Tag: Peace House
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Peace House vending at The Midian Showcase Reunion
Midian was first a weekly then a monthly showcase of dark electronic music acts and DJs that ran in the first part of the 2000’s first at Velvet Lounge and then at Grog and Tankard and Asylum. It was a week night event for the dark electronic music scene that featured a number of local,…
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New Peace House Coordinator
Attention Everyone, News! News! News! Our Sister and Comrade Sima Lee is now the Peace House’s QPOC/SGL Event Coordinator! Sima Lee is a Mother, Poet, Teacher and a member of the Universal Zulu Nation. Stay tuned for the amazing events coming up. We appreciate the time and efforts that our comrade is putting in. (QPOC…
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The Color of Lawlessness
Taylor Hall, Co-House Manager of The Peace House, Blogger/Writer, Activist, Humanitarian and Independent Journalist is currently working on a documentary called “The Color of Lawlessness.” The Color of Lawlessness is based off of the United States law “Color of Law” (42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983) which is “the appearance of an act being performed based upon…
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FFOIP – Youth Peer Group on Anger Management
Talking about fear and anger can be very intimidating. The Peace House had a session on Anger Management. Talking to the kids was very eye opening experience. We believed that we learned as we are being asked to teach. Family & Friends of Incarcerated People (FFOIP) is an organization whose primary mission is to foster…