Category: Community
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Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation – Washington DC
October 22nd is apart of a whole Month of Resistance called by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network. Our resistance MUST happen across the country and around the world with powerful demonstrations nationwide. Ezell Ford EXECUTED by the LAPD Eric Garner EXECUTED by NYPD Mike Brown EXECUTED by Ferguson PD Cleman Sweptson Jr. EXECUTED by Washington…
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Taking Actions Day 2014
Days of Taking Actions, Please join this event. Post one of your amazing acts of kindness and help a nominated group or charity receive a dollar for your act of kindness. We also would like to add that the Peace House was nominated as well! Background: Taking Actions was founded on October 16, 2010. Our…
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World vs. Bank DC
Global day of action! Each year, the World Bank is systematically impoverishing millions through the implementation of draconian policies in order to enrich multinational corporations. World Bank’s “Doing Business Rankings” forces countries to compete with one another in order to maintain an “ease of business” for wealthy corporations. Failure to do so results in a…
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Radical Mycology: Fungi For Human Health
The Peace House is bringing the Radical Mycology Collective to DC! Join the Radical Mycology Collective for a presentation on the uses of fungi for covering the history of medicinal mushrooms, a variety of medicinal mushroom species and their uses, and methods of properly preparing your own medicinal mushroom products. Radical Mycology is an organization…
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Peace House Members En Route to Ferguson, MO
Comrades, Friends, Family, and Supporters! Four house members of the Peace House and a comrade from Baltimore have safely left from DC to deliver medical supplies to Ferguson, Missouri this afternoon. Our team member Taylor – an amazing organizer, independent journalist, live streamer, artist – is already on the ground in Ferguson. You can follow…
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It’s illegal to torture prisoners and animals, but not disabled people
Peace House Co-House Manager Taylor Hall and comrade Lydia Brown published the following content in the Washington Post… In February 2000, Cheryl McCollins sent her son Andre, an 18-year-old autistic student, to the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center for help with his behavioral and developmental difficulties. Andre had already tried two other residential schools, including one…
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DC’s Double Standard: Local Politics and Corruption Scandals
The Washington Post and the US Attorney for DC are selective in who they go after. Local officials and candidates supported by African Americans disproportionately find themselves in the cross-hairs. Meanwhile more problematic instances of potential misuse of public funds go ignored when carried out by the Post’s allies (like Councilman Jack Evans). Well-intentioned activists…
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D.C. Library on Wheels
What is a library on wheels? A bookmobile or mobile library is a vehicle designed for use as a library. It is designed to hold books on shelves in such a way that when the vehicle is parked readers can access them. Long before Amazon was bringing books to your doorstep, there was the bookmobile!…