GrA Community Voices Update 072; events, boycotts, trainings, gatherings!
Grassroots Alexandria
Saturday August 1-Tuesday August 11, One Year of DC’s Occupation
From: Free DC
Saturday August 1: “Justice for Julian Bailey”
6:00 PM near Judiciary Square
Sunday, August 2: “Justice for Nolberto Meza”
6:00 PM near Woodley Park
Monday, August 3: “13,000 arrests + Pirro’s lies”
12:00 PM near Judiciary Square
Tuesday, August 4: “Justice for DC workers”
6:00 PM near Gallery Place/Chinatown
Wednesday, August 5: “Justice for DC's Students and Schools”
6:00 PM near Fort Totten
Thursday, August 6: Freedom Dreaming, Session 3
6:00 PM in Ward 6
Friday, August 7: “Delete DoorDash”
6:00 PM, Near Navy Yard-Ballpark Metro Station
Saturday, August 8: “Justice for DC youth” + Film the Police training
12:00 PM near Anacostia Metro Station
Sunday, August 9: “Celebrating Malcolm X Park”
5:00-7:00 PM in Malcolm X Park
Monday, August 10: “Justice for Unhoused Neighbors + Community Noisemaking”
6:00 PM in Franklin Park
Tuesday, August 11: “One Year In, End the DC Occupation”
10:00 AM near Farragut North
https://freedcproject.org/news/one-year-of-dcs-occupation
Monday August 3, 6-7:30pm EDT, Moral Monday DC: Calling the Nation to the Table of Democracy and Vision Voting
From: Repairers of the Breach
The final Moral Monday in the Nation’s Capital before the movement returns to the states.
On August 3, we gather at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to send this work out. What began in front of the White House does not stay in Washington. It goes home — to precincts and parishes, to county seats and church basements, to every state where somebody is trying to make it harder to vote than it ought to be.
Where: New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
Monday August 3, 6-8:30 pm EDT, Profs & Pints DC: The Road to Mass Surveillance
From: Profs and Pints DC
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Road to Mass Surveillance,” on the proliferation of automated license plate readers and the threats that they pose to our freedoms, with Steven Keener, a leading researcher on such devices as an assistant professor of criminology and director of the Center for Crime, Equity, and Justice Research and Policy at Christopher Newport University.
Where: Penn Social, 801 E St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20004
https://www.popville.com/events/profs-pints-dc-the-road-to-mass-surveillance-26918/
Monday August 3, 7-9pm EDT, Harriets Responders Orientation
From: Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Harriets Responders is committed to building local power through transformational direct actions, rapid response & mutual aid. By organizing, strategizing and responding, we work to decrease the power of the carceral state and oppressive systems.
Join this info session to learn how to get plugged in to the DC Safety Squad and Harriets Responders. Come learn about how we are building community and reimagining safety. We are piloting a response team that is going to act as an alternatives to calling the police. We are advocating for harm reduction resources, as we provide community support, perform rapid responses and civil disobedience. #WeKeepUsSafe
Where: virtual
https://www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/995073/
Thursday August 6, 6-7:30pm EDT, DC Nuclear Prayer Day Vigil: 81st Anniversaries of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
From: Back From The Brink
August 6 and 9, 2026 mark 81 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We must honor the legacy of the victims and survivors of the attacks and commit ourselves to ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
Join us on August 6 in Washington, DC to mark Nuclear Prayer Day, a global prayerful commemoration of these anniversaries and to call for a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons. As the Pentagon and DHS budgets continue to increase to modernize nuclear weapons, fight unpopular wars, and detain our neighbors, people in power are cutting services that our communities actually need, like food assistance, healthcare, and education. Let us gather in prayer and call on lawmakers to choose the grace of helping life to flourish, instead of the greed of funding more war and weapons.
Where: United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/983063/
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