Category: Activism
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Concepcion Picciotto Passing
Concepcion Picciotto passed away on January 25th, 2016. She manned the White House Anti-Nuclear Peace Vigil the longest. She stayed there through thick and thin and was dedicated to a cause that sometimes seemed to be like an unhealthy relationship. With Connie’s death and as a handful of so many other volunteers we came to…
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No Nukes Protest at EPA – Indigenous Delegation Resisting Radioactive Pollution
Indigenous representatives from the Northern Great Plains & Southwest are traveling to DC for meetings and presentations to address radioactive impacts in their communities. Radioactive pollution is an invisible national crisis with millions of people in the United States being exposed as Nuclear Radiation Victims on a daily basis. Exposure to radioactive pollution has been…
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Op Winter Relief
We are asking for December thru March if people can drop off clothing/winter items, toiletries, non-perishable/ready-to-eat food items also to go towards the Food,Clothing & Resistance Collective mutual aid program: “Operation Winter Relief” that will be distributing these goods all over DC to those in need. Anybody wishing to make a drop-off or volunteer can contact :…
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#StopGentrification
Attention, For those living in #Brookland area of #DC. Tomorrow (November 2nd, 2015) there is a #community only meeting from 7 pm to 9 pm. At Ross auditorium, Providence Hospital. Topic: Trying to stop the potential development of 140 – 240 townhouses on the Josephite seminary property. Located at 1200 Varnum Street NE. ANC, a development company is trying…
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LMHR Presents: #FTP – Confronting Fascism with Music
Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) was set up in 2002 in response to rising levels of racism and electoral successes for the Nazi British National Party (BNP). Love Music Hate Racism – USA is a movement adopted from the UK and Ireland. Join us as we kick it off in the US! November 14th,…
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DC Trans Power Drops Banner During Rush Hour Traffic
Washington, DC — Friday, August 21st, 2015 — DC Trans Power – a collective of transgender activists and their allies – gathered in DuPont Circle this morning during rush hour to bring attention to the recent spate of violence against transgender individuals. Just this year, there have been 20 reported murders of transgender people, the…
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#022 Planning Meeting
October 22, is the annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, is less than a couple months away. The question is: Are we going to stand up and loudly say NO MORE to these horrors, or will they be allowed to continue? Come join us…
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DC Free Store – July 2015
= Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 5 PM – 9 PM Ground Rules -All hygiene/toiletry items must be sealed in original packaging -No used undergarments/underwear -No ripped or torn clothes -When taking clothes turn in all hangers to free store volunteers -Please wash clothing items prior to drop off -When dropping off clothes please place…
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Free Store DC
A free store is a “store” where all goods are free. Whether it is a book, furniture, a shirt, or a haircut, it is all freely given away. It’s a place where anyone can participate by leaving stuff they don’t want or taking stuff they do. No strings attached. The items in the store are…
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New Location, Same Projects!
Comrades, Friends and Family, We have finally moved to a new location in the Brookland area of DC! (4219 12th Pl. NE, Washington, DC, 20017). We’re in the process of collecting non-perishable food items for the homeless and low income housing areas of northeast and southeast DC through our program “Working Poor DC (WPDC).” Which…