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JANUARY

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

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
Artist Direct Network
Planet Earth 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
Calendar

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
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
TBO Counter-Inaugural Ball TBO  
1/21/2001 Sun.  

Follow-Up Meetings:
A Voter's Bill of Rights

Information
 
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.

Email

Information

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
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

FEBRUARY

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
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
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
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
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. Stephen’s 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
19 I St., NW
Washington, DC

Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace
202-543-1094

 

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
2/26/2001 Mon. 5 pm Demonstrate against Bush and Pastrana, President of Columbia White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC

International Action Center
202-347-9300

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
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

The Next Agenda Conference
Article

National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, WDC

Campaign for America's Future
Information

MARCH

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
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
Mike or 202-722-1650.

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
Coalition for Universal Healthcare
Mont. Co. League of Women Voter
Progressive Montgomery
301-495-7004
2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000

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
Scott McLarty202-518-5624
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
http://www.greenparties.org

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

Information

3/17/2001 Sat. 10 am to 1 pm Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Inc.
Coordinating Body Meeting
Bert Donn’s, 19 Woodland Way,Greenbelt, MD 20770 301-474-1353
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
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
Gail 202-529-6525

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
Stacie Jonas,IPS 202-234-9382 ext. 239 or Robert Guitteau, Jr., CHRHL, AU, 202-274 –4180
Register on-line or Fax (202) 274-4079

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
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
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/
3/30/01 Fri. 6 - 9 pm DC Democracy 7 Fundraiser Toutorsky Mansion,
1720 16th Street NW

DC Statehood Green Party
Mike or 202-722-1650.

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

APRIL

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
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
4/4/01 Wed. 9:30 am Fair Budget Coalition meeting Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800
Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor.WDC
 
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
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
Susan 202-737-6637, ext. 28
Gray Panthers

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!
DC Statehood Green Party
DCSG Weekly Calendar
The first part of the meeting will be a presentation and discussion led by David Schwartzman and Arturo
Griffiths. Information

4/7/01 Sat. 2 pm Rally against supermax prisons - torture & inhuman conditions . More information:
http://www.yorkci.com
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

4/9/01 Mon. TBO Paul Robeson Cultural Diversity Tribute   More
information forthcoming.
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.
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

Information Leaflet

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:

http://www.cepr.net
http://www.essential.org
http://www.globalexchange.org
http://www.jwj.org
http://www.worldbankboycott.org
http://www.whirledbank.org
http://www.foe.org
http://www.ciel.org
http://www.focusweb.org
http://www.twnside.org.sg
http://www.bicusa.org

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
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

MAY

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
TBO May Day Picnic Picnic Station Number One
Off Tilden Street
Rock Creek Park
Maryland Greens
Bring edibles and potables.
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
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
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

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
202-722-1650

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
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.

202-973-2177

Information

8 am to 5 pm
16th Annual Peace and Justice Conference
"Peace and Justice in the 21st Century"

River Road Unitarian Church
6301 River Road, Bethesda
Maryland 20817 Tel. 301-229-0400

Registration Information

Maryland United for Peace and Justice, 327 E. 25th Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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

Sponsored by DC Homes Not Jails
202-737-6444 #24

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.

5/12 & 13/2001 Sat. & Sun.   INVITATION from the Maryland Greens to the:
State Assembly of the Maryland Green Party

Towson, Maryland

Information

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

Information

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
Meeting - DC Social Welfare Action Alliance

1865 Ingleside Terrace, NW, Wash. DC

SWAA Conf. June 28- July 1, Philadelphia

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
5/26/2001 Sat.
43rd Annual Commemoration of African Liberation Day
10 - 2 pm "Neo-Colonialism: the Last Obstacle of the African Revolution" Symposium
Howard Univ., Downing Hall, Engineering Auditorium
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
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

JUNE

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
DC CISPES Cookout!
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

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
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
Celebrating dance & music

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
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
Meeting - DC Social Welfare Action Alliance

Meet with us at the famous (but inexpensive) and endangered Sholl's Cafeteria,
1990 K St., NW Washington DC

SWAA Conf. June 28- July 1, Philadelphia Downloadable leaflet

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local chapter.

 

6/11/2001 Mon. 8 pm
Prophets of Peace: The Will to Make a Difference
Kennedy Center, 2700 F St., NW DC 800-444-1324
6/12/2001 Tue. 11 am - 3 pm
Macedonians for Peace Rally
Lafayette Square Park, Washington, D.C. Email
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
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.)

Labor Heritage

202-842-7810

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
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
6/26/2001 Tue. 1 pm
PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE

JOIN US

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)


Wanted Poster

Sharon Wanted.doc
ADC at (202)244-2990 or e-mail

6/28 to 7/1/01  

Social Welfare Action Alliance Conference

Temple Universityi, Philadelphia, PA
Workshops Schedule
Workshops.doc

Leaflet.rtf or Leaflet.doc
Previously called the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society
See a tribute to Bertha

Co-Hosted by: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Temple University School for Social Administration, The University of the Poor, The Underground Railroad - Temple Depot
215-204-2164 SWAA2001@hotmail.com
DC SWAA Information

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
Sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10012
212-614-6452 demconv@ccy-ny.org

JULY

7/2001 . Venceremos Brigade DC
Go to Cuba with the Brigade!
Focus will be on Santiago de Cuba

For information 202-756-4100 #7550
E-mail

7/5/2001 Thur. 7 pm
THE MONTHLY MEETING of the DC Statehood Green Party
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
414 Rhode Island Avenue NE, WDC Steve 202-986-9438.
7/9/2001 Mon. 4 pm
Public hearing on the Labor Peace Bill
41 4th Street NW in Council Chamber, WDC Information
Kristen Arant 202-639-5699.
7/9/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm
Meeting - DC Social Welfare Action Alliance

Meet with us at the famous (but inexpensive) and endangered Sholl's Cafeteria,
1990 K St., NW Washington DC

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local chapter.

 

7/11/2001 Wed. 7 to 8 am Demo to boycott Exxon Mobil Wisconsin Avenue and Warren Street NW, WDC

DC Green Party
Michele 2022-364-5080
Vicki

7/14/2001 Sat. 10 am to 2 pm
DC Statehood Green tabling, registering voters
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
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
Park, off 1900 block of Calvert St.
NW, WDC

Holt House Preservation Task Force of the Kalorama Citizens Association
Information
202.232.6113
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
Park, off 1900 block of Calvert St.
NW, WDC

Holt House Preservation Task Force of the Kalorama Citizens Association
Information
202.232.6113
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
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)

202-547-3039

Information

7/30/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

7/31/2001 Tue. 6:30 - 9 pm

As Long as it Takes, Whatever it Takes:
Immigrants and Unions in Washington DC

Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 1313 L St. NW, WDC Washington Peace Center 202-234-2000

 

AUGUST

8/1/2001 Wed. 12 - 2pm
Global Warming & the "Energy Crisis" Film and speakers
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
8/3 - 5/01 .
Days of Global Action
. 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
202-884-7635

8/5/2001 Sun. 5:30 pm
20th Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
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
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
Local Contact: Athena 202-332-6615

 

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
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
Community reception for Hibakusha
(A-Bomb surivors)

Cadlelight Vigil 10 pm at White House!

Potluck Supper at 7 - 9:30 pm
Stewart Mott House
122 Maryland Ave. NE
Vigil at White House at 10:02 on...

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
[Training Session]

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
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
Howard University hospital cafeteria, 2nd floor, 2041 Georgia Avenue NW  
8/13/2001 Tue. 7 pm
Tenant Coalition Meeting/ Project South
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!
Dupont Circle, NW, WDC Info at Critical Mass
2wrongs.net
8/20/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

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
8/23/2001 Thur.   28 more youth from eight US states will depart for Havana, Cuba to begin a six-year medical school program

Information on latest students

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
Email
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

International Action Center
202-543-2777

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

SEPTEMBER

9/3/2001 Mon. 12 noon - 7 pm

Celebrate Labor's Day!
The Irish Northern Aid and/or Progressive Montgomery will provide food and drinks and Irish music.

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
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!
Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St NW Washington DC

International Action Center 733 15th Street NW, #515 Washington, DC 20005
202-347-9300

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

International Action Center
202-543-2777

9/6/2001 Thur. 6:30 - 8 pm
The Justice for DC Youth! Coalition Emergency Community Meeting
  Contact Liz Ryan
9/6/2001 Thur. 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
9/6-9/2001
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
202-857-3410 to reserve your tickets.
Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute
American Film Institute

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
Takoma Park
Takoma Park Folk Festival
301-589-3717
9/10/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

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
9/14-18/2001 Fri. 7:30 pm

Procession for Peace
In silence and in sorrow
carrying our
loss and our call for peace.
This is a time for us to come together as a global community that values life, not death.

16th and Columbia Road NW, WDC American Friends Service Committee at 202-265-7997
and the Washington Peace Center at 202-234-2000
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
  DC Statehood Green Party
Arturo 202-265-2659
Partnership for Civil Justice Henry
9/15/2001 Sat.
Postponed
Outreach Volunteers Needed for Bring It Home Canvassing on Globalization
Postponed
Washington Peace Center at
202-234-2000
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

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

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
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
S29 office, 1247 'E' Street SE, Wash. DC

International Action Center
202-543-2777

9/20/2001 Thur.

Peace and Justice Teach-In: Don't Turn Tragedy Into WAR
Information

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
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
Registration 202-737-6444 #44 or Email

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
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
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
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

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Connie, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

9/25/2001 Tue. 9 am to Rally at 4 pm
National Day of Action for Legalization and Immigrant Rights
Lobbying, Demonstration, Rally in Washington, DC Call Beatriz Maya for information 419-243-3456
9/25/2001 Tue. 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Project South Washington Book Forum:
Discussion on Democracy
Led by Steve Shafarman
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
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
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"
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
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)

Mobilization for Global Justice

202-265-7714

9/28 to 10/4/2001
Canceled!

Mobilization for Global Justice

Demonstration Canceled!
Other activities continuing

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
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
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.)
202-543-2777
www.beatbackbush

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.
St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St., NW, Wash. DC
Information on this event


Mobilization for Global Justice

Washington Peace Center

9/28/2001 Fri. 7 pm

POOR PEOPLE'S FORUM:
Linking the Poor Across the Americas
Defend poor people all over the world!
Speakers from KWRU, CRIPDES, DC, LIFT, Immagrant Groups, etd.
PHOTOS!

Speakers and Film

Multicultural Services Division
1536 U Street, NW WASH, DC

KWRU, DC-SWAA and other Sponsors and Leaflet:
Galen Tyler 215-203-1945

9/29/2001 Sat. 9 am to 3 pm
GREEN PARTY NATIONAL FORUM: A Democratic Response to the Crisis
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
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.

12 AM.

National Rally Against the War
Only the Mobilization of the People Can Stop It!

Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

[Locations changed - permits obtained]
Freedom Plaza – 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The rally will be followed by a march to the Justice Department, the Navy Memorial (both located on Pennsylvania Avenue) and conclude with a rally in Upper Senate Park across from the Capitol building.

International Action Center,
212-633-6646

1247 E St., SE, Wash., DC 20003
202-543-2777
Email -- Emai En Espanol

International ANSWER

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
9/29/2001 Sat. Contact them.
Fast for Justice
  The Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF and the Jubilee USA Network
9/29/2001 Sat. 5 pm
Critical Mass Convergence
  202-802-8222
9/29/2001 Sat. 5 pm
Voter March Rally and Candlelight Vigil
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
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
Gather at Malcolm X Park and march to fence about 11 or 12 noon. Call to verify

DC Statehood Green Party
Contact: Jay

9/30/2001 Sun

11 am

PHOTOS

Community Peace March

WebVideo on IndyMedia

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
John Judge 202-234-2000
Working Group Meeting Locations and Contacts

lDC American Friends Service Committee

9/30/2001 Sun. 12 noon canceled
Demonstrate Against the IMF/WB March and Rally
Rally at the Ellipse, Washington, DC and March later.
canceled
Information

 

OCTOBER

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

Information

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
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
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
10/12/2001 Fri. 7:30 pm
INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY DAY NATIVE AMERICAN LIBERATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Plymouth Congregational Church 5301 N. Capitol St., WDC Contact John Steinbach 1-800-484-7459
Information
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
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

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contacts: Connie, Claudia, Walter

Information on the local DC Chapter.

 

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

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
 
10/16/2001 Tue. 5:30 pm
Peace Within, Peace in the World
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
3215 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD

 

Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative

301-937-3666 PBUUChurch@juno.com

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. Stephen’s Church, 1525 Newton St, NW, Washington, DC Tomas Encarnacion
202.332.5333

10/18/2001 Thur. 7 pm
Workshop: Grassroots Organizing & Facilitating 101
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?
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?
  Contact: 202-857-3410 dcstreetheat@earthlink.net
10/19/2001 Fri. 1 pm
Peace Rally for Civilians in Afghanistan
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.
10/23/2001 Tue. 12 am
Organizing the Nov. 14, National Day of Housing Action!
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
1247 E St., SE, enter on 13th St., Wash. DC 20003 International Action Center
202-543-2777
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
10/25/2001 Thur 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Protest the Assassination of Digna Ochoa Placido
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!
10/25/2001 Thur. 6:30 - 9 pm
Black Radical Congress Forum: Things to Consider... Besides War!
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
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
INT'L DAY OF ACTION AGAINST WAR & RACISM - DC
Rally & March
100+ rallies & teach-ins
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.
Let us know about local actions!

10/29/2001 Mon. 7 pm
Human Rights Speakers from Indonesia
La Casa 3166 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW, Wash. DC Indonesia Human Rights Network at (202) 393-4554
Activist Alert Information
10/29/2001 Mon. 7:30 pm

"Not in My Backyard"
Film on gentrification in DC

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
10/30/2001 Tue. 7 pm DC Statehood Green Party steering committee meeting 1708 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Wash. DC Steve 202-986-9438.

NOVEMBER

11/1/2001 Thur. 4:30 pm
Protest US Trade Rep. Robt. Zoellick - AIDs, Anthrax, Drug Companies Patent Abuse!
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
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
Steve 202-986-9438.

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.
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.


25th Anniversary Celebration
Keynote speaker is Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

12:00pm - 4:00pm
Place: La Fontaine Bleu in Lanham, Maryland.

Tammy Williams 301-699-0042

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.
202-483-3700

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
11/4/2001 Sun. 10 am to 7pm

Teach-in on Afghanistan,
Islam, the Middle East,
GLOBAL JUSTICE NOT WAR
How the"war on terrorism" will affect us all.

American University's Ward Building (near corne & Nebraska Ave, NW
-- Tenleytown Metro
Information Sustain@onebox.com 202-777-2641 x9779
Flyer in pdf
11/5/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contact: Athena 202-332-6615
AthenaACE@aol.com
Information on the local DC Chapter.

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
11/6/2001 Tue. 7 pm
District of Columbia Anti-War Network Meeting
St. Stephen's Church
16th St., and Newton St., NW, Wash., DC
DC Anti-War Network (DAWN)
Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990
Information
11/7/2001 Wed. 6:30 - 8 pm
Interfaith Gathering To Honor Victims of Terrorism and Violence Here and Abroad
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
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
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
1800 Mass. Ave., NW, 6th Fl., Wash. DC Interim Disability Assistance for DC Residents with Disabilities
T.J. Sutcliffe 202-797-0701 ext. 107.

11/8/2001 Thus. 6 to 7 pm
WTO Candelight Vigil
USTR, 600 17th St, NW, Wash. DC AFL-CIO
11/9/2001 Fri. Assemble 10:00am, March 11:00am
WTO Day of Action
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
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
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!
Freedom Plaza, 14th St. andPennsylvania Ave. NW, Wash., DC DC Anti-War Network (DAWN)
Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990
Information
11/13/2001 Tue. 7 pm
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion Groups:
Books,Conversations & Coffe
e
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
THE PEOPLE’S TOWN HALL MEETING

ANTHRAX ATTACK EXPOSES DC’s 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
Southeast’s emergency room

Sponsored By: Healthcare Now Coalition
For more info call: 202/722-1392

Leaflet

Information

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
11/15/2001 Thur. 6 - 8:30 pm

Where Do We Go From Here?
Information

Howard Univ. School of Law
2900 Van Ness St., NW
Off Conn. Ave.
2nd Floor, Houston Hall
Wash., DC

 
11/11/2001 Sun. Call
Islam & Labor Conference
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
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!
Freedom Plaza, 14th St. andPennsylvania Ave. NW, Wash., DC DC Anti-War Network (DAWN)
Contact Mark Cimino 202-271-7990
Information
11/13/2001 Tue. 7 pm
Van Ness and Capitol Hill Book Discussion Groups:
Books,Conversations & Coffe
e
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
THE PEOPLE’S TOWN HALL MEETING

ANTHRAX ATTACK EXPOSES DC’s 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
Southeast’s emergency room

Sponsored By: Healthcare Now Coalition
For more info call: 202/722-1392

Leaflet

Information

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
11/15/2001 Thur. 6 - 8:30 pm

Where Do We Go From Here?
Information

Howard Univ. School of Law
2900 Van Ness St., NW, Off Conn. Ave.
2nd Floor, Houston Hall, Wash., DC

 
11/17-18/2001  
2001 National Conference of the::UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACTION NETWORK (UHCAN)
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
11/22/2001 Thur. 12 noon to 4 pm Thanksgiving Pot Luck (Vegan)
To Promote Peace and Non-Violence

Vegan food only.
Adelphi Friends Meeting House
2303 Metzerott Rd., Metzerott Road and 23rd Avenue Adelphi, MD

 

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.
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
11/26/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contact: Athena 202-332-6615
AthenaACE@aol.com

Information on the local DC Chapter.

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
11/27/2001 Tue. 5 pm
Protest the War - Stop the Bombing - US out of Afghanistan!
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!
11/27/2001 Tue. 7 pm
Capitol Hill Book Discussion: Taliban
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
11/27/2001 Tue. 7 pm
The Future of Washington's Neighborhoods
Sumner School, 1201 17th Street NW, at M Street (closest Metro is Dupont Circle, South Exit) Wash., DC RSVP (attendance only): Cassie Seiple, WRN, 202/667–5445, or staff@washingtonregion.net
11/27/2001 Tue. 7:30 pm
Nov. 27 forum on nuclear missile defense
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)
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
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
11/29/2001 Thur. 7 - 9 pm
Why is Housing Under Attack? Gentrification and Globalization: Section 8 ain't forever! Workshop
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
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
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.

DECEMBER

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
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
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
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
12/4/2001 Tue. 7 pm

Tribute for Louise Franklin-Ramirez
Information

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
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.
12/4/2001 Tue. 7 pm
District of Columbia Anti-War Network (DAWN) Meeting
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
12/4/2001 Tue. 7:30 pm
Racism, Globalization & Africa, Film & Discussion – Tues. Dec 4th.
Cada Vez Screening
Room, Conference Center and Restaurant. 1438 U St, NW
Expedia.com Map
Contact Eddie Becker
Information
12/5/2001 Wed. 9:30 - 11 am
Fair Budget Coalition Meeting
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
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
12/5/2001 Wed. 4:30 - 6 pm
Rally to help Defend Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders and End Impunity in Guatemala
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
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
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.

12/5/2001 Wed. 8 pm
Al-Hewar Center Discussion ­ Lebanon, Arabs, and the World after Sep. 11
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

12/6/2001 Thur. 5:30 - 8 pm
Organizing for School Reform
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
Steve 202-986-9438.

12/6/2001 Thur. 7 pm
Organizing Meeting of DC ANSWER
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.
7 - 10 pm
Peace Forum
Worldwide Transformation - Speakers. Information
Washington Ethical Society
7750 Sixteenth Street, Washington, DC
Peace Forum
Email
12/7/2001 Fri. 7 pm
Defend Palestinian Rights, Israel out of the occupied territories, Stop interrogations and jailings by U.S. cops
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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. Stephen’s Church Parish Hall 1525 Newton St., N.W.
Information
Sponsored by the D.C. Coalition to Stop
the War against Iraq (202-452-7454)
12/17/2001 Mon. 7 - 9pm

Meeting - DC Chapter

Social Welfare Action Alliance

Multicultural Services Division/Northwest Family Center 1536 U Street, NW, WDC

Contact: Athena 202-332-6615
AthenaACE@aol.com

Information on the local DC Chapter.

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
12/22/2001 Sat. 6 pm
Christmas Dinner and Dance with the Committee of Solidarity Monsignor Romero.
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
202-524-6016

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