
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Washington
Peace Center at 202-234-2000 |
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9/15/2001 Sat. | 1 pm | Brecht
Forum discussion on a progressive respone to the World Trade Center catastrophe. |
122 West 27th
St 10th Floor. [Organization Representatives Only] |
Brecht Forum 212-242-4201 | |
9/15/2001 Sat. | 2 pm | D.C. Is Not For Sale! Panel on D.C. Democracy | Watha T. Daniel Library, 1701 8th Street, corner with Rhode Island (Shaw/Howard metro) | 202-265-7714 www.globalizethis.org | |
9/15 & 16/2001 Sat. & Sun. | Call | Labor-to-Labor Globalization Blitz | Join union activists, talk to 10,000 fellow union members about globalization to prepare for Global Justice Week September 25-30. | Rachel Miller at the Metro Council 202-857-3410 | |
9/16/2001 Sun. | 11 am | Gray
Panthers of Metro. Wash. Forum on Corporate Globalization - Speakers |
Martin Luther King Library, 9th and G Street, WDC | Gray
Panthers Abraham Bloom 301-942-4254 |
9/17/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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9/19/2001 Wed. | 5:30 pm |
Discussion on democracy
Led by Steve Shafarman |
Howard University Blackburn Center, Wash., DC | Project South, Howard University, the DC Statehood Green Party, and other groups. | |
9/19/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
Sam Smith book signing his new book,
Why Bother? Getting a Life in a Locked Down Land
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Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW | 2Information02-363-7663 | |
9/20/2001 Thur. | 6:30 pm & every Thur. |
Mobilizers Meeting to build the September
29th "War and Racism are NOT the ANSWER" demonstration
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S29 office, 1247 'E' Street SE, Wash. DC | ||
9/20/2001 Thur. |
Peace and Justice Teach-In: Don't Turn Tragedy Into
WAR Several Hundred People Came!!!! |
Meridian Hill Baptist Church, Basement - 16th and Lamont St. NW, WDC - 7 pm | Many sponsors: AKIN, APCJ&P, DC SGP, ISO, MAPLA, RAWA, SOA, SUSTAIN, & Wash. Peace Center 202-234-2000 |
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9/21-24/01 | 10 - 5 pm May be canceled - Call |
The
People's Repo
Workshops, Presentations, Tenant Worker Support, Direct Action, Tenant's Rights, etc. |
Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 9th and G St., NW, Room A-5 |
HomesNotJails.org |
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9/22-23/2001 Sat. & Sun. | 9 am - 5 pm May be canceled - Call | Outreach Volunteers Needed for Bring It Home Canvassing on Globalization | Door-to-door
city-wide canvassing effort to 2,000 DC residents, help them understand IMF and World Bank policies Training & information sessions |
Washington
Peace Center at 202-234-2000 |
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9/22/2001 Sat. | 11 am | Day of outreach in the city -postering, flyering, etc. | S29 office, 1247 'E' Street SE, Wash. DC | International
Action Center 202-543-2777 |
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9/22/2001 Sat. | 1 pm | Peace
Planning Meeting Open meeting for activists and organizational representatives |
St. Aloysius Church, North Capitol Street between H & I St, WDC | Washington
Peace Center John Judge 202-234-2000 |
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9/23/2001 Sun. | 6:30 pm | DC
Alliance Pot Luck Members and friends |
Call George 202-986-5977 | ||
9/24/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Connie, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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9/25/2001 Tue. | 9 am to Rally at 4 pm |
National Day of Action for Legalization
and Immigrant Rights
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Lobbying, Demonstration, Rally in Washington, DC | Call Beatriz Maya for information 419-243-3456 | |
9/25/2001 Tue. | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Howard University
2400 6th Street, NW, Wash. DC [Blackburn Center, Hilltop Lounge on 2nd floor] |
Project
South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide 404.622.0602 |
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9/25/2001 Tue. |
7 - 9:30 pm Cancelled |
Reception for Helen Caldicott
Legendary activist and author of Nuclear Madness, If You Love This Planet and Missile Envy |
Church of the
Reformation 222 East Capital Street NE, WDC Information |
Gray Panthers,
Physicians for social Responsibility, Critical Mass, Nuclear Information
& Resource Service, and Peace Action. John
Steinbach 703-369-7427 |
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9/26-10/1/01 | Calendar of events & times | Welcome Center
Phone: 202-306-3636 15th and Irving St., NW, Wash. DC. |
9/27/2001 Thur. | 4 pm |
"Conversation about Peace with
Howard Zinn"
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All Souls Unitarian
Church, side entrance on Harvard just east of 16th, NW |
202-387-8030, www.essentialaction.org | |
9/27/2001 Thur. |
Plenary Featuring Kevin Danaher of
Global Exchange
Dozens of workshops! |
Location to be announced. Washington, DC | 50
Years is Enough S30 DC Statehood Green Party |
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9/27 to 9/28/01 | The People's
Summit Workshops Economic Justice etc. Luther Place Memorial Church 1226 Vermont Ave., NW, Wash. DC Workshops and times (9 am to 6 pm each day) |
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9/28 to 10/4/2001 |
Mobilization for Global Justice Demonstration
Canceled! |
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have cancelled their Meetings in Washington, DC | Information 50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice Email |
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9/28/2001 Fri. | 7 pm to Midnight |
Green Welcome Wagon
Relax; meet other Greens; meet your hosts if you're visiting DC; munch on refreshments - Music, Dancers!!! |
Josephine Butler
Building, 2437 15th and Euclid Streets NW, Wash., DC Kristen Arant, 202-639-5699. |
DC
Statehood Green Party 202-462-7275 |
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9/28/2001 Fri. | 4 - 9 pm |
Welcome Center
Information |
1615 Columbia Road NW (at 16th St.). Take the green line to Columbia Heights or the 16th St. bus to Columbia Road, |
International Action
Center *new office until Oct. 15* 1247 E St. SE (entrance on 13th
St.) |
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9/28/2001 Fri. | 6:30 pm |
The People's Summit: Panel, "Globalizing
Justice and Peace" featuring Noam Chomsky and representatives
from Global South, etc.
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St. Stephen's
Church, 1525 Newton St., NW, Wash. DC Information on this event |
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9/28/2001 Fri. | 7 pm |
POOR PEOPLE'S FORUM: |
Multicultural
Services Division 1536 U Street, NW WASH, DC |
KWRU, DC-SWAA
and other Sponsors and Leaflet: |
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9/29/2001 Sat. | 9 am to 3 pm |
GREEN PARTY NATIONAL FORUM: A Democratic
Response to the Crisis
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Confirmed speakers: Kit Gage, National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom; Anita Rios; co-chair of the Green Party of the US; Sam Smith; editor of Progressive Review and DC Statehood Green; Chris Toensing of the Middle East Research & Information Project | UDC Auditorium. Information | |
9/29/2001 Sat. | 9 am | March, assembly in park in front of Union Station, Wash. DC. And other areas. Check their web site. | Anti-Capitalist
Convergence 703-276-9768 |
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9/29/2001 Sat. | 11 am on.... |
"Create Peace"
a community gathering "circle of life" dialogue; "create art for peace" activities; open mic; live musical performances; and the farmers' & flea market. |
Market at 14th & Irving Streets NW, next to the Columbia Heights Metro Stop on the Green Line | John Friedrich | |
9/29/2001 Sat. |
National
Rally Against the War Act Now to Stop War & End Racism |
[Locations changed - permits obtained] |
International Action
Center, |
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9/29/2001 Sat. | 12 Noon May be canceled - Call |
International
Day of Action
RALLY Against US Military and Economic Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Beginning at noon at Upper Senate Park and proceeding to the White House Washington, DC | Latin
America Solidarity Conference CISPES 212-229-1290 NicaNet 202-544-9355 |
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9/29/2001 Sat. | Contact them. | The Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF and the Jubilee USA Network | |||
9/29/2001 Sat. | 5 pm |
Critical Mass Convergence
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202-802-8222 | ||
9/29/2001 Sat. | 5 pm |
Voter March Rally and Candlelight
Vigil
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East steps of the Capitol, directly across from the US Supreme Court, Wash., DC | Information | |
9/29/2001 Sat. | 7:30 pm |
Potter's House
Artists/musicians for peace and justice gathering |
Between Ontario and 16th, southeast side of Columbia Road, NW, Wash. DC | organized by Spirit House | |
9/29/2001 Sat. | 8 pm |
Interfaith Svc. on Peace and Justice
in Global Economy
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St. Aloysius, 19 N. Capitol (at I St., 5 blocks from Union Station), Wash., DC | www.jubilee.org religiouswg.org | |
9/30/2001 Sun | Before 11 am |
Green Party Rally and March
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Gather at Malcolm X Park and march to fence about 11 or 12 noon. Call to verify |
DC Statehood
Green Party |
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9/30/2001 Sun |
11 am |
March followed by a community gathering to celebrate the principles of peace, social and economic justice, protection of civil liberties and respect and dignity for all people |
Assemble 11
am at Meridian Hill Park (aka Malcolm X Park) at 16th and Euclid St. NW Working Groups and Locations Leaflet in PDF 1---- and 2---- |
Washington
Peace Center lDC American Friends Service Committee |
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9/30/2001 Sun. | 12 noon canceled | Rally at the
Ellipse, Washington, DC and March later. canceled |
Information |
10/1/2001 Mon. | 11 noon |
"Build for Peace"
March to Demand Justice -- Housing a basic human right Fight Racism and Urban Removal |
HUD, 451 7th
St., SW at L'Enfant Plaza Metrom Wash., DC |
202-547-3039 | |
10/6-14/2001 | Call | SIXTH ANNUAL ARABIAN SIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS UNDERSTANDING OF ARAB CULTURE |
Foundry Theaters, Wash. DC |
Admission is $8.00 per person for each screening. Passes/tickets may be reserved by calling 202-724-5613 | |
10/7/2001 Sun. | 7 pm | DC
Alliance Pot Luck Members and friends |
Call George 202-986-5977 | ||
10/7/2001 Sun. | 5 pm | Emergency Protest of US bombing! | Lafayette Park close to White House, Wash. DC | Washington
Peace Center 1801 Columbia Road NW, Suite 104 202-234-2000 |
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10/8/2001 Mon. | 5 pm | Emergency Protest of US bombing! | White House, Wash. DC | Many groups. | |
10/9/2001 Tue. | 6:30 pm |
DC Metro Area Labor Party forum:
Globalization or Democracy?
Speakers |
SEIU Building, 1313 L Street NW, a few blocks from the McPherson Square Metro Stop. | 310-942-0071 | |
10/10/2001 Wed. | 1:30 pm | Interim Disability Assistance Outreach Meeting | 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW on the 6th Floor, Wash. DC | T.J. Sutcliffe So Others Might Eat 202-797-0701 ext. 107 FAX 202-797-1867 |
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10/11-14/2001 Rescheduled for Sprin 2002 |
The 35th Anniversary Celebration and Conference of the Founding of the Black Panther Party (BPP) | Univ. of DC Wash. DC |
It's
About Time Committee's website Register here 916-455-0908 Sherry Brown in DC 202-396-1021 |
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10/12/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm |
INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY DAY NATIVE
AMERICAN LIBERATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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Plymouth Congregational Church 5301 N. Capitol St., WDC | Contact John
Steinbach 1-800-484-7459 Information |
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10/13/2001 Sat | 7 pm | Dacajeweiah On Gustafsen Lake! Dacajeweiah discusses the new Documentary Above the Law 2: The Other Side | Luna Books, 1633 P Street NW(17th & P) | RSVP John
Steinbach at 703-369-7427 |
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10/13/2001 Sat. | International
Day of Protest Against Bush's Missle Program |
the event is being organized by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear power in Space -- www.space4peace.org |
10/15/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contacts: Connie, Claudia, Walter Information on the local DC Chapter.
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10/15/2001 Mon. | 7 pm |
Maryland
Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings
Town Meeting |
Wheaton Presbyterian Church, 3211 Paul Drive, Wheaton, MD |
Maryland Health
Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative For directions call: 301-495-7004 or Email |
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10/15/2001 Mon. | 6:30 pm Dinner, 7:30 pm Talk | Pearl Watson: An Afro-Nicaraguan Confronts Globalization | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW (Federal Center Metro) | Nicaragua Network (202) 544-9355, or nicanet@afgj.org | |
10/16/2001 Tue. | D.C. Coalition
to Stop the War against Iraq Planning Meeting! |
Cyberstop Cafe 17th St., half block north of P St., NW, Wash. DC |
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10/16/2001 Tue. | 5:30 pm |
Peace Within, Peace in the World
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Supreme Court Building located at the corner of First St. and Maryland Ave NE., WDC | Contact Carolyn Cleveland, Committee on Mindful Politics and the Capitol Hill Mindfulness Community | |
10/17/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
Maryland
Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings
Town Meeting |
Paint Branch Unitarian
Universalist Church
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Maryland Health
Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 301-937-3666 PBUUChurch@juno.com |
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10/17/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
Diversity and Multi-Culturalism
Between The Creeks Neighborhood Association meeting |
Long Branch Community Center, Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, MD | 301-587-1429, 301-588-3547 | |
10/18/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Project South Leadership Development Institute (LDI) workshop #1Grassroots Organizing & Facilitating 101 | St. Stephens Church, 1525 Newton St, NW, Washington, DC | Tomas
Encarnacion 202.332.5333 |
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10/18/2001 Thur. | 7 pm |
Workshop: Grassroots Organizing &
Facilitating 101
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Project South Leadership Development Institute. | Tomas Encarnacion 202-332-5333 Email: projectsouthdc@earthlink.net | |
10/18/2001 Thur. | 8:30 pm |
Debate: Is Military Retaliation Against
the Terrorist Attacks a Right Response?
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American University Campus, Ward Building Terrace Room 2 Auditorium, Wash. DC | ||
10/19/2001 Fri. | 11:30 am |
Support Parking Workers and Union
Organizers
InterPark Garage at International Square, 1850 K St., NW |
Why: While parking workers at InterPark continue their struggle for democracy at work, the company is shamelessly exploiting the September 11 tragedy, claiming "security" concerns as an excuse to restrict workers' rights to organize and even falsely accusing a Local 27 organizer of making a bomb threat. 202-884-7635 or jufj@earthlink.net | ||
10/19/2001 Fri. | 1 to 4 pm |
Organizing after Terrorism: Obstacle
or Opportunity?
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Contact: 202-857-3410 dcstreetheat@earthlink.net | ||
10/19/2001 Fri. | 1 pm |
Peace Rally for Civilians in Afghanistan
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Across from the State Department, 23rd and C Street NW | Call Madhi Bray for more information at 202- 879-6726. | |
10/22/2001 Mon. |
Public Hearing on Confiscation of
Shoshone Lands
Cancelled |
Cancelled due to Anthrax Threates - Will be rescheduled | John Steinback jsteinbach@igc.org | ||
10/22/2001 Mon. | 8:30 pm |
Washington
Peace Center
Volunteer Organizing Meeting |
La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant Street NW (Columbia Heights Metro, Green Line directions below) | Washington
Peace Center (202) 234-2000 or email us at wpc@igc.org. |
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10/23/2001 Tue. | 12 am |
Organizing the Nov. 14, National
Day of Housing Action!
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1012 14th St. NW, #600 (between K and L St., near theMcPherson Sq. Metro) | www.nhtf.org 202-737-6444 #26. | |
10/23/2001 Tue. | 7 - 9 pm |
WASHINGTON DC AREA PEACE COALITION
Meeting |
St. Stephen's Auditorium, 16th and Newton, Wash. DC |
Information |
11/24/2001 Wed. |
WEEKLY ACTIVIST MEETING
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1247 E St., SE, enter on 13th St., Wash. DC 20003 | International
Action Center 202-543-2777 |
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11/24/2001 Wed. | 8 am to 5 pm | NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY for PEACE through JUSTICE |
White House Comment Line: (202) 456-1111
Secretary of State Comment Line: (202) 647-6575 Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton: (202) 225-8050 |
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10/25/2001 Thur | 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Protest the Assassination of Digna
Ochoa Placido
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Mexican Embassy - 1911 Pennsylvania Ave, NW between 19 and 21st St., WDC | (202) 276-8188 or diortiz@earthlink.net | |
10/25/2001 Thur. | 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
Project
South Washington Book Forum
In theTime of the Right: Reflectionson Liberation Teaching & Organizing for Justice Featuring scholars discussing their books & community, student & youth dialogue |
American University,
4400 Mass. Ave., & Ward Circle, School of International Service, 1st
floor lounge. NW, Wash. DC |
Project
South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide For more information call 202.332.5333, 301.320.4034 or 301.367.1079. Lost? Call 301.367.1079! |
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10/25/2001 Thur. | 6:30 - 9 pm |
Black Radical Congress Forum: Things
to Consider... Besides War!
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St. Stephen & The Incarnation Episcopal Church - 1525 Newton St, NW (16th and Newton) | (202) 777-2646 x 2524 or brcdc@onebox.com | |
10/25/2001 Thur. | 7 pm |
JUFJ Quarterly Membership Meeting
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DCJCC, 1424 16th Street, NW Suite 700 (16th and Q Streets) | (202 )884-7635, fax (202) 797-5516 or www.jufj.org | |
10/27/2001 Sat. | Noon | Meet 12 noon at the Washington Post (15th St. Between L and M NW). March to White House, teach-in at 2 pm. |
International
Action Center, email iacenter@iacenter.org
or ANSWER@afgj.org, or call 202-543-2777,
202-544-9355 or 212-633-6646. |
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10/29/2001 Mon. | 7 pm |
Human Rights Speakers from Indonesia
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La Casa 3166 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW, Wash. DC | Indonesia Human
Rights Network at (202) 393-4554 Activist Alert Information |
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10/29/2001 Mon. | 7:30 pm |
"Not in My Backyard" |
Visions - 1927 Florida Ave, NW | The showing will
benefit Stand Up For Democracy and Homes not Jails. Cost $7 Activist Alert Information |
10/30/2001 Tue. | 12:30 - 2:30 pm |
Afghanistan and U.S. Policy:
A Historical Perspective |
Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020, Wash., DC | IPS to stay updated,
(202)234-9382 Activist Alert Information |
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10/30/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party steering committee meeting | 1708 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Wash. DC | Steve 202-986-9438. |
11/1/2001 Thur. | 4:30 pm |
Protest US Trade Rep. Robt. Zoellick
- AIDs, Anthrax, Drug Companies Patent Abuse!
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USTR, 600 17th
St NW Washington DC |
Paul
Davis Health GAP Coalition, ACT UP Philadelphia 1.215.474.6886 direct tel. 1.215.474.4793 fax 1.215.731.1844 ACT UP |
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11/1/2001 Thur. | 7 pm |
DC Statehood Green Party general assembly meeting |
Wilson Building,
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Rm 104, Wash. DC |
DC Statehood
Green Party |
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11/1/2001 Thur. | 8 pm |
United Tenantry Meeting
Information |
Casa
de Maryland 310 Tulip Ave., Takoma Park, MD |
301.588.3547 | |
11/2/2001 Fri. | 9:30 am |
Laid-Off Workers Demand Real Relief
Now
At: US Capitol (East side, Senate side) Wash., DC |
$100 billion for corporate America but not a penny for laid-off American workers? Join local workers demanding fairness and relief now. |
11/2 & 3 /2001 Fri. & Sat. |
The Center for Policy Analysis on
Palestine International Conference.
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Focus: Palestinian-Israeli impasse, how to affect change in U.S. policy toward the region. | Contact (202) 338-1290 or info@palestinecenter.org. | ||
11/3/2001 Sat. |
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12:00pm - 4:00pm
Place: La Fontaine Bleu in Lanham, Maryland. |
Tammy Williams 301-699-0042 |
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11/3/2001 Sat. | 2 pm Sharp! | Anti-War Canvassing | Anacostia Metro station (green line) at the MLK Ave and Howard Road, SE exit (where the busses are) | For more information, Steve (202) 986-9438. | |
11/3/2001 Sat. | 4 - 8 pm | Teach-In
- Jazz and Politics Pacifica and Free Speech! |
All Souls Church - 16th and Harvard, NW, Wash. DC |
Sponsored by WBIX Pacifica Radio in Exile. |
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11/3/2001 Sat. | 6 - 11 pm | Benefit
Party for the D.C. Free Press Newspaper of the D.C. Independent Media Center |
Kaffa House - 1212 U Street NW, Wash. DC | Live
music, Captain Paradox. $10 (sliding scale, no one turned away) (202) 483-3700 Activist Alert Information |
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11/4/2001 Sun. | 10 am to 7pm |
Teach-in on Afghanistan, |
American University's
Ward Building (near corne & Nebraska Ave, NW -- Tenleytown Metro |
Information
Sustain@onebox.com 202-777-2641
x9779 Flyer in pdf |
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11/5/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contact: Athena 202-332-6615 |
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11/6/2001 Tue. | 1:30 pm |
Discussion: Why Does The War Matter
To Labor?
Brown bag lunch discussion. Everyone welcome - discussion on the war and our interests as trade unionists. |
SEIU, 1313 L St, 6th, Wash., DC | Contact
Lynne Turner, Labor Committee for Peace and Justice lynnecturner@yahoo.com |
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11/6/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
District of Columbia Anti-War Network
Meeting
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St. Stephen's
Church 16th St., and Newton St., NW, Wash., DC |
DC
Anti-War Network (DAWN) Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990 Information |
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11/7/2001 Wed. | 6:30 - 8 pm |
Interfaith Gathering To Honor Victims
of Terrorism and Violence Here and Abroad
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Church of the Reformation - St. John's Room 212 East Capitol Street NE (Capitol South or Union Station Metro) | Sponsored by the Washington Peace Center and the American Friends Service Committee-DC. 202-234-2000 or 202-265-7997 |
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11/7/2001 Wed. | 7 pm on... |
Green Scene: Pot Luck Dinner
Video "This water is ours, dammit! First people's victory agaiinst globalization", about local resistance in one town (Cochabamba, Bolivia) against efforts to privatize the water supply, a scheme negotiated in secret by the World Bank, the Bolivian government, and the California-based Bechtel corporation. Presented by DC Latino activist Oscar Ordenes. |
Martin Thomas's house, 1640 Hobart Street NW, Wash. DC | ||
11/7/2001 Wed. | 9:30 - 10:30 pm |
DC Fair Budget Coalition Meeting
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Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless1800 Mass. Ave., NW 6th floor, Wash. DC | Contact: David Schwartzman | |
11/8/2001 Thus. | 2 pm |
Project LEAD-IMA-IDA Meeting
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1800 Mass. Ave., NW, 6th Fl., Wash. DC | Interim
Disability Assistance for DC Residents with Disabilities T.J. Sutcliffe 202-797-0701 ext. 107. |
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11/8/2001 Thus. | 6 to 7 pm |
WTO Candelight Vigil
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USTR, 600 17th St, NW, Wash. DC | AFL-CIO | |
11/9/2001 Fri. | Assemble 10:00am, March 11:00am |
WTO Day of Action
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12:30 Shout Out Place: Edward R. Murrow Park (across from the World Bank HQ), Pennsylvania Ave. & 19th Street NW | Email, www.globalizethis.org |
11/11/2001 Sun. | Call |
Islam & Labor Conference
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Forging Partnerships
between labor and Muslim communities in America. Sponsored by the National
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and The Muslim Public Affairs Council Contact Toure Muhammad 773-728-8400 x 24 |
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11/11/2001 Sun. | 11 am |
Monthly Discussion of the
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion Group |
Politics &
Prose, Remainder Room 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW (UDC-Van Ness Metro, Red Line) |
To RSVP, call Maria at 202-234-2000 | |
11/11/2001 Sun. | 1 pm |
Demonstrion your Concern for the
People of Afghanistan!
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Freedom Plaza, 14th St. andPennsylvania Ave. NW, Wash., DC | DC Anti-War
Network (DAWN) Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990 Information |
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11/13/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion
Groups:
Books,Conversations & Coffee |
Capitol Hill
Starbucks, 2nd Floor Conference Room 237 Pennsylvania Avenue SE (Capitol South Metro , Orange/Blue Line) |
RSVP, call Erik at (202) 546-0044 | |
11/14/2001 Wed. | . |
A day of coordinated actions against the war. Join together on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan. |
Being organized. See: www.internationalanswer.org | 212-633-6646 | |
11/14/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
ANTHRAX ATTACK EXPOSES DCs HEALTHCARE CRISIS REOPEN DC GENERAL HOSPITAL! |
UDC Faculty
Lounge Bldg. #42 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW (Van Ness Metro-red line or L2 Bus) Speakers include: DC EMS workers, DC doctors, postal workers, and victims of Greater Southeasts emergency room |
Sponsored By: Healthcare Now Coalition |
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11/15/2001 Thur. | 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
Project
South Washington Book Forum:
Teaching & Organizing for Justice Featuring scholars discussing their books & community, student & youth dialogue |
Howard University
2400 6th Street, NW, Wash. DC [Blackburn Center, Hilltop Lounge on 2nd floor] |
Project
South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide 404.622.0602 |
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11/15/2001 Thur. | 6 - 8:30 pm |
Where Do We Go From Here? |
Howard Univ. School of Law |
11/11/2001 Sun. | Call |
Islam & Labor Conference
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Forging Partnerships
between labor and Muslim communities in America. Sponsored by the National
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and The Muslim Public Affairs Council Contact Toure Muhammad 773-728-8400 x 24 |
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11/11/2001 Sun. | 11 am |
Monthly Discussion of the
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion Group |
Politics &
Prose, Remainder Room 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW (UDC-Van Ness Metro, Red Line) |
To RSVP, call Maria at 202-234-2000 | |
11/11/2001 Sun. | 1 pm |
Demonstrion your Concern for the
People of Afghanistan!
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Freedom Plaza, 14th St. andPennsylvania Ave. NW, Wash., DC | DC Anti-War
Network (DAWN) Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990 Information |
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11/13/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion
Groups:
Books,Conversations & Coffee |
Capitol Hill
Starbucks, 2nd Floor Conference Room 237 Pennsylvania Avenue SE (Capitol South Metro , Orange/Blue Line) |
RSVP, call Erik at (202) 546-0044 | |
11/14/2001 Wed. | . |
A day of coordinated actions against the war. Join together on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan. |
Being organized. See: www.internationalanswer.org | 212-633-6646 | |
11/14/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
ANTHRAX ATTACK EXPOSES DCs HEALTHCARE CRISIS REOPEN DC GENERAL HOSPITAL! |
UDC Faculty
Lounge Bldg. #42 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW (Van Ness Metro-red line or L2 Bus) Speakers include: DC EMS workers, DC doctors, postal workers, and victims of Greater Southeasts emergency room |
Sponsored By: Healthcare Now Coalition |
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11/15/2001 Thur. | 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
Project
South Washington Book Forum:
Teaching & Organizing for Justice Featuring scholars discussing their books & community, student & youth dialogue |
Howard University
2400 6th Street, NW, Wash. DC [Blackburn Center, Hilltop Lounge on 2nd floor] |
Project
South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide 404.622.0602 |
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11/15/2001 Thur. | 6 - 8:30 pm |
Where Do We Go From Here? |
Howard Univ. School of Law |
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11/17-18/2001 |
2001 National Conference of the::UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE ACTION NETWORK (UHCAN)
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Maritime Institute
Training & Conference Center: Linthicum Heights, Maryland (just outside
Baltimore) Information www.uhcan.org |
UHCAN at 800/634-4442 for the registration form | ||
11/18/2001 Sun. | 6 - 9 pm | Dinner Meeting: What Patients Need and What They Really Get - Speakers on Patients rights and services. | Parthenon Restaurant, 5510 Connecticut Ave., N.W. | Greater
Washington Coaltion of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers Call 301-585-5001 for reservations |
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11/22/2001 Thur. | 12 noon to 4 pm | Thanksgiving
Pot Luck (Vegan) To Promote Peace and Non-Violence |
Vegan food only.
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RSVP Nancy Hey: 301-469-6976 or Bob Auerbach: 202-722-4303 |
11/26/2001 Mon. | 6:45 to 8:45 pm |
Manufactured Consent: A Critical
Look at Media Coverage of the War.
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Institute for Policy Studies. $5 (sliding scale, no one turned away).IPS, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Wash., DC | Washington
Peace Center & IPS Call IPS at (202) 234-9382 |
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11/26/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contact: Athena 202-332-6615 |
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11/27/2001 Tue. | 12:30 - 2:30 pm |
CIA, Drugs, and Afghanistan
Part of the Stopping the Cycle of Terror brown bag lunch series |
Washington Peace Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Wash., DC | Washington
Peace Center Call IPS at (202) 234-9382 |
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11/27/2001 Tue. | 5 pm |
Protest the War - Stop the Bombing
- US out of Afghanistan!
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Outside the White House, Wash., DC | International
Action Center, email iacenter@iacenter.org
or ANSWER@afgj.org, or call 202-543-2777,
202-544-9355 or 212-633-6646. Let us know about local actions! |
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11/27/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Capitol Hill Book Discussion: Taliban
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Fall discussion continues with Ahmed Rashid's critically acclaimed book, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. | Capitol Hill
Starbucks, 237 Pennsylvania Ave SE RSVP to Erik, at (202) 546-0044 |
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11/27/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
The Future of Washington's Neighborhoods
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Sumner School, 1201 17th Street NW, at M Street (closest Metro is Dupont Circle, South Exit) Wash., DC | RSVP (attendance only): Cassie Seiple, WRN, 202/6675445, or staff@washingtonregion.net | |
11/27/2001 Tue. | 7:30 pm |
Nov. 27 forum on nuclear missile
defense
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Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, in the multi-purpose room, Greenbelt, MD | Contact Bertram Donn coordinator of the Peace & Justice Coalition 301-474-1353 or Lucy Duff at 301-577-2350 | |
11/29/2001 Thur. | 6 - 8 pm |
Talk with Revolutionary Association
of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA)
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Colony Ballroom,
Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
Tahmeena Faryal will speak about the activities of RAWA over the past two and half decades, the current war against Afghanistan and the Northern Alliance (which is a fundementalist organization whose government is not likely to improve the status of women in Afghanistan) | |
11/29/2001 Thur. | 6:15 - 9:15 pm |
DAWN D.C. Antiwar Network
Trifect, A Peace Action
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Starts at White House and ends at the National Mall | contact Chris O. at 202-234-7075. | |
11/29/2001 Thur. | 6:45 - 8:45 pm |
Pumping Terror: Policies on Oil Pipelines
Part of the Stopping the Cycle of Terror brown bag lunch series |
Washington Peace Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Wash., DC | Washington
Peace Center Call IPS at (202) 234-9382 |
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11/29/2001 Thur. | 7 - 9 pm |
Why is Housing Under Attack? Gentrification
and Globalization: Section 8 ain't forever! Workshop
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St. Stephens
Church, 1525 Newton St, NW, Wash., DC (Enter red side door) |
Leadership Development Institute. $50 (limited scholarships available for low-income community participants) (Contact Tomas Encarnacion 202- 332-5333 for individual's lower fee of $10.00) | |
11/29 to 12/1/2001 |
DC HIV/AIDS Conference
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The Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, N.W., Wash., DC | To register go to www.mayatech.com/dchaa | ||
11/30/2001 Fri. | 6 pm | Tribute to Pete Seeger | Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, Wash., DC | Free | |
11/30/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm |
Free the Five Cubans in U.S. Prisons
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Pathfinder Bookstore 3 blocks North of Columbia, Wash. DC | ||
11/30/2001 Fri. | 8 pm | Fundraiser Party for the Indonesia Human Rights Network | 109 10th Street, NE, Wash., DC | Megan at IHRN, 202-393-4554. |
12/1/2001 Sat. | 2 pm | Discussion: What are Washington¹s Real War Aims? | George Washington University Rome Hall, 22nd & I Street NW (Foggy Bottom Metro) | call (202) 667-0049
or visit www.internationalsocialist.org |
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12/1/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 2:30 pm |
Understanding the War in Afghanistan
Workshops! |
SEIU Headquarters
Building 1313 L St. NW Washington, DC 20005 |
Lunch provided. Email | |
12/1/2001 Sat. | 6 - 9:30 pm | Annual Holiday Celebration for the DC Peace & Economic Justice Program of the American Friends Service Committee | Sidwell Friends
Upper School (Dining Room), 3825 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Wash., DC |
RSVP to AFSC/DC by calling (202) 265-7997 or email zdance@afsc.org. |
12/2/2001 Sun. | 3 - 5 pm | Booksisters Book Club Discussion | Booksisters promotes reading among deaf and hard of hearing girls between the ages of 9-11. The group will read materials that provide a positive and uplifting portrait of deaf and hard of hearing individuals. | contact Sandra Jowers and Associates at (202) 882-3900 or sjowerspr@aol.com. | |
12/2/2001 Sun. | 2 pm | Film The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust | U.S. Holocaust Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg, Wash., DC | www.ushmm.org | |
12/2/2001 Sun. | 6 - 6:59 Pm | NPR Broadcasts on Propaganda Wars | WAMU-FM 88.5 Hearts and Minds. Of all the types of modern war to win,perhaps the toughest is the propaganda war. NPR¹s "This American Life" will bring you stories from various propaganda wars, past and present, told by those who wage them, and those they're waged against. http://thisamericanlife.org |
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12/3/2001 Mon. | 6 - 8 pm | DC Workers' Rights Board Hearing | MLK Library Auditorium, 901 G Street, NW, Wash., DC | DC Jobs with
Justice Workers' Rights Board 202-737-222 |
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12/4/2001 Tue. | 12:30 - 2:30 pm |
The Cluster Bomb:
Lessons from Laos and Future Impacts in Afghanistan Screening of documentarty "Bombies" followed by speaker and discussion on U.S. military use of cluster bombs in Afghanistan |
. Between 1964
and 1973 the CIA conducted a secret air war, dropping over 2 million tons
of cluster bombs and making tiny Laos the most heavily bombed country in
history. BOMBIES examines the problem of unexploded cluster bombs through
the personal experiences of a group of Laotians and foreigners. Speakers: Caleb Rossiter, Defense Analyst (VVAF); Director, Explosive Remnants of War Program. |
Sponsors: Institute for Policy Studies, , Independent Television Service's Washington Peace Center, 202-234-2000 or E-mail , and Community Connection Project. www.ips-dc.org/brownboag, 202-234-9382 |
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12/4/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Tribute for Louise Franklin-Ramirez |
University of the District of Columbia Auditorium (Conn. & Van Ness Metro) Wash., DC | Gray Panthers,
UDC Office of Alumni Affairs, Proposition One Committee and Piscataway Indian Nation |
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12/4/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
DC Statehood Green Party steering committee meeting |
1708 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Wash. DC | DC
Statehood Green Party Steve 202-986-9438. |
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12/4/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
District of Columbia Anti-War Network
(DAWN) Meeting
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Local coalition
that meets weekly to discuss and strategize in response to the war in Afghanistan. St. Stephens Church, 16th & Newton NW |
Email
civilrights@onebox.com For more information, call (202) 770-2641 ext.6306 |
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12/4/2001 Tue. | 7:30 pm |
Racism, Globalization & Africa,
Film & Discussion Tues. Dec 4th.
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Cada Vez Screening Room, Conference Center and Restaurant. 1438 U St, NW Expedia.com Map |
Contact Eddie
Becker Information |
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12/5/2001 Wed. | 9:30 - 11 am |
Fair Budget Coalition Meeting
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Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 6th floor, Wash., DC | Susie Cambria at (202) 234-9404 | |
12/5/2001 Wed. | 12 Noon |
Domestic Security in a Global Context:
Jewish Values in Action
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Adas Israel,
2850 Quebec Street, NW Participants will consider how Jewish values can inform post-September 11 decision-making in many areas of our lives. |
Jews
United for Justice, the Jewish Study Center and the DCJCC's Morris Cafritz
Service. 202-884-7635 |
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12/5/2001 Wed. | 4:30 - 6 pm |
Rally to help Defend Guatemalan Human
Rights Defenders and End Impunity in Guatemala
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Embassy of Guatemala, 2220 R St. NW (Dupont Circle Metro, North exit, near Sheridan Circle), Wash., DC | Contact Elizabeth Laudeman 202.544.0200 x259 | |
12/5/2001 Wed. | 7 pm |
Welcome for Victims of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
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A high level
Hibakusha delegation led by Professor Saturo Konishi is visiting the National
Capital Area to voice concern about the proposed National Missile Defense
program and to demand the total abolition of nuclear weapons. They will
be visiting with Congress, the Bush Administration and Peace Activists. AT: La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. Wash., DC Gray Panthers. 703-369-7427 |
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12/5/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | The Death Penalty is Dead Wrong: The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal | St. Stephen's Church, 16th/Newton St. (Columbia Heights Metro), Wash., DC |
For information call, 202-726-1151 or cedp_dc@hotmail.com. |
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12/5/2001 Wed. | 8 pm |
Al-Hewar Center Discussion
Lebanon, Arabs, and the World after Sep. 11
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Al-Hewar Center,
Wash., DC
A conversation with Dr. Clovis Maksoud, President of the Center for the Global South at American University, about"Lebanon, Arabs and the World after September 11" (in Arabic). For more information and directions, please contact Al-Hewar via e-mail at alhewar@alhewar.com |
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12/6/2001 Thur. | 5:30 - 8 pm |
Organizing for School Reform
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Whitelaw Hotel,
1839 13th Street (one block south of the Cardozo/U Street station of the Metro Greenline) |
To RSVP, contact DC VOICE at 202-986-8549 or dcvoice@dcvoice.org. | |
12/6/2001 Thur. | 6 - 8:45 pm |
DC Statehood Green Party general assembly meeting |
First floor meeting room of Cleveland Park Library at Connecticut Ave. & Macomb St., NW (Cleveland Park Metro on the Red Line). Wash. DC |
DC Statehood
Green Party |
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12/6/2001 Thur. | 7 pm |
Organizing Meeting of DC ANSWER
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DC ANSWER office, 1247 'E' Street, Wash., DC | International
Action Center, Beatbackbush,
email iacenter@iacenter.org or
ANSWER@afgj.org, or call 202-543-2777,
202-544-9355 or 212-633-6646. Let us know about local actions! |
12/7/2001 Fri. | 12:30-2 pm |
View from the Ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Speaker: Medea Benjamin, just back from a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
IPS, 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1020, Wash., DC | Institue for
Policy Studies 202-234-0382 |
12/7/2001 Fri. | 6 pm |
Critical Mass Bike Ride Against the War in Afghanistan
Critical mass rides against the war will be occurring in multiple cities across the US on December 7th. |
Meet at Washington Circle Foggy Bottom/GWU Neighborhood. | Anti-Capitalist Convergence at 703-276-9768. |
12/7/2001 Fri.
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7 - 10 pm
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Peace Forum Worldwide Transformation - Speakers. Information |
Washington Ethical Society
7750 Sixteenth Street, Washington, DC |
Peace Forum
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12/7/2001 Fri. | 7 pm |
Defend Palestinian Rights, Israel out of the occupied
territories, Stop interrogations and jailings by U.S. cops
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Pathfinder Bookstore, 3437 14th St. NW, Wash., DC | Militant Labor
Forum 202-387-1590 |
12/8/2001 Sat. | 11am -1 pm |
Van Ness Book Discussion Taliban
Book discussion on Ahmed Rashid¹s Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. The group will discuss "Islam and the Taliban," pages 81-140. |
Politics and Prose The Remainder Room 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW, Wash., DC | Washington Peace Center, 202-234-2000 |
12/8/2001 Sat. | 3 - 5 pm | Celebrate with Green National Committee Ralph Nader attending Information |
Mimi's Restaurant 2120 P Street NW, Washington, DC |
RSVP to 202-232-0335 Green Party |
12/8/2001 Sat. | 6 - 9 pm | Fourth Annual Human Rights Potluck Dinner | Florence Bain Senior Center - 5470 Ruth Keeton Way - Columbia, MD 21044 | For more information, call Leslie at (410) 381-4899 |
12/8/2001 Sat. | 7 pm |
Washington, DC - Havana Sister City Project ~Film
Series
"Oggun: The Eternal Presence," & "Children are the Hope of Mankind" |
IPS, 733 15th
St. NW, Suite 1020 (McPherson Square Metro, Orange/Blue) |
Call 202-777-2641 x7863 |
12/8/2001 Sat. | . | Protest Court's denial of Mumia Abu-Jamal's rights! | Philadelphi,
PA Let us know about local actions! |
International Action Center, Beatbackbush, iacenter@iacenter.org or ANSWER@afgj.org, 202-543-2777, 202-544-9355 or 212-633-6646. |
12/9/2001 Sun. | 10:30 - 12:30 |
Alternative Gift Market
This market helps non-profit groups in the U.S. and overseas. Shoppers receive gift cards with the name of the benefiting relief or rehabilitation project and the recipient. For example, one could purchase "a packet of learning materials" for a clinic or blankets for an Afghan refugee family. |
River Road Unitarian
Church 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD There is no admission fee. |
For more information contact Virginia Richardson at 301-530-4498 or the Church Office at 301-229-0400. |
12/9/2001 Sun. | 3:30 - 4:45 pm |
A vigil for peace with justice for the Middle East
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Gather at Van Ness St. & Connecticut Ave., NW West Corner (UDC Metro Red Line) Process to Israeli Embassy at 4:15pm | 202-232-5690
or 202-234-2000. |
12/9/2001 Sun. | 4 - 6 pm |
Community Organizing Meeting in Response to Neo-Nazi
Presence
Neo-Nazis will demonstrate at the Israeli Embassy on December 15 - the middle of Chanuka. Please attend and discuss how we can best respond with community education and visible non-violent opposition. |
Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St NW, Studio Room (back entrance) (Across from Malcolm X Park) | Youth Leadership Support Network (YLSN) at 202-550-7229 or email lunasol@igc.org. |
12/10/2001 Mon. | 7 am |
Ongoing Vigil at the Pentagon
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South entrance of the Pentagon, VA | For more information contact Dorothy Day 202-882-9649 |
12/10/2001 Mon. | 10:30 am |
Press Conference of the National Youth & Student
Peace Coalition
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The National Japanese-American Memorial (located just north of the US Capitol on a triangular plot bounded by Louisiana Avenue, New Jersey Avenue and "D" Street, NW) | call Kristy 202-347-8772x14 or Joseph at 202-319-7596x12 |
12/11/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Civil Liberties TEACH-IN On the Attack on our Freedoms! Information |
All Souls Church 16th and Harvard St., NW, Wash., DC |
DAWN
- DC Anti-War Network 202-777-2641 x6306 Email civilrights@onebox.com Black Voices for Peace |
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12/11/2001 Tue. | 7 pm |
Capital Hill Book Discussion Taliban
Book discussion on Ahmed Rashid¹s Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. The group will discuss "The New Great Game," pages 143-216 and will choose the next book to discuss. |
Capital Hill Starbucks 237 Pennsylvania Ave., SE 2nd Floor Conference Room | Erik at 202-546-0044 | |
12/13/2001 Thu. | 6:30 pm |
Washington Innercity Self Help (WISH)
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Reeve Center 2000 14th St., NW 2nd Floor, Wash. DC | contact 202-332-8800 | |
12/14/2001 Fri. | 12 - 1 pm |
Ongoing Actions to End Sanctions against Iraq
Actions to end sanctions against Iraq and actions at the Israeli Embassy concerning Mordechai Vanunu. |
White House and Israeli Embassy | For
more information contact Dorothy Day at 202-882-9649 |
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12/14/2001 Fri. | 6 pm |
Film - The Silence of the Zapatistas
A benefit for the Chiapas Media Project and the D.C. Independent Media Center. $5-10 sliding donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. |
Kaffa House, 1212 U Street NW(near U Street-Cardozo metro) | call (202) 483-3700 or email | |
12/14/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm |
Community Forum: One War, Many Fronts: The U.S. Role
in the Middle East and in Central and South America
This forum will examine some of the direct connections and parallels between the conditions of exploitation and resistance in the Middle East and in Central and South America. Sponsored by the D.C. Coalition to Stop the War against Iraq. |
St. Stephens
Church Parish Hall 1525 Newton St., N.W. Information |
Sponsored
by the D.C. Coalition to Stop the War against Iraq (202-452-7454) |
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12/17/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meeting - DC Chapter |
Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC |
Contact: Athena 202-332-6615 |
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12/20/2001 Thur. | 2:30 pm |
Support Tenant At Superior Court Hearing
A Tenant who is being harassed by her landlady has a hearing to request a restraining order against her landlady, and she is asking people to come to the hearing. |
500 Indiana Ave., NW Room 4220, Wash., DC | Contact Linda Leaks of washington innercity self help (Now Empower DC 202-234-9119 or leaks@empowerdc.org | |
12/20/2001 Thur. | Call |
Organizing Roundtable:
Is Organizing Enough? Race, Gender and Union Culture |
Free but registration is required. Wash., DC | For information and registration: 202-857-3410 or streetheat@dclabor.org | |
12/22/2001 Sat. | 1 - 2 pm |
Demonstrate Your Solidarity With the Palestinian
People
A Vigil for Peace and Justice in Palestine |
Dupont Circle (Meet at the fountain) Wash. DC | Al-Awda and Other Friends of
Palestine For questions or more information call 202-423-6889 |
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12/22/2001 Sat. | 6 pm |
Christmas Dinner and Dance with the Committee of
Solidarity Monsignor Romero.
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St. Gabriel's Parish, 26 Grant Circle NW, Wash., DC | Join us in solidarity with the people of Central America who are facing hunger. No cover, but donations of food appreciated. |
UPComing Events: | NATIONAL
DAYS OF ACTION "Act up in the name of democracy!" |
Protest the Florida miscount and obstruction of votes. | Karen Dolan or Imrul Mazid, Institute for Policy Studies Progressive Challenge, 202-234-9382, ext. 228 | |
THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION (AAHA) |
Upcoming ARM Endorsed Activities | |||
Now |
Hunger strike to save DC General
Pastor Mildren King has been joined by Jamie Loughner 1 Judiciary Sq. (441 4th St., NW), WDC |
For information see: Independent Media Background
Story |
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Call for Days | 8 pm | Meeting to Poster at 9:30 pm | 1858 Mintwood Place, NW #4, Washington | 202-986-6186 |
Tuesdays | Call | Mobilize for Global Justice Planning Meetings |
SEIU 1313 L St., NW, WDC - lower level conf. Rm. |
Contact 50 Years is Enough Network 202-463-2265 |
Thursdays |
7-8:30 am AND 4:30-6 pm |
Local 25 is currently doing a picket line every day | Latham Inn in Georgetown at 3000 M Street NW They need people to join them! | DC Statehood Green Steering Committee member Kristen Arant <ramgirl75@hotmail.com> |
Saturdays | 9:30 on | PUT NADER ON THE MARYLAND BALLOT! | Help to gather another 8,000 signatures! The Manhattan Bagel, near the White Flint Metro Stop | Contact Louisa Davis: 301-949-4921 or Elizabeth Austin at 301-260-9431 |
Saturday during the stike! | 1 pm ... | Nurses on Strike to end unsafe overwork and stress on the job. | Join their picket line at Washington Hospital Center! | SEIU Irv Riskin 301-942-0071 |