GrA Community Voices Update 069; events, boycotts, trainings, gatherings!
Grassroots Alexandria
Wednesday July 15, 7-8:30pm EDT, Freedom Summer Justice Revival - Washington DC
From: Black Church Freedom Fund
Meet us in Washington, DC for The Justice Revival.
Freedom Summer is a steady drumbeat of mass mobilizations and events nationwide, each with a centerpoint city and coordinated satellite activations across the country. From Juneteenth Week to Election Day — these events are designed to keep pressure on, shift the conversation, and turn out our communities. We are unstoppable.
Where: RSVP for location
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/984019/
Friday July 17, various times, Good Trouble Lives On
From: https://www.mobilize.us
7:30-9am, Annandale VA, overpass sign-wave
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/982227/
4-6pm, Forest Glen MD, sidewalk protest
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/983529/
5-7pm, Reston VA, town hall
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/978587/
7:30-8:30pm, Washington DC, vigil
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/983255/
Friday July 17, 4-5pm EDT, De-ICE Citizens Bank Downtown Bethesda - Coordinated Action
From: De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition
Join Pro Democracy Faithful and thousands of people across the country to send Citizens Bank a clear message: financing private prison and immigration detention facility operators The GEO Group and CoreCivic is bad for business.
Please bring signs specific to this action: De-ICE Citizens Bank; Cages Aren't Communities; Citizens Bank - Stop Financing ICE Prisons; Citizens Bank + ICE = Human Rights Abuse; ICE Prisons Don't Strengthen Our Communities; Citizens Bank - Cut Ties With ICE Prisons; etc.
Where: Corner of old Georgetown Road and Woodmont Ave, 7637 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/979507/
Friday July 17, 4-5:30pm EDT, De-ICE Citizens Bank [Alexandria, VA] - Coordinated Action
From: De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition
Join Indivisible Do Something Alexandria and thousands of people across the country to send Citizens Bank a clear message: bankrolling the country's two largest ICE detention operators is bad for business!
Where: Citizens Bank - Near King St, 1700 Diagonal Rd, Alexandria, VA 22314
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/977199/
Saturday July 18, 9-11am EDT, National Day of Data Center Protests
From: Indivisible
Nationwide Day of Protest against the unchecked and unwanted expansion of AI data centers.
We are protesting to call on local, state, and federal politicians to:
- Protect our hometowns, our wallets, and our way of life.
- End the corporate welfare, sweetheart deals, and taxpayer bailouts.
- Take federal action to ensure no AI that threatens our security and liberty is built.
Where: Intersection in front of empty Rite Aid on 301 Northbound, U.S. 301 & Heritage Green Parkway, La Plata, MD 20646
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/976421/
Saturday July 18, various times, Good Trouble Lives On
From: https://www.mobilize.us
9-11am, Springfield VA, sidewalk protest
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/982250/
11am-12pm, Tysons VA, visibility event
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/980808/
1-3pm, Alexandria VA, teach-in
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/982906/
6-8pm, Woodbridge VA, sidewalk protest
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/971724/
Sunday July 19, various times, Good Trouble Lives On
From: https://www.mobilize.us
12-4pm, Franconia VA, socialize
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/980665/
For more events, boycotts, and trainings, see our full list posted here!
Events are organized by others and reported here as an expression of support for democracy.
Please send feedback, if any, to grassroots...@gmail.com
Grassroots Alexandria
Tuesday July 14, various times, Stop ICE Terror
From: https://www.instagram.com/psldc/
The killer ICE agents who took the lives of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero should be immediately arrested and put on trial for murder. We also demand an end to mass deportations, the abolition of ICE, and full legal rights for all immigrants.
6pm, Washington, DC, Lamont Plaza, 3210 Mt Pleasant St.
6:30pm, Alexandria, Founders Park, 351 N Union St.
7:30pm, PG County, Megamart Supermarket 1101 University Blvd E
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaxsJ2pxZaE/
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