The Housing Action Coalition is working to unite housing advocates, organizers, and community leaders across DC to build collective power for lasting housing justice. Together, we’ll align on strategy, messaging, and principles — creating a stronger, louder movement to drive real systemic change. Join us at our second mass meeting to learn more about the work and get involved in the fight!

Courtwatch DC is a growing DC-based program that provides the space and training for the community to observe local court proceedings in the District of Columbia and document our city’s policies in action and to hold judicial actors accountable for injustice in the court system.

Courtwatch DC is powered by Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, with support from DC Justice Lab, and DC IWOC and was founded and led by formerly incarcerated Black women.

Courtwatching is a form of mutual aid. Inspired by Courtwatch PG, we strive to ensure that our community of Courtwatchers is multigenerational, multiracial, anti-racist, and moving towards an abolitionist future.

Join us for a discussion with S.L. Price, in conversation with Haudenosaunee Nationals Board Chairman Leo Nolan, on lacrosse's journey from Indigenous origins to America's Fastest growing sport.

This 60-minute talk will examine how lacrosse mirrors America's ongoing struggle with inclusivity, privilege, and cultural identity and will include a book signing. Learn more about the book and the author below.

Join the Bodily Autonomy Working Group (BAWG) and the Political Education Working Group on Thursday, November 20th at 7pm for our Abortion Access Teach-In, the capstone to our Abortion Resources document project. This event will be hybrid - we will be meeting at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room 401-F, as well as providing a zoom option. Please note that the in-person presentation is MASK MANDATORY. KN-95 masks will be provided for free.

The Federal Unionists Network, a coalition of federal union workers organizing against Trump’s rolling siege of the US government, is hosting a fundraiser at the Dew Drop Inn on Thursday, November 20 from 6:30 – 8:30pm to raise funds for the Federal Workers Solidarity Fund, which is out of money. A percentage of the proceeds of every drink sold will benefit the fund, and there will also be a silent auction where attendees can bid on trainings and services donated by skilled federal workers. Attendees can RSVP here for ongoing notice.

Join the Repro Justice campaign as we meet to discuss our upcoming events, actions, and more. We will be going over our campaign, how you can get involved! RSVP for the zoom link.

We can build space for a left political party in the US. Join us to discuss how we get there from here.

At the ballot box, it can often feel like we stand before two intractable facts:

1. The GOP continues to entrench its political power by building an authoritarian state, stripping away the pro-human functions of government, and  strengthening the repressive apparatus.

2. The Democratic Party, the formal alternative in the two-party system, lacks the capacity for challenging this authoritarian takeover.

Where does this leave us? Are all efforts to build an alternative to the Democratic Party doomed to fail? We believe we not only need to build a space for a left political party in the U.S., but more importantly, that we can.  What concrete steps would this take? Join us to discuss how we get from here to there.

In this teach-in and discussion, we will discuss political parties: why a left political party is necessary to save democracy, why our current system is not really a party system, and legal reforms and organizing strategies that can help us build the political infrastructure we need.

Third Space Politics is a grassroots DC-based group that works to overthrow the two-party system and build serious political alternatives for organizing and building power.

Join us for the final documentary screening in conjunction with the fall exhibit D.I.Y. in the District: Celebrating D.C.'s Artist-Run Spaces.

Washington, D.C. has a rich history of Black owned printmaking workshops where artists thrived and formed community. Before the 1970's, Black artists had few opportunities to own their own studios, and showcase their art. Percy Martin and Michael Platt's story is part of a larger history. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 expanded the number of Black owned businesses. Martin, founded WD Printmaking Workshop in 1972 . Platt established "Platt Studios" in 1989. These studios embraced a steady flow of emerging and established artists from DC to as far away as Jamaica. During a time when Black artists were denied access to the city’s galleries, museums and universities, Percy and Michael offered places where Black artists formed community, shared ideas, exhibited their work and made prints. Percy and Michael, both teachers; Percy at Sidwell Friends, and Michael at Howard University and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) in Alexandria, VA.; were often, among the only Black artists, who regularly attended the Southern Graphics Council International printmaking conferences, taking information from demonstrations of the newest materials and techniques back to their communities.Printmakers Percy B. Martin and Michael B. Platt, participated in pivotal political movements, having significant impact on American art and arts education. This documentary provides personal accounts of their history, training, involvement with the development of print departments, studios, and their art. After the screening, join us for a conversation moderated by art historian Claude L. Elliott featuring: Susan J. Goldman, Printmaking Legacy Project, Percy B. Martin, WD Printmaking Workshop, Dwight E.Tyler, artist, and Carol Beane, poet and book artist.

Please join us for a special screening of “Let’s GO DMV!” and “Standing with Moms” followed by a reception as we celebrate Let's GO DMV! and 5 years of the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition. 

We're excited to host a Family Film Night at Angelika Film Center, located in Union Market, including childcare and refreshments. 

When: Wednesday, November 19th from 5:30-8:30 PM, Film Starts at 6:15 PM, Childcare from 5:30-8:30 PM

Where: Angelika Film Center, 550 Penn St NE (Near NoMa-Gallaudet Metro Station)

Travel Reimbursement will be available and distributed onsite to Mother's Outreach Network and Lets GO DMV! Pilot Participants. 

For questions, please reach out to Zahra Wardrick at zahra@iffdn.org or Roselande (Roe) Claude at roe@iffdn.org.

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Acompáñenos en una proyección especial de "Let’s GO DMV!"  y "Standing with Moms" , seguida de una recepción para celebrar los cinco años de la Coalición por la Renta Garantizada de DC.

Nos complace organizar una noche de cine familiar en el Angelika Film Center, situado en Union Market, que incluirá servicio de guardería y refrigerios.

Cuándo: miércoles 19 de noviembre, de 17:30 a 20:30. La película comienza a las 18:15. Servicio de guardería de 17:30 a 20:30.

Dónde: Angelika Film Center, 550 Penn St NE (cerca de la estación de metro NoMa-Gallaudet).

Se reembolsarán los gastos de desplazamiento y se entregarán in situ a las participantes en los programas Mother's Outreach Network y Lets GO DMV! Pilot.

Si tiene alguna pregunta, póngase en contacto con Zahra Wardrick en zahra@iffdn.org o con Roselande (Roe) Claude en roe@iffdn.org.

DC's US Representative Oye Owolewa joins forces with Christian Legal Aid of Washington, DC (CLADC), MORCA, DOES, DPR and Marshall Heights Community Development Organization (MHCDO) to host our final Expungement Clinic of the year (located at MHCDO at 3939 Benning Rd NE). Starting at 10 am on November 15th, returning citizens will learn about the record sealing process and then be paired with CLADC to start their record sealing process. We’ll also discuss how recent legislation affects DC’s record sealing process. Lastly, community leaders will provide professional building resources like resume building and interview tips. The goal is to reduce barriers and provide employment opportunities for our audience. The Expungement Clinic is from 10 am to 1 pm and all services come at no cost.

From an award-winning historian of Black radical politics comes the definitive biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore--mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations

"Queen Mother is a monumental achievement, a rendering worthy of the great Audley Moore herself." –Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism

In the world of Black radical politics, the name Audley Moore commands unquestioned respect. Across the nine decades of her life, Queen Mother Moore distinguished herself as a leading progenitor of Black Nationalism, the founder of the modern reparations movement, and, from her Philadelphia and Harlem homes, a mentor to some of America's most influential Black activists.

And yet, she is far less remembered than many of her peers and protégés--Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ahmad, to name just a few--and the ephemera of her life are either lost or plundered. In Queen Mother, celebrated writer and historian Ashley D. Farmer restores Moore's faded portrait, delivering the first ever definitive account of her life and enduring legacy.

Deeply researched and richly detailed, Queen Mother is more than just the biography of an American icon. It's a narrative history of 20th-century Black radicalism, told through the lens of the woman whose grit and determination sustained the movement.

Join the Library and Solid State Books for a conversation with Matthew Davis, author of A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore. In conversation with poet and writer Clint Smith, Davis will discuss Davis's new comprehensive narrative history of Mt. Rushmore.

Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing from Solid State. 

On Monday, November 10, scholar Joshua Clark Davis, in conversation with educator Jessica A. Rucker, will discuss his new book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back, an examination of the civil rights struggle through its work against police violence — and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later. This book offers a vital lens for any curriculum on the Civil Rights Movement.

Join educators from across Washington, DC as we gather together to learn more about DC education policy and strengthen our organizing skills to help bring about more educator-led positive change in our city. We welcome all educators- including classroom teachers, aides, paraprofessionals, mental health professionals, counselors, deans and other support staff! Come learn from experts and experienced organizers. Lunch and child care is free!

Join us for an informal social hour where we discuss all things solidarity economy over drinks and snacks!

Whether you're a co-op member, mutual aid-er, union member, community organizer, or solidarity economy curious, join us for our spring solidarity economy happy hour!

The social hour is an informal space to build relationships with fellow organizers in the solidarity economy, in hopes of linking our communities and projects together.

If you have stickers, postcards, zines, etc. related to solidarity economy work or to your specific co-op that you'd like to share with others, please feel free to bring them!

Join the Repro Justice campaign as we meet to discuss our upcoming events, actions, and more. We will be going over our campaign, how you can get involved! RSVP for the zoom link.

Join the Charles H. Thompson Colloquium for Dr. David Stovall’s keynote address “We Cannot Forget the Assignment; Educational Freedom Fighting in Perilous Times.”

Dr. D. James Greiner from Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School will highlight a report on the Mothers Up Pilot Research Project.

The Trump administration depends on our tax payments to carry out their work. Everything they are doing right now costs money — our money — and their oppression would become harder if that money slowed down or stopped.

Right now, everyone should pay attention to how we pay federal taxes. If you are a salaried worker, federal taxes likely get deducted automatically from your paycheck. If you are a freelancer, you might pay them quarterly. Do you typically pay only as much as you owe — or do you overpay and then get money back?

"Slow taxes" is a term that refers to a number of strategies anyone can use to make our payments to this oppressive government less automatic.

Join this informational webinar with Free DC and the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee to learn more about why this matters and specific steps you can take now to change the way you pay federal taxes. 

This is the bi-weekly meeting of Metro DC DSA's Trans/Queer Liberation Campaign. RSVP to receive the Zoom link and join us to discuss ongoing efforts such as Project Sanctuary, our Gender & Name Change Clinics, and more.

Join the discussion and engage in the process of building a grocery store owned and operated by the community.

Metro DC DSA’s Abolition Working Group is hosting free coat giveaway on Saturday, November 1st. We’ll distribute coats to all who need them - no questions asked, no barriers.

Why This Matters

This fundraiser embodies our commitment to community care and mutual aid. Every dollar raised goes straight to purchasing coats and winter accessories for DC residents. This is what it looks like to invest in communities, not cops.

How You Can Help

• Help us poster to spread awareness for the event

  • October 11th at 1pm, Eastern Market Metro Station - RSVP here

  • October 19th at 1pm, Southern Ave Metro Station - RSVP here

• Donate online at our GoFundMe here

• Spread the word about the postering sessions, GoFundMe, and the coat distribution! RSVPs are appreciated but not required! Don’t let that stop you from coming out to support our community’s students.

Questions?

Contact Metro DC DSA Abolition Working Group and learn more about our work: https://linktr.ee/MDCDSA_Abolition

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El Grupo de Trabajo de la Abolición de Metro DC DSA organizará un reparto gratuito de abrigos el sábado 1 de noviembre. Distribuiremos abrigos a todos los que los necesiten, sin preguntas y sin barreras.

Por qué es importante

Esta recaudación de fondos encarna nuestro compromiso con el cuidado de la comunidad y la ayuda mutua. Cada dólar recaudado se destina directamente a la compra de abrigos y accesorios de invierno para los residentes de DC. Así es como se invierte en las comunidades, no en la policía.

Cómo puedes ayudar

• Ayúdanos a difundir el evento con carteles

  • 11 de octubre a la 1 p. m., estación de metro Eastern Market. Confirma tu asistencia aquí

  • 19 de octubre a la 1 p. m., estación de metro Southern Ave. Confirma tu asistencia aquí

• Haz una donación en línea en nuestra página de GoFundMe aquí

• ¡Compartir la información sobre las sesiones de carteles, GoFundMe y la distribución de abrigos! Se agradece confirmar asistencia, pero no es obligatorio! No dejes que eso te impida venir a apoyar a los estudiantes de nuestra comunidad!

¿Preguntas?

Ponte en contacto con el Grupo de Trabajo para la Abolición de Metro DC DSA y obtén más información sobre nuestro trabajo: https://linktr.ee/MDCDSA_Abolition

Experience the Journey to Justice Bus, a mobile storytelling and education space created by the national Unlock the Box campaign.  Explore creative exhibits, learn about the movement to end solitary confinement, and connect with others who are ready to make a difference.

The Congress Working Group presents a panel discussion on the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill”’s impacts on healthcare access in DC. We'll hear about changes in Medicaid, DC Healthcare Alliance, and Obamacare premiums, as well as how specific populations and types of healthcare may be affected. We will conclude with information on how to get involved with Free DC and the work of the Congress Team.

The panel is the second in a series discussing the impact of the OBBB on DC. The first panel in September examined the OBBB’s impact on SNAP.

Register below to receive the link for this virtual meeting, hosted over Zoom.

A conversation with Irin Carmon for her new book Unbearable.

Join the Library and Politics and Prose Bookstore for an evening with Irin Carmon discussing her new book Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America. In conversation with Michelle Goodwin of Georgetown University, Irin will discuss this new exploration of what’s gone wrong with pregnancy in America, through the lens of history, politics, and the searing experiences of five women.

About the book:

Journalist Irin Carmon was eight months pregnant when the Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, unleashing pain and suffering for those who didn’t want to be pregnant and, shockingly to some, those who did. What was clear to Carmon from her dozen years of reporting—and from what she felt in her bones—was how incomplete the American story of reproduction had been, and how much had been unexpressed, hidden, or taken for granted, and not just by conservative justices or in red states. Whether in cosmopolitan, liberal New York City or rural Alabama, the entire system is broken.

Unbearable tells a deeper story, going beyond the headlines and any one experience or choice, and grounded in history and journalism. It introduces us to five women navigating pregnancy care—from that first positive pregnancy test through joy, loss, and the unforeseen—in a country that is at best indifferent and at worst willfully cruel, and to brave, outnumbered people fighting to make it better. Written with deep empathy and analytical rigor, Unbearable is at once a moving story of interconnection, a harrowing exposé, and assertion of humanity. Above all, it is a powerful call for solidarity, regardless of our circumstances or our decisions.

Join us on the steps of the Wilson Building as we urge the DC Council to hold a hearing and pass the ERASE Solitary Confinement Act of 2025.

You’ll hear from powerful speakers, connect with advocates, and take part in direct outreach to Councilmembers.

Join the Repro Justice campaign as we meet to discuss our upcoming events, actions, and more. We will be going over our campaign, how you can get involved! RSVP for the zoom link.