Community Voices Update 027 (events, recurring events, boycotts, trainings, gatherings)
Grassroots Alexandria
Events This Week!
Friday August 22, 29 5:30-7pm EDT, Informational Picket at Le Diplomate
From: Metro DC DSA
UNITE HERE Local 25 is holding informational pickets outside of STARR's Le Diplomate to let the public know the workers there do not have a union contract!
Metro DC DSA's Labor Working Group is mobilizing the community and its members to come out for ongoing pickets in support of the restaurant workers organizing to join UNITE HERE Local 25. RSVP to join us for this informational picket at Le Diplomate on Friday, August 22nd at 5:30pm!
Where:Le Diplomate, 1601 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
https://actionnetwork.org/events/informational-picket-at-le-diplomate-822
https://actionnetwork.org/events/informational-picket-at-le-diplomate-829
Saturday August 23, 9-11am EDT, Join our 2025 Positive Presence
From: Repro Rising Virginia
We will come together to show love and support for our clinics by holding a Positive Presence event. Join our "Positive Presence" in support of the patients, doctors and staff at Falls Church Healthcare Center. We'll stand outside the clinic, where the FCHC staff and escorts can see us, and be a supportive, positive presence to counter the negativity of anti-choice protesters.
https://secure.everyaction.com/EEpN_j53ck2S1UbneHothg2
Keep your calendars marked for...
Monday September 1, Workers Over Billionaires
From: 50501 and May Day Strong
Stop the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration.
Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people.
Fully funded schools, and healthcare and housing for all.
Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black, indigenous, trans people, and all our communities.
Invest in people not wars.
10 – 11:30am, Silver Spring MD: Rt 29 Colesville Rd and I 495 Beltway Overpass, Silver Spring, MD 20910
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/827968/
4-6pm EDT, Bowie MD: Bowie Branch Library, PGCMLS, 15210 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD 20715
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/829211/
10am-12:30pm, Annandale VA: Audrey Moore Rec Center, 8100 Braddock Rd, Pedestrian Bridge is just north of the rec center on Wakefield Park Drive, Annandale, VA 22003
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/826576/
10am-12pm, Vienna VA: In front of Old Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave W, Vienna, VA 22180
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/826106/
11am-1pm, Manassas VA: City of Manassas Community Center (at Marsteller Park), 8750 Sudley Rd, Manassas, VA 20110
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/826791/
Monday September 1, 10am-noon EDT, Indivisible of Franconia Labor Day Rally
From: Indivisible
Indivisible of Franconia is planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day! On September 1st, along with thousands of communities, we will stand in solidarity against the Trump administration’s attacks on working people and vulnerable populations. We will be in the streets, outside the offices and businesses of corporations who put billionaires above workers.
Where: Frontier Drive, Frontier Dr, Springfield, VA 22150
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/828857/
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.
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