On the anniversaries of The Emancipation Proclamation and March on Washington, join the Diversity Committee of the DC Metro area chapter of The Transition Network for discussion and storytelling about women’s experiences during slavery and the civil rights era.

 

Featuring  

 

FREED (The Female RE-Enactors of Distinction) - Ms. Joyce Bailey as Modiste Elizabeth Keckley Ms. Theresa L. Saxton as Charlotte Forten Grimke Ms. Sandra D. Wilson as Dr. Rebecca Lee Davis Crumpler 

On the anniversaries of The Emancipation Proclamation and March on Washington, join the Diversity Committee of the DC Metro area chapter of The Transition Network for discussion and storytelling about women’s experiences during slavery and the civil rights era.

 

Featuring  

 

FREED (The Female RE-Enactors of Distinction) - Ms. Joyce Bailey as Modiste Elizabeth Keckley Ms. Theresa L. Saxton as Charlotte Forten Grimke Ms. Sandra D. Wilson as Dr. Rebecca Lee Davis Crumpler 

In the richest country on earth, millions of families have been left in the cold.

Join Councilmember Valerie Ervin and special guests for a free screening of American Winter, a powerful documentary film about families that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

It's time for another Community Meeting!

In 2012,  JUFJ's Dream for Equality campaign showed that huge change is possible when the Jewish community comes together. Montgomery County Jews made it clear that we'll accept nothing less than equality for LGBTQ people and immigrants. What will our community do next?

At community meetings, we gather to catch up on JUFJ's recent and upcoming work, and learn how to get involved. This time, we'll be voting to chose JUFJ's next Maryland campaign! Come be part of JUFJ's grassroots leadership and help choose our next project in Maryland.

On Wednesday, May 29th, AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps will honor Rabbi Mindy Portnoy and Gary Rosenthal as our 2013 Partners in Justice at American University’s Katzen Arts Center. Please join us in celebrating Rabbi Portnoy and Gary Rosenthal’s accomplishments and AVODAH’s eleventh year in Washington, DC.

Info and tickets here.

Are you interested in the proposed M Street Cycle Track project?

Friendship Place is presenting a panel on LGBT Youth Homelessness in DC. Mark your calenders and invite your networks! Anyone who cares about homeless youth, the LGBT community, and desires to work toward ending homelessness is encouraged to attend. Joining the panel will be advocates from Casa Ruby, SMYAL, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc/Wanda Alston House, and a Community Advisory Board Member of Whitman-Walker.

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Join a compelling discussion about HIAS' new publication, "Invisible in the City," written for HIAS by Yiftach Milo, an expert in forced migration. Funded by the U.S. government, this groundbreaking report brings to light vulnerability and protection issues among LGBTI refugees in Ecuador, Ghana, Israel, and Kenya and provides a comprehensive guide and key recommendations for the treatment of LGBTI refugees everywhere. Author Yiftach Milo will be joined on a panel with:

-Jesse Bernstein, Program Officer, Office of Global Programs, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, U.S. Department of State
-Michael Sisitzky, Staff Attorney, Immigration Equality
-Rabbi Elizabeth Richman, Program Director & Rabbi in Residence, Jews United for Justice
-Rachel Levitan, Senior Counsel, Refugees & Migration, HIAS (moderator)

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Every day, 86 Americans, including EIGHT children, die as the result of gun  violence. On this Mother’s Day, we will honor the thousands of mothers who have lost children, and all of our other friends and neighbors who have lost loved ones to gun violence.

We will come together to learn more about:
· the causes and consequences of gun violence, and
· what we can do individually and collectively to end it

We will develop an action plan and specific steps to continue efforts to promise our children a future without gun violence.

Our guest speakers:

Jamie Raskin
Maryland State Senator

Paul Schwartz
Organizing for America

Daniel Vice, Former Senior Attorney
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Please join DC Activists for a Mayday March in expression of international solidarity.  The March will leave from Malcolm X Park (16th and Euclid St. NW) at 6pm on Wednesday, May 1st. Speeches and entertainment will begin at 5pm. The March will end at the White House.  For more information contact Occupy DC MayDay Committee DCMAYDAY2013@GMAIL.COM.