Community Voices Update 060, events, recurring events, boycotts, trainings, gatherings Grassroots Alexandria
Grassroots Alexandria
Friday May 1, all day, May Day DC (general strike)
From: https://www.maydaydc.org/details
Are you ready to rise up for DC and commit to join us for a day of no work, not school, and no shopping on May 1? Pledge to participate via our pledge form linked below.
We encourage businesses in DC to close on this day and for workers to join us at the Washington Monument at 12:00 PM.
Countries around the world observe May 1 as International Workers Day, a day to celebrate working people and the struggles and gains made by unions and the labor movement. Here in DC, May 1 is also recognized as DC Statehood Day, in recognition that DC will eventually secure our full rights and political power when we are admitted as the 5/1st state.
The May Day Strong coalition is uniting people all over the country to take action on May 1 in solidarity with each other. This is the DC action of the May Day Strong network.
https://www.maydaydc.org/pledge
Friday May 1, 12-2pm, May Day Rally and March
From: https://www.maydaydc.org/
Make your plans now to meet us at the Washington Monument at 12 PM on May Day. Labor unions and immigrant rights groups will lead a march and rally. Registration to come.
Where: Washington Monument 2 15th Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20024
https://www.maydaydc.org/schedule/event-four-d2wwk-ea5hc-7a86w-j8nrr
GrA will meet up at Potomac Yard Metro Station around 11:30am. At 11:40 we'll take the Yellow Line to L'enfant. We hope to see you there!
May Day Visibility events: https://maydaystrong.org/
(check web site for more events)
5-6pm EDT, Washington DC (upper NW)
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/940252/
8-9am, Silver Spring MD
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/944355/
3-7pm, Greenbelt MD
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/944818/
4-6pm, Silver Spring MD
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/933459/
5-6pm, Silver Spring MD
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/781857/
12-2pm, Arlington VA
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/941809/
4-5pm, Kingstowne VA
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/944447/
4 – 6pm, Annandale VA
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/941228/
Events This Week
Monday April 27, 8pm EDT, Community Strike Readiness Training
From: Strike Ready Corp
Hosted by Freedom Trainers and Strike Ready Corp, this training offers practical training for community members who want to be ready when collective action escalates. The training will cover the basics of how strikes work, the roles communities play beyond the workplace, and how to coordinate support that can be sustained over time.
Were: virtual
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/YAvhIZ4hTNGYLd4fn8JXqA#/registration
Wednesday April 29, 6:30-7:30pm EDT, Candle Light Vigil in Honor of Jay Despertt
From: https://www.instagram.com/thedccenter/
Join us for a community vigil as we come together in reflection, care, and solidarity.
We will gather on April 29th at 6:30 PM, with the program beginning at 7:00 PM and concluding by 8:00 PM. The vigil will be held on the closed-off Wiltberger Street. Electronic candle lights will be available for participants.
If you have any questions or are in need of support, please reach out to couns...@thedccenter.org.
Where: 1827 Wiltberger Street NW, DC
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXEw8hXFJ89/
Wednesday April 29, 7-8:30pm EDT, Abolition 101: Break the System, Not the Vibe
From: Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Why Abolition?
As prison abolitionists, we are fighting for a world where the response to social problems does not include prisons, policing, prosecution, or any form of surveillance, supervision, or incarceration.
These systems of punishment rely on, reinforce, and perpetuate structures of oppression; white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, xenophobia, ableism, and heterosexism. We aim to undermine and abolish these systems, not reform them.
Where: virtual
https://www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/608453/
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.
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