DC Metro Action

Lyrical Ambush

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:20:49 PDT

The DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency is an anti-authoritarian, collaborative, pro-humanity artists' collective incorporating music, rhythm, spoken word, community and resistance. They host a Lyrical...

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Taste of Justice

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:50:15 PDT

The first annual Taste of Justice fair will feature music, and prison arts and crafts. Many organizations from across America, including criminal justice advocacy, legal, educational, religious, and...

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Women's Words

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:52:16 PDT

Come to the 5th annual Women's Words Slam to hear amazing, sizzling, profound, provocative women poets compete for a $400 first prize. All proceeds will go to INCITE! DC.INCITE! Women of Color...

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Eyes on the Prize

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:45:37 PDT

Ten years since it last aired, “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,” the award winning documentary on the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, will return to public...

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The Human Right to Housing

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:14:58 PDT

The right to adequate housing is clearly established under human rights law, including treaties signed and ratified by the United States. There will be a forum for homeless and housing rights...

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Amnesty International Film Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:00:12 PDT

The Amesty International Film Festival opens this week, and they'll be screening a couple of blockbusters. "The Ground Truth" stunned filmgoers at the 2006 Sundance and Nantucket Film Festivals. It's...

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Films That Work

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:33:45 PDT

The annual DC Labor Film Festival opens this week. Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute and AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural...

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Save The Anacostia Library

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:44:43 PDT

"This Thursday we will finally rally at the Anacostia Library rain or shine. Your help in outreach is important. Please send this announcement to your friends and any contacts you may have at...

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Bringing Democracy to the Mall

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:30:10 PDT

Starting Sept. 5, Cindy Sheehan will launch a non-partisan camp for peace, democracy and the restoration of the rule of law. Camp Casey will move from Crawford, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to create...

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Anacostia Library Rally Postponed

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:46:54 PDT

"The threat of flash floods has sunk our plans Thursday at Anacostia Library and hence we have postponed until next Thursday, September 7, rain or shine."Bring your awakened spirit back from the...

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Reopen the Anacostia Library Now

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:11:49 PDT

The Anacostia Library has been closed since December 2004 in anticipation of rebuilding, but no ground has been broken. The mayor, city council and board of library trustees have not prioritized the...

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Help Bring Peace with Justice to El Salvador

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:12:27 PDT

Violent police repression of a recent protest in El Salvador has been called the worst human rights violation in that country since the 12-year civil war ended in 1992. Students who were peacefully...

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Free Film: 'Darwin's Nightmare'

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:07:52 PDT

Join Foreign Policy in Focus, the Institute for Policy Studies and the International Relations Center for a screening of "Darwin's Nightmare" and post-film discussion with Akwe Amosu from the Open...

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DC Film Series on HIV and AIDS Continues

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:46:10 PDT

Sweating in DC for your summer internship? Working 'til the wee hours of the night on social justice causes? Looking for a break on Thursday evenings to meet other activists and policy wonks, and...

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Workers Face Off Against the Bosses

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:06:07 PDT

Join Foreign Policy in Focus, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the International Relations Center for a summer film series, featuring provocative documentaries and dynamic speakers. Take the...

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:00:10 PDT

This summer, we again will welcome the Hibakusha – the living survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings – to our community. Most Hibakusha are in their 70s and 80s, and they fear that as the...

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Film Documents AIDS Activism as History in the Making

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:41:18 PDT

"Pills Profits Protest" – a documentary about global AIDS treatment activism – examines the national and international grassroots response to an epidemic that has already overshadowed the Black Death...

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Fundraising Film Series for Two

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:36:37 PDT

Different Avenues is a DC-based non-profit that provides services to homeless youth, most of whom are queer. The group is joining together with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers – a Florida-based...

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Displacement, Diversity and Development: Our Place in Changing Neighborhoods

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:25:33 PDT

Parts of the District have undergone rapid change in recent years, and some areas have experienced a dramatic influx of new residents. Less obvious are those who have chosen or been forced to leave,...

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Which Candidate for Mayor Will Free DC?

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:41:43 PDT

Come to a DC mayoral candidates forum – "The 'State' of Full Democracy: Statehood/Full Voting Rights" – and find out what our future mayor plans to do to make DC residents equal US citizens. The...

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Impeachment Teach-In

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:36:06 PDT

If you'd rather focus on national issues Friday night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), America's leading group of constitutional scholarship and activism, has developed a legal case for...

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Remember...

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:00:42 PDT

Stop by and show your support for the Troops Home Fast. Codepink has been fasting in front of the White House since the fourth of July and will be there every day until August 15.When: Public...

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Movement Building in Washington, DC

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:36:39 PDT

The Community Coalition for Justice and Peace and the US Social Forum Organizing Committee of Washington, DC, invite you to an important discussion, "Movement Building in Washington, DC: What Will It...

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Then and Now: Soldiers Against War

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:32:23 PDT

If you missed it last time at the E Street Cinema, the critically acclaimed documentary "Sir! No Sir!" will open this year's Foreign Policy in Focus Summer Film Series. "Sir! No Sir!" reveals the...

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Creating Change in DC Public Schools

noreply@blogger.com (Michael) — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:04:55 PDT

Everyone is invited to a community action forum on the human and civil right to education in DC, with music, poetry, role playing by young artists and local activist groups, and Internet publishing...

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