Events
Cop Watch Training
Come get skilled up by The Responders of Harriet's Wildest Dreams as we discuss one way we can keep each other safe. Cop-watch training is a training that will give you the tools and prepare you on what to look for at the scene of potential police arrests or police violence. This training will prepare individuals for proper etiquette and the process of engaging in situations with police presence.
Some of the expectations include stopping to record what the police do, letting community members know their rights, informing community members they are not alone during police interactions, and making sure police know that they are being watched.
This training is required for individuals interested in participating in The Responders and DC Safety Squad cop watch strolls.
THIS IS A NO LAW ENFORCEMENT SPACE
Street Law 101: Know your Rights
Street Law focuses on practical, direct survival knowledge for people interacting with police, ICE, or other federal law enforcement, especially during stops and frisks. It provides basic but critical baseline information for communities most likely to be targeted.
In D.C.’s Black and brown neighborhoods, there is the law on the books, and then there is street law: how policing actually happens on the street, in real time.
When police approach, question, detain, search, or pat you down, what so-called constitutional rights are you supposed to have? What should you do in the moment? If police lie and you are arrested, what do you need to know? How can we document, report, and share what is happening in our communities, and identify the officers responsible?
In addition to addressing these questions, the training highlights the contradictions between what the law and official policies say and the tactics law enforcement actually uses on the street.
Black Girl Booked with Author Sarai Johnson
Sarai Johnson joins Black Girl Book to discuss her book "Grown Women: A Novel." This event will celebrate the voices, stories, and brilliance of Black women and girls.
Black Girl Booked is a vibrant book club dedicated to celebrating the voices, stories, and brilliance of Black women and girls. Each month, we dive into powerful works—fiction and nonfiction—that center Black female experiences, amplify underrepresented narratives, and spark meaningful conversations.
We’re thrilled to share that Sarai Johnson, author and Howard University professor, will join this month’s discussion to talk about her book Grown Women: A Novel.
All are welcomed to attend as we journey together through the many layers, joys, and complexities of motherhood.
Whether you're looking to connect, reflect, or simply get lost in a good book, this is your literary home. Join us as we read, uplift, and grow—one page at a time.
Ask A D.C. Native, Live! The People's Edition
Watch as two teams of D.C. natives go head to head answering trivia questions about the District's history and culture.
Ask A D.C. Native, Live! The People's Edition
Join The 51st and The People's Archive for Ask A D.C. Native, Live! — a trivia game show that tests D.C. natives' knowledge about their hometown. Audience members can join in on the fun, with a chance to win prizes from local businesses.
The event is curated by Christina Sturdivant Sani, Executive Editor at The 51st, and hosted by poet and artist Dwayne Lawson-Brown. All are welcome — whether you're a D.C. native, longtime resident, or just unpacked your bags.
The event is FREE but registration is recommended.
DC Guaranteed Income Coalition Council Walkaround
Join us as we walk the halls of the Wilson Building to greet staffers and Council members and share our platform directly with lawmakers. Whether you're new to advocacy or a familiar face, come lend your voice.
Trans and Queer Liberation Campaign Meeting
This is the bi-weekly meeting of Metro DC DSA's Trans and 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!
Manufacturing Consent: Youth, Miseducation and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
D.C. community is invited to join the D.C. Chapter of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Pan-African Community Action (PACA), to commemorate Black August 2026 and Black August Resistance: The Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth!
SERIES SESSIONS:
Wednesday, August 5th: Youth Inherit the Revolution: A Conversation with Jamal Joseph
Wednesday, August 12th: Takin’ To The Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance
Wednesday, August 19th: Long Live the Man Child!: Jonathan Jackson and the Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth
Wednesday, August 26th: Manufacturing Consent: Youth, Miseducation and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
While all sessions will be hybrid, we highly encourage everyone to join us in person and break your Black August fast with us! Free Food Provided. We also ask that all participants mask. We will provide high quality masks if needed! Don’t miss out! REGISTER TODAY!
Black August Part 2: Organize
How do we transform reflection into collective action?
Join the Center for Black Educator Development and the National Black Teacher Pipeline Coalition for the second session of Black August: Educate. Heal. Organize.
Together, we will consider what it takes to build a future where Black children and educators can thrive.
During this interactive session, participants will:
Develop a shared vision for educational freedom.
Explore ways to strengthen pathways for Black educators.
Identify strategies, partnerships, and actions that advance educational equity.
Create individual and collective commitments. Leave with clear next steps.
Chocolate City Orientation
Join the Free DC Chocolate City Group for political education, strategy, and community conversation.
Get updates on the Free DC campaign, connect with neighbors, and organize for the fights ahead. Whether you’re new or already involved, pull up.
Courtwatch DC Training
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.
2026 Social Justice Curriculum Fair
Save the date for this opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice themes.
BLACK AUGUST "DARE TO DREAM" Freedom Dreaming Session 4
Join the Free DC Chocolate City Group as we gather in to break bread, fellowship, and learn. Rooted in the Black August traditions of political education, discipline, resistance, and recommitment to Black liberation, we’ll honor the struggle while imagining what we are fighting to build.
During our “Dare to Dream” Freedom Dreaming session, we’ll imagine a DC where we have the full political power to determine our own futures and build a collective vision for the liberated DC we deserve.
Together, we’ll deepen our discipline, strengthen our commitment, and dream beyond the conditions we’ve been told we have to accept. Free DC!Join us at this in-person Freedom Dreaming session. Together we’ll explore how life in DC would be different if we had full political power, and create a vision for what we’ll want to achieve when we have it.
Film The Police Training
This Film the Police Training is designed to equip community members with the basic skills and knowledge necessary to safely and effectively monitor police activity. Participants will learn about their rights and responsibilities when observing law enforcement, how to document interactions accurately, and strategies for de-escalating potentially volatile situations. By fostering a network of informed citizens, the training aims to promote accountability and transparency, ultimately contributing to a safer and more just community for all.
DC History Book Talk: No More Worlds to Conquer
A talented community of Black writers have thrived in Washington, DC for over 100 years, nurturing a rich tradition of African American intellectualism and literature predating the Harlem Renaissance. In No More Worlds to Conquer, local poet Brian Gilmore shares this history, writes his own life story as a poet in DC, and makes the case for the nation’s capital as a center of American literature.
During this book talk, Gilmore, in conversation Holly Bass, will trace the literary life, politics, and influence of DC’s Black poets to understand the history and culture of the city. Whether you’re a poetry enthusiast, DC scholar, or interested in the city’s Black culture and history—this book talk is for you!
Harriets Responders Orientation
Come learn more about the Responders of 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
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Financial Empowerment Program - [In-Person Fall 2026 Session]
This free 8-week program presented by Tzedek DC provides financial education, food, and $100 to start your investment journey!
Tzedek DC, a nonprofit legal aid organization committed to promoting racial and economic justice, is proud to offer a free 8-week financial empowerment program for DC residents.
Note: This program is open to all adult DC residents (18+), as well as UDC students who are DMV residents.
The program provides a series of financial literacy workshops aimed at the specific needs of young adults like spending plans, debt, understanding your paycheck, building credit and investing. The program also offers individualized financial counseling sessions from experts and helps program participants set tailored financial plans and achievable goals. Program participants will be eligible to receive $100 in grant funding to start their investment journeys.
For eight weeks, this cohort will take place in-person from 5:00PM - 7:00PM on the following days at Tzedek DC's office (1100 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003):
Workshop 1: Tuesday, September 8th - @5-7pm
Workshop 2: Tuesday, September 15th - @5-7pm
Workshop 3: Tuesday, September 22nd - @5-7pm
Workshop 4: Tuesday, September 29th - @5-7pm
Workshop 5: Tuesday, October 6th - @5-7pm
Workshop 6: Tuesday, October 13th - @5-7pm
Workshop 7: Tuesday, October 20th - @5-7pm
Workshop 8: Tuesday, October 27th - @5-7pm
Prior to the program kickoff date, please look out for an email from Tzedek DC's program coordinator, Sophie Adler, for program specific details.
For more information about the program, check out our webpage here: https://www.tzedekdc.org/empowerment.
Community Health Forum
National Nurses United and DC Jobs With Justice invite you to join us for a Community Forum on September 9th! Councilmember Janeese Lewis George will join nurses, providers, parents, and community to discuss the closing of the postpartum unit at Washington Hospital Center, future Medicaid cuts, and our fight for a healthcare system that works for us all. Our very own DC JWJ Community Organizer and mom-of-four Sequnely Gray will be a panelist at the event. Join us!
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¡National Nurses United y DC Jobs With Justice te invitan a unirte a nosotros en un foro comunitario el 9 de septiembre! La concejala Janeese Lewis George se unirá a enfermeras, médicos, padres y miembros de la comunidad para debatir sobre el cierre de la unidad de posparto del Washington Hospital Center, los futuros recortes en Medicaid y nuestra lucha por un sistema sanitario que funcione para todos. Sequnely Gray, nuestra organizadora comunitaria de DC JWJ y madre de cuatro hijos, participará como panelista en el evento. ¡Únete a nosotros!
HWD General Info Session
Join us for a snapshot of the work Harriet’s Wildest Dreams is engaged in. Our liberation is tied to one another, and we need each other to do this work to protect our people — Black people, formerly incarcerated folks, queer and trans communities, and all those at risk of state-sanctioned violence.
Being in the nation's capital, we are at the center of the empire and also a target for far-right extremists. DC is NO ONE’S playground, and we must remain vigilant in our fight for statehood, our fight against mass incarceration, and the fight for gender liberation and bodily autonomy for all.
If you and your friends are interested in building a better world, free from patriarchal violence, a world where queerness is in, then you've come to the right place! Come sit with us as we re-imagine what this world can be and reclaim safety for all of DC.
👉🏽 This month's info session will feature a mini political education session on Abolition.
Prince George's MD Labor Job Fair
GET A JOB: Organizing with for working people!
--Are you sick and tired of your current job, under-employed, or looking for work?
--Do you want to make a difference but don't know how?
--Change the world for the better while you work on the job.
--Challenge the power of billionaires and corporations from the inside
--Team up with your co-workers to improve working conditions and organize a union!
Join us on Saturday September 12th from 11am to 1pm in New Carrollton, MD (address provided after RSVP). You will get the opportunity to learn about what a strategic industries need workers and how to make a positive impact for the labor movement! Expect a call from one of our organizers.
Contact the Prince George's County DSA Labor Working Group at pgclwg@mdcdsa.org for more info.
Black Studies Book Club
The MLK Black Studies Book Club meets every first Saturday of the month to explore, engage, and discuss books from and relating to the Black radical tradition.
The MLK Black Studies Book Club meets the first Saturday of each month to explore, engage, and discuss books from and relating to the Black radical tradition. Selections include classics from authors such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, W.E.B. DuBois, James Baldwin, and Audre Lorde, as well as lesser known and contemporary works. The book club's scope encompasses an array of authors from across the African diaspora who challenge existing notions of what constitutes Blackness and Black Struggle. Please email The People's Archive at peoples.archive@dc.gov to inquire about meetings and to be placed on the listserv.
DC Justice Lab’s 2026 Movement Mixer
We’re bringing the community together, right in the heart of Congressional Black Caucus week. Mark your calendar!
Join us for DC Justice Lab’s 2026 Movement Mixer, an evening of connection, community, and collective power during one of the most impactful weeks in DC. This is a space to gather with changemakers committed to building a more just DC.
September 17th
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Point DC, 2100 2nd St SW
Come through to build relationships, share energy, and move the work forward together.
More details to come soon. For now, save the date. We look forward to seeing YOU there!
The 3rd Annual People's Budget Forum
The Fair Budget Coalition is hosting our People's Budget Forum this fall! Join us in community on Saturday, September 19th, from 12-4 pm to enjoy refreshments, share knowledge, and begin to co-create the fiscal year 2026 budget that DC deserves.
¡La Coalición por un Presupuesto Justo los invita a nuestro Foro de Presupuesto Comunitario de FBC este otoño! Únase a nosotros en comunidad el sábado 19 de septiembre, de 12 a 4 p. m. para disfrutar de refrescos, compartir conocimientos y comenzar a co-crear el presupuesto del año fiscal 2026 que DC merece.
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Please be sure to RSVP to receive up to date event info!
¡Asegúrate de confirmar tu asistencia para recibir información actualizada del evento!
Contemporary Central American Voices
If you are in the D.C. area, please join us Wednesday, September 23, 2026, for our third annual conversation with contemporary Central American authors at Busboys and Poets (14th and V), featuring Anna Lapera, John Manuel Arias, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Jared Lemus, and Diana Rojas. Attendees may purchase food and drinks to enjoy throughout the event, buy copies of the books, and get them signed by the authors.
Contemporary Central American Voices
On Wednesday, September 23, Central American authors Anna Lapera, John Manuel Arias, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, and Jared Lemus, will join us for a third year to celebrate Central American voices. We are going beyond the traditional heroes and holidays approach to Latinx Heritage Month by spotlighting brilliant Central American authors.
10th Annual Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In
Join us for the 10th annual Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In, hosted IN PERSON in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in collaboration with Teaching for Change. This event is an opportunity for K–12 educators to convene in person and strategize on uplifting Native voices directly into the classroom.
2026 Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change deliver a day of online conversation, curriculum highlights, workshops, and idea exchange — preceded by a short keynote presentation. Participants will have the chance to attend two rounds of workshops and engage with each other virtually via Zoom. Registration coming soon!
Long Live the Man Child!: Jonathan Jackson and the Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth
D.C. community is invited to join the D.C. Chapter of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Pan-African Community Action (PACA), to commemorate Black August 2026 and Black August Resistance: The Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth!
SERIES SESSIONS:
Wednesday, August 5th: Youth Inherit the Revolution: A Conversation with Jamal Joseph
Wednesday, August 12th: Takin’ To The Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance
Wednesday, August 19th: Long Live the Man Child!: Jonathan Jackson and the Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth
Wednesday, August 26th: Manufacturing Consent: Youth, Miseducation and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
While all sessions will be hybrid, we highly encourage everyone to join us in person and break your Black August fast with us! Free Food Provided. We also ask that all participants mask. We will provide high quality masks if needed! Don’t miss out! REGISTER TODAY!
The Flock Is Hot: How MPD Uses AI to Track You
Want to learn more about the current state of surveillance in DC? Join DeFlock DC for an information session centered on the AI-enabled Flock camera system installed throughout our city.
The program will include an overview of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs): what they are, the threat they pose to our communities, and the city's relationship with the companies that maintain them. We will discuss surveillance practices broadly as well as how they are especially weaponized against black and brown communities, closing with a Q&A session.
We Power DC and Extinction Rebellion: Mt. Pleasant Wheatpasting Event
We Power DC is partnering with Extinction Rebellion to co-host a wheatpasting session this August! Please join us to hang up posters around the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood (starting at the Columbia Heights Metro station) at 1PM. Help us spread the word on the evils of Pepco and climate change, the public power alternative, and tap into that latent distrust of our utilities while growing the grassroots movement needed to challenge corporate power. All materials (+ training) will be provided - just dress for the weather and bring friends!
After wheat pasting ends, please join us for a happy hour nearby (location TBD).
See you there!
HWD General Info Session
Join us for a snapshot of the work Harriet’s Wildest Dreams is engaged in. Our liberation is tied to one another, and we need each other to do this work to protect our people — Black people, formerly incarcerated folks, queer and trans communities, and all those at risk of state-sanctioned violence.
Being in the nation's capital, we are at the center of the empire and also a target for far-right extremists. DC is NO ONE’S playground, and we must remain vigilant in our fight for statehood, our fight against mass incarceration, and the fight for gender liberation and bodily autonomy for all.
If you and your friends are interested in building a better world, free from patriarchal violence, a world where queerness is in, then you've come to the right place! Come sit with us as we re-imagine what this world can be and reclaim safety for all of DC.
👉🏽 This month's info session will feature a mini political education session on DC's extensive history within the Black Radical Tradition for Black August.
Repro Justice Campaign Meeting
This is the bi-weekly meeting of Metro DC DSA's Repro Justice Campaign. RSVP to receive the Zoom link and join us to discuss ongoing efforts such as mutual aid distribution, reproductive and sexual health care kit packing events, fundraising, and more!
Takin’ To The Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance
D.C. community is invited to join the D.C. Chapter of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Pan-African Community Action (PACA), to commemorate Black August 2026 and Black August Resistance: The Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth!
SERIES SESSIONS:
Wednesday, August 5th: Youth Inherit the Revolution: A Conversation with Jamal Joseph
Wednesday, August 12th: Takin’ To The Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance
Wednesday, August 19th: Long Live the Man Child!: Jonathan Jackson and the Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth
Wednesday, August 26th: Manufacturing Consent: Youth, Miseducation and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
While all sessions will be hybrid, we highly encourage everyone to join us in person and break your Black August fast with us! Free Food Provided. We also ask that all participants mask. We will provide high quality masks if needed! Don’t miss out! REGISTER TODAY!
Juror Information Project
If we're serious about building safety and challenging criminalization, we have to understand the systems making decisions about our lives.
Join us for a teach-in on the role jurors play, what jury service actually looks like, and why political education belongs in the courtroom, too.
One Year In, End the DC Occupation
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year. For 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways it has hurt our communities.
August 11: One Year In, End the DC Occupation
Over the last year DC communities have witnessed escalating attacks from this regime. From police killings, to tens of thousands of arrests, to family separations, to children in detention, to violation of our rights and due process, to attacks on workers, to harassment of youth, to armed soldiers in our streets, to companies that are complicity and so much more, DC’s communities deserve and demand justice.
Throughout it all, Congress has relentlessly attacked DC. We know a leader like Trump wants to gain control of the capital city and Republicans in Congress have done everything they can to help him achieve that. On the one-year anniversary of this occupation we’ll call on allies nationwide to condemn these attacks and focus on one elected leader in particular up for re-election this November who deserves to lose their seat because of their involvement in Trump’s attacks on DC.
Marshal & De-Escalation Training
A training to learn tools to be a affective Marshall for Free DC Events. Marshals work as a team to keep people as safe as possible by bringing them together and order in an appropriate or effective way. Their primary work is to support a safe and successful event as a primary point of contact with event participants. Marshals should communicate safety preparedness and are to report all safety and emergency issues to Action Leads.
One Year of Occupation: Justice for Unhoused Neighbors + Community Noisemaking
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
Trump's occupation forces have hurt, harassed, and displaced unhoused neighbors in DC. These interactions further destabilize some of DC's most vulnerable residents and on August 10 we will center their experiences and stories.
After a short speaking program, walk with us two block to 13th and Massachusetts Ave. NW, where a community of residents have been banging pots and pans every night for an entire year. Neighbors are invited to bring pots and pans to make noise together at 7 PM.
One Year of Occupation: Celebrating Malcolm X Park
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 9: Celebrating Malcolm X Park
Malcolm X Park at 16th Street NW & Euclid St NW has been a space of community celebration for decades. The week Malcolm X was assassinated in February of 1965, the Howard Theatre’s house drummer, Baba Ngoma, started a drum circle on the upper terrace. It became weekly. By the late 1960s, the park had become the staging ground for civil rights rallies and Black liberation organizing. 40 years later this Sunday tradition is still going strong.
Recently, the Trump regime has tried to claim this park as their own. We reject this attempt and celebrate this park's long proud history and future as a space for solidarity and justice.
Join us for a community picnic during the Sunday drum circle. Bring a dish to share, a blanket or chair, and make time to celebrate one of DC's most vibrant community spaces.
Campaign Orientation (Virtual)
Free DC is setting out to build the cultural and political power it will take to protect Home Rule and win lasting dignity for the people of DC.
Campaign Orientation is the place to learn about the attacks DC is facing right now, our strategy to defeat them, and our organizing structures that will make it possible.
Register below to attend!
One Year of Occupation: Justice for DC youth + Film the Police training
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 8: Justice for DC Youth + Film the Police training
U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro and the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force pressured DC’s own leaders to criminalize Black and Brown youth and their parents by setting up “Youth Curfew Zones” which criminalize children simply for being outside. Curfew zones expose young people to harassment and incarceration, they have not been shown to work, and they give Trump's agents more ways to arrest all of us, especially Black and Brown people.
Join us on August 8 to demand justice for DC’s youth. Plus, The Responders of Harriet's Wildest Dreams to host a training on filming the police in Youth Curfew Zones or anywhere. This event is part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series.
Black August: Liberation Day
This Black August, we're invited to gather, study, and celebrate together — and we want you there with us.
Black Lives Matter DC is hosting Black August: Liberation Day, a free, family-friendly community gathering honoring the spirit and legacy of Black August through political education, culture, collective care, and Black joy.
Black August is a time to study our history, deepen our political education, build collective power, and honor the freedom fighters who shaped the struggles for Black liberation. This gathering is a chance to learn, connect, celebrate, and imagine the liberated future we're building together.
This year's Black August Liberation Day honors the revolutionary legacy of Black youth in Washington, DC and beyond.
One Year of Occupation: Delete DoorDash
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 7: Delete DoorDash
For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. On July 22, 2026, the company came out in support of H.R.9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act.” This bill is a blatant attack on DC’s power in order to support Trump’s grotesque desire to take over the capital.
H.R. 9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act permanently revokes DC’s ability to set our own taxes, a move that would be both insulting and destructive. Rep. Maxwell Frost called it, “the worst attack on Home Rule since 1973.”
On August 7, join us to #DeleteDoorDash as part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series.
One Year of Occupation: Freedom Dreaming
Join us at this in-person Freedom Dreaming session. Together we’ll explore how life in DC would be different if we had full political power, and create a vision for what we’ll want to achieve when we have it.
Harriet’s Day Field Trip to Cambridge
Join Harriet’s Wildest Dreams and our Summer Fellows on Thursday, August 6 for a day trip to Cambridge, Maryland, as we visit historic sites along the Harriet Tubman Byway and honor her legacy of resistance, liberation, and community. Come learn, reflect, and build with us as we move through the land where Harriet lived, resisted, and led our people towards freedom.
Carpool transportation from DC available. Space is limited. RSVP to join us!
Youth Inherit the Revolution: A Conversation with Jamal Joseph
D.C. community is invited to join the D.C. Chapter of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Pan-African Community Action (PACA), to commemorate Black August 2026 and Black August Resistance: The Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth!
SERIES SESSIONS:
Wednesday, August 5th: Youth Inherit the Revolution: A Conversation with Jamal Joseph
Wednesday, August 12th: Takin’ To The Streets: The Long Tradition of Revolutionary Youth Resistance
Wednesday, August 19th: Long Live the Man Child!: Jonathan Jackson and the Revolutionary Potential of Black Youth
Wednesday, August 26th: Manufacturing Consent: Youth, Miseducation and the Politics of Mass Incarceration
While all sessions will be hybrid, we highly encourage everyone to join us in person and break your Black August fast with us! Free Food Provided. We also ask that all participants mask. We will provide high quality masks if needed! Don’t miss out! REGISTER TODAY!
Trans and Queer Liberation Campaign Meeting
This is the bi-weekly meeting of Metro DC DSA's Trans and 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!
Federal Workers (and Friends!) August Happy Hour
Come meet your fellow rank-and-file federal unionists (and friends) at the Federal Unionist Network DMV Hub's monthly happy hour!
We're back at our summer location, Aslin Beer Garden! Just a few blocks from the U Street Metro station. And we're partnering with Free DC! We'll be sharing about upcoming events and building community with fellow feds, contractors, and friends.
One Year of Occupation: Justice for DC's Students and Schools
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 5: “Justice for DC’s Students and Schools”
Children deserve to go to school in safety, but right now DC has highest rate in the nation of families separated due to immigration enforcement. And nationwide, more than 145,000 children are themselves in immigration detention. Meanwhile, in DC’s majority Black neighborhoods, the alphabet soup of federal police along with National Guard harass and intimidate students coming to and from school. With back-to-school just around the corner, we demand better.
On August 5, join us to demand justice for DC’s students as part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series.
One Year of Occupation: Justice for DC workers
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 4: Justice for DC Workers
DC area workers deserve to be able to get to our jobs without the fear of checkpoints, armed soldiers on the metro, raids at our workplaces, or retaliation from this administration. Industries like DC’s restaurants have been particularly hard hit by this regime’s behavior and sometimes workplaces themselves are making it happen.
Join us on August 4 to demand #JusticeForDCworkers as part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series.
Harriets Responders Orientation
Come learn more about the Responders of 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
August Workers Circle
Talk with fellow workers about workplace challenges and building worker power. We will open up with a potluck! Sign up to bring a dish here: https://bit.ly/WorkersPotluck_DMV
Then we will circle up to explore the unique issues we’re facing in our workplaces, brainstorm organizing strategies to solve those issues, and learn from one another on what’s working and what’s not.
One Year of Occupation: 13,000 arrests + Pirro’s lies
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 3: 13,000 arrests + Pirro’s lies
Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” has now arrested more than 13,000 people in DC. The local and federal police making these arrests are fabricating charges, conducting illegal searches, and violating of due process. And when those cases come before the court, prosecutors in Jeanine Pirro’s office are making a mockery of justice.
On August 3, join us to #RejectPirro and demand an end to the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” as part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series.
One Year of Occupation: Justice for Nolberto Meza
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 2: “Justice for Nolberto Meza”
On June 20, 2026, U.S. Park Police initiated a high speed pursuit through Woodley Park that killed Nolberto Meza. Meza was a food delivery worker who was riding his moped when he was struck and killed during the chase.
U.S. Park Police are part of Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force,” which is leading the occupation of DC. Last year Trump rolled back restrictions on high speed pursuits for U.S. Park Police — an action which has already led to multiple near-fatal crashes in DC.
On August 2, join us to demand #JusticeForNolberto as we tell the story of how Trump’s occupation has impacted our communities over the past year.
One Year of Occupation: Justice for Julian Bailey
DC has been under a hostile military occupation for nearly an entire year, and for 11 days in August we are telling the story of the ways Trump’s occupation has hurt our communities.
August 1: “Justice for Julian Bailey”
In February, U.S. Marshals shot and killed Julian Bailey in the Mayfair neighborhood of Ward 7. Julian was a father, a son, and a beloved community member and to this day there has been no explanation of why these federal agents responded to a local 911 call or why they used deadly force. The U.S. Marshal Service is part of Trump's "DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force," which has led the occupation of DC since August 11, 2025.
On Saturday August 1, join us to demand #JusticeForJulian as part of our One Year of DC’s Occupation storytelling and action series. Register for event location and additional details.
First and third Saturdays: Mutual Aid Distribution
Come by 2572 Sherman Ave NW from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm and help with our mutual aid distribution table and take what you need. No need to do an orientation; just come by and pitch in!
Courtwatch DC Training
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.