Category: Government
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Law & Lyrics: DC Free School and Open Mic Night
Sunday, May 1st, 2016 7 pm The Peace House DC Food, Clothing & Resistance Collective (FCRC) is hosting D.C. Law Students In Court (LSIC) Expungement Clinic to support the DC Community. This evening will also have live performances with an open mic for any artists who would like to sign up. The theme for the…
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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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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…
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Concepcion Picciotto & The Peace House DC EVICTED?!
Concepcion Picciotto & The Peace House DC EVICTED?! December 10th, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After a long battle within this court system trying to get The Peace House DC house up to code. December 10th, 2014 at 1 pm the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) will come to the Peace House to secure…
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Hearing on Order to Close or Vacate The Peace House DC
Hearing on Order to Close or Vacate The Peace House DC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2014 On November 26th, 2014, we filed an appeal on the Order to Vacate dated November 21st, 2014. Which was approved since it was within five (5) calendar days of the service of the order. We have a court…
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The Peace House DC – Ordered to Vacate?!
The Peace House DC – Ordered to Vacate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22nd, 2014 After almost a year of fighting an eviction and asking for housing codes violations to be corrected by our landlord Ellen Thomas; a peace and anti-nuclear activist. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) has decided to punish the residence…
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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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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…