Walmart has already started running ads and talking about their 50th anniversary this year, and will be kicking their PR machine into high gear starting the week of July 4th about how great Walmart has been for America. We know this isn't true, we know what Walmart's track record really is, and we need to keep up the pressure on them to change!

We will have food, and a panel of exciting speakers to lead a discussion about what it means for Walmart to be turning 50 and what we can do in DC over the summer and in to the fall to hold Walmart accountable and make sure they don't destroy our neighborhoods and communities. Please let me know if you will be able to join us on the 29th for this important and exciting event!

For more information contact: Mike Wilson, DC Jobs with Justice, Respect DC organizer: 202-255-7974

Tikkun Leil Shabbat is a songful, soulful Shabbat service featuring a teaching about a social justice issue and followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

For more information, click here .

row seating, a cappella
6:45 pm services, 8:15ish pm potluck dinner

Occupy lives on the local level. The heart of this movement is in your
community with the 99%. At this national gathering we will all have
the opportunity to share what we have built:

• Alliances and collaborations forged in solidarity with people and community groups.

• Campaigns developed at your local Occupation.

• Lessons learned about organizing and creative ways to make change.

We want you to bring workshops, teach-ins, and skill-shares to the
national gathering. Every afternoon of the gathering we will time to
share with each other. Some examples of topics are...

Justice 4 Trayvon Martin Committee is convening a Baltimore Peoples Assembly: HEARINGS ON POLICE ABUSE, RACISM & MISCONDUCT. Calling on all community members, youth, high school & college students, unemployed, seniors, immigrants, LGBTQ community, homeless people, occupiers, everyone!

HAVE YOUR RIGHTS BEEN VIOLATED!

It is critical to come to this hearing and testify before the People’s Council. Has any police agency abused you? Have you been falsely arrested? Have you or a relative been shot or killed, beaten or assaulted? Have you been the recipient of harassment, racial profiling, or bigotry?

Contact: Visit the Facebook page for more info.

To testify you can sign up and register at the www.justice-4-trayvon.org page.

Volunteers & Student Interns Needed. Call 410-500-2168 or 410-218-4835 or email us at info@justice-4-trayvon.org.

Occupy lives on the local level. The heart of this movement is in your
community with the 99%. At this national gathering we will all have
the opportunity to share what we have built:

• Alliances and collaborations forged in solidarity with people and community groups.

• Campaigns developed at your local Occupation.

• Lessons learned about organizing and creative ways to make change.

We want you to bring workshops, teach-ins, and skill-shares to the
national gathering. Every afternoon of the gathering we will time to
share with each other. Some examples of topics are...

Occupy lives on the local level. The heart of this movement is in your
community with the 99%. At this national gathering we will all have
the opportunity to share what we have built:

• Alliances and collaborations forged in solidarity with people and community groups.

• Campaigns developed at your local Occupation.

• Lessons learned about organizing and creative ways to make change.

We want you to bring workshops, teach-ins, and skill-shares to the
national gathering. Every afternoon of the gathering we will time to
share with each other. Some examples of topics are...

Occupy lives on the local level. The heart of this movement is in your
community with the 99%. At this national gathering we will all have
the opportunity to share what we have built:

• Alliances and collaborations forged in solidarity with people and community groups.

• Campaigns developed at your local Occupation.

• Lessons learned about organizing and creative ways to make change.

We want you to bring workshops, teach-ins, and skill-shares to the
national gathering. Every afternoon of the gathering we will time to
share with each other. Some examples of topics are...

Occupy lives on the local level. The heart of this movement is in your
community with the 99%. At this national gathering we will all have
the opportunity to share what we have built:

• Alliances and collaborations forged in solidarity with people and community groups.

• Campaigns developed at your local Occupation.

• Lessons learned about organizing and creative ways to make change.

We want you to bring workshops, teach-ins, and skill-shares to the
national gathering. Every afternoon of the gathering we will time to
share with each other. Some examples of topics are...

The Maryland for marriag equality campaign will be celebrating Independence Day in cities across the state, and would love to have you join them in the parades or in the crowds. Volunteers will be be talking with Marylanders all day to ensure that they vote for marriage equality in November.

RSVP to jay@mdfme.org 

JUFJ is joining DC Public Trust in a city-wide campaign to ban direct corporate contributions to politicians. To place this initiative on the general ballot in November, the coalition needs to collect 23,000 signatures by July 9th. JUFJ volunteers have already helped to collect almost 10,000 signatures. Time is limited to get the rest - we need your help! Join us at our last event to collect signatures. To read more about the Money Out of Politics Campaign click here.

The Maryland for marriag equality campaign will be celebrating Independence Day in cities across the state, and would love to have you join them in the parades or in the crowds. Volunteers will be be talking with Marylanders all day to ensure that they vote for marriage equality in November.

RSVP to johnmichael.watkins@mdfme.org 

The Maryland for marriag equality campaign will be celebrating Independence Day in cities across the state, and would love to have you join them in the parades or in the crowds. Volunteers will be be talking with Marylanders all day to ensure that they vote for marriage equality in November.

RSVP to jay@mdfme.org 

On November 19th, organizers, activists, and DC community members involved in local struggles occupied the vacant Franklin School building at 13th and K St in NW Washington, DC.  This building had housed the Franklin homeless shelter until the city closed it in 2008, dispersing clients right before the beginning of hypothermia season.  Over three years later, the city continues refusing to ensure the most basic human right to housing and access to services for everyone.

Six of those arrested in November go on trial on charges of Unlawful Entry
 on MONDAY, JULY 9TH.  The length of the trial is anyone's guess--probably
 between two and five days.  Before and during the trial, there are several
 ways that you can lend your support to the defendants and the the larger
 issue, all of which are valuable and deeply appreciated: To Read about how you can help click here.

 Thank you for supporting the defendants and sending a message that the DC community wants control of our public property to meet the community's needs.

ROC DC would like to extend a huge thank you to DC Jobs with Justice, The Building Trades, CWA, The Re-Entry Network, the DSA, AFSCME, The Kalmanovitz Initiative, Occupy AU and Occupy DC, JUFJ, NLG, and everyone who's repeatedly come out to flyer, chant, sing, megaphone, picket, and bumrush the Capital Grille restaurant with ROC-DC since Nov 2011.  !
ROC DC  still needs  your support:
For the month of July, ROC will be going to keep the heat steady on Capital Grille. They just found out that a board member of the Walmart Corporation has joined the board of the Darden Corporation!

Action dates:
Friday, July 6, 12:30-1:30pm
Friday, July 13, 12:30-1:30pm
Friday, July 20, 12:30-1:30pm
Friday, July 27, 12:30-1:30pm