Community Voices Update 048, events, recurring events, boycotts, trainings, gatherings
Grassroots Alexandria
Tuesday January 20, 11:30am EST, One Year Later: A March of Reckoning
From: Third ACT DMV and Indivisible
Join Third ACT DMV in a march to honor and acknowledge the freedoms, principles, public services and essential national values trashed by the Trump Regime since it took power a year ago. We'll meet in Farragut Square and march around the White House compound. We plan to finish our March at Pershing Park around 1 pm. Together we will remember and resist.
Where: Farragut Square, 912 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006
https://actionnetwork.org/events/vigil-for-insurrection-an-assault-on-our-democracy
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/887928/
Tuesday January 20, 1-3pm EST, Walk Out on Fascism
From: Free DC
On January 20, 2026, we're calling on everyone who is sick of this administration's attacks on DC to leave work and rally with us for a Free DC. Team up with friends, coworkers, or neighbors in your Ward to take this action together. Together, meet us at Freedom Plaza to show our power and participate in a special activity together. Pledge to participate using the form below to learn more.
Where: Pershing Park Washington, DC, 20004
https://freedcproject.org/event-list/walkout
https://map.womensmarch.com/events/walk-out-on-fascism-w-free-dc
Tuesday January 20, 2-4pm local time, National Free America Walkout
From: Women's March
On January 20, at 2pm local time, we will walk out of work, school, and commerce because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism. We will walk out to interrupt the machinery of power, be in community with each other, protect each other, and act with courage and care.
On January 20, feminists across the country will walk out on fascism and forge the path to a Free America. Women's Marchers believe in a feminist future and won't let fascists take it from us. This is a protest and a promise. Are you in?
https://act.womensmarch.com/survey/FreeAmericaWalkoutPledge/
Tuesday January 20, various times, Free America Walkout
From: Indivisible
3-5pm, Washington DC: 333 Constitution Ave NW, 20001
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/888749/
5:30pm, Washington DC: 14th and U Street NW
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTav6SKiepg/
2-4pm, Bowie MD: Old movie theater parking lot near the Hampton Inn, 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd, 20716
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/881323/
2-4pm, La Plata MD: Charles County Circuit Court, 200 Charles St, 20646
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/879033/
12-1:30pm, Arlington VA: 1006 N George Mason Dr, 22205
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/887034/
4-6pm, Arlington VA: 2710 S Glebe Rd, 22206
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/887951/
Thursday January 22, 1:30-2:30pm EST, Press Conference: Members of Congress Oppose War with Venezuela
From: VoteVets
Join us for a press conference with Congressman Jason Crow and other Members of Congress who are standing up against Donald Trump’s dangerous push toward war with Venezuela.
At a moment when veterans and military families are still dealing with the long-term consequences of endless wars, Members of Congress are speaking out to say: no more reckless foreign policy that puts lives at risk without accountability.
Where: RSVP for location
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/885951/
Thursday January 22, 2-3pm EST, Harbor’s Edge Press Conference
From: Progressive Maryland
Tenants at Harbor’s Edge are living with conditions that pose serious health and safety risks, including unsecured buildings, lack of surveillance cameras, pest infestations, mold, water damage, broken mailboxes, and inconsistent heat. The community room — a shared amenity tenants are entitled to — is reportedly being used as storage for broken appliances. Residents say management has repeatedly ignored repair requests and refused to engage with tenants collectively. This press conference is an effort to hold management accountable and demand safe, habitable housing.
Where: 625 Audrey Ln, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/883733/
Friday January 23, 1-2:30pm EST, Annandale Beltway I-495 Bridge Brigade: ICE OUT
From: Virginia Grassroots
Join us on the Beltway pedestrian overpass on Friday, January 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m., to protest abuses by ICE. Our messages will be "HOLD ICE ACCOUNTABLE!" ICE CAN MURDER YOU TOO!" Dress warmly, bring water and American flags. Your signs welcome; please no profanity. Note: limited Accessibility.
Where: Audrey Moore Rec Center, 8100 Braddock Rd, Annandale, VA 22003
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/888871/
Virginia lobby days in Richmond!
These organizations have lobby days during the 60-day 2026 Virginia General Assembly session (lobby days that have already filled up are not listed). Groups will lobby for bills of the listed topics.
Tuesday January 20, Big Money out of VA, "Democracy Day"
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virginia-democracy-day-tickets-1720779089579
Tuesday January 20, NAACP, Voting Rights, Education, Heath, Environmental Justice
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2026legislativeday
Wednesday January 21, Grassroots Alexandria, Environment, Transit, Palestine
RSVP: grassroots...@gmail.com (meet in Alexandria to Carpool)
Thursday January 29, Allies for Housing Action, Tenant Rights
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4w8it3HyoiwWLo7SNlLifLhHDj4g-3HFq9HgN1vWGS_uSkA/viewform
Monday February 9, Data Center Reform Coalition, Data Center Reform Lobby Day
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/877745/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-center-reform-lobby-day-tickets-1969331709155
For more events, boycotts, and trainings, see our full list posted here:
https://grassrootsalexandria.org/events/
Events are organized by others and reported here as an expression of support for democracy.
Please send feedback, if any, to grassroots...@gmail.com.