Join us in celebrating the merger between Metro DC DSA’s Reproductive Justice working group, Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Campaign, and Socialist Feminist section into the Bodily Autonomy Working Group!

We will be gathering on Monday, November 4th, starting at 6pm, to celebrate our merger at the Dew Drop Inn (2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC 20017), next to the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station on the red line.

Join us to chat about all things bodily autonomy, and to get more information on our upcoming campaigns! We’d love to connect you with our current actions. We’re working on making Arlington the second Sanctuary city in Virginia, fundraising for DC’s Abortion Fund (DCAF), our annual Care Kit packing event where we package Plan B, condoms, and more to donate to an organization, political education events, monthly socials, and more!

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please reach out at mdcdsareprojustice@gmail.com

🍁 Coat Swap & Candy Potluck! 🍁

Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2-4pm
Long Branch Library
8800 Garland Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20901

Join Silver Spring Takoma Park Mutual Aid for a fun afternoon as the seasons change!

Please bring any washed and clean jackets, coats, and warm outerwear pieces that you’re no longer using to pass on to someone else, and take a jacket if you need one. You do not need to bring a jacket to pick up one!

Bring your leftover Halloween candy or a favorite snack to share potluck style 🍬

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🍁 ¡Intercambio de abrigos y bocadillos para compartir! 🍁

Sábado, el 2 de noviembre 2-4pm
Biblioteca de Long Branch
8800 Garland Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20901

¡Únase a Silver Spring Takoma Park Mutual Aid para pasar una tarde divertida mientras cambian las estaciones!

Por favor traiga cualquier chaquetas lavadas y limpias, abrigos y piezas de ropa de abrigo que ya no está utilizando para pasar a otra persona, y tomar una chaqueta si usted necesita uno. No es necesario traer una chaqueta para recoger una.

También puedes traer dulces de halloween o un bocadillo favorito para compartir al estilo potluck 🍬

Women's march to the White House. We won't go back.

On November 2nd, thousands of feminists will converge in Washington, D.C., and across the nation, to show the strength of our feminist movement. In D.C, our march will pass by the White House, a powerful reminder to those in power that we are watching and demanding accountability – and that this November, women will win the White House. The day will culminate in a vibrant rally and community festival, where activists can listen to inspiring speakers, enjoy live music, and connect with partner organizations committed to this fight.

A workshop dedicated to Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf Disabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late Deafened students in DC.

Learn about navigating special education in DC schools, and engage with representatives from community organizations and DC agencies!

 Presented by the Mayor's Office of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing.

 *ASL Interpreters will be available. For other reasonable accommodations, please contact DCPLaccess@dc.gov

Join the Social Housing Working Group for its biweekly organizing meeting. Learn about its latest activities, what they're planning for the future, and how to get involved.

The Social Housing Working Group seeks to educate Metro DC DSA chapter members and the general public about social housing and to facilitate collective action in support of the passage and implementation of the Green New Deal for Housing Amendment Act.

The legislation proposes to create mixed-income, district-owned housing with market rate units that subsidize a larger number of affordable units. It's a pioneering approach that deepens affordability, invests surplus funds into the creation of more social housing, and locks-in financial sustainability. The bill also includes climate and labor standards and elected tenant boards with oversight over building management.

In this interactive program, attendees will engage with activities and contributors to Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching, including the editors, SNCC veterans, teachers, children’s book authors, and more. Free and open to the public. Order food and drinks throughout. Books available for purchase and signing. The first 25 classroom teachers in attendance will receive a free copy of the book.

On Monday, October 28th, Mother's Outreach Network invites you to a lunch and live broadcast of a conversation about the early lessons from our Mother Up Guaranteed Income Research Pilot. This pilot is being conducted with our research partners, the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School. Lunch is a ticketed event, but if you cannot make it to the in-person lunch event, you may also join the conversation for FREE via Zoom.

We are an anti-poverty, anti-racist advocacy organization deploying innovative and bold strategies to help Black mothers achieve economic stability and for families to access the support they need to live with dignity. We need your partnership.

At Mother's Outreach Network, we passionately believe that economic insecurity should not separate families. Yet in D.C., poverty disproportionately affects Black mothers, driving their children into the child welfare system. 

Please join this critical conversation in person or for FREE via Zoom to learn more about our work and connect with others who share our goal of family preservation. Our unique approach to economic empowerment is recognized for its potential here in DC and nationwide.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

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 the ACLU-DC, 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.

We’re thrilled to share our full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop.

View our full program below and buy your tickets or an all-access pass today!

We can’t wait to bring the community together and honor Palestinian voices and artistry at such a critical time.

Have you heard about statehood from long-term DC residents but don't know too much about it? Ever wonder about how the DC Council functions and operates and what you can do to get your voice heard as a concerned citizen?

Join Harriet's Wildest Dreams and DC4Palestine for an in-depth teach-in on what statehood means for the District, the history of the fight for statehood, the ins and outs of the DC Council, and how international solidarity efforts are connected to DC.

SisterSong defines Reproductive Justice as the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities. Join the MDC DSA Reproductive Justice working group for a dynamic conversation about this foundational framework and how Reproductive Justice is a socialist concern. This will be a hybrid session–RSVP for the Zoom link. Come hang out, learn about RJ, and come to our social at Rocket Bar starting at 8pm, after the session!

Join comrades in this anti-eviction canvas! Come out and inform tenants facing eviction of their rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and to see if they're interested in organizing their building. Tenants we speak to are twice as likely to go to court and fight their eviction, so every volunteer can make a big impact.

We’ll meet at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station on the D street exit between 6th and 7th above the escalators (if the weather is bad, we'll be downstairs just before the turnstiles). At 1:30 PM we’ll have a short training to explain why these canvasses are necessary, how to talk to tenants about their upcoming eviction suits, and how to fill in walk-sheets. We’ll then hand out walk-sheets and set you up with a partner — if you’ve never done this before, we’ll try to set you up with a veteran who can show you the ropes!

If you have a car, please drive it down to the meeting spot! Cars are helpful for getting canvassers to metro-inaccessible areas. (Parking near L’Enfant Plaza is a bit tricky, but doable!) If you’re interested in our work but can’t canvass, reach out to tenants@mdcdsa.org to learn about other ways to get involved.

Join the DC4Palestine Teach-In Series for our interactive Direct Action Training in partnership with the Movement Infrastructure Project taking place on Saturday, October 19th, 12-4:30 PM at 33 Grant Circle.

We encourage you to attend the training with a couple of people you already take action with and/or want to take more action with and also welcome folks individually!

The training will cover a variety of topics including action roles and affinity groups, brainstorming, planning and strategy and decision making methods as well as break out sessions focusing on specific areas like communications and media, health & safety tips, strategic tools and more!

Join Baldwin House on October 19th from 12-4 pm for an outdoor Halloween Bash and to celebrate spooky season! 

We'll have costumes, potluck snacks and drinks, pumpkin decorating, a clothing swap (so please bring any clothes in good condition you'd like to swap), banner painting, and other fun activities for the whole family to enjoy! 

We welcome people to come in costume and to bring your friends, family, and neighbors! We will have a casual potluck, so please sign up below to bring something to share <3 

Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect and so we can add you to our newsletter if you're not already on it!

Accessibility note: There will be one bathroom accessible that is on the second floor of our building. To access it, you'll need to walk up a flight of stairs with a handrail.

Please reach out to us at baldwinhousecoop@gmail.com if you need alternate bathroom accommodations!!

Join us to kick off a meaningful year with community members, educators, advocates and all DC residents for a fun day celebrating a new school year. Find ways to get involved in education advocacy as you dance to live go-go music, eat great food and let the kids have a blast with bouncy house, face painting and more. We will have opportunities to engage with educators, carnival-like games and speeches from local officials. We gather for fun with a purpose at the DC Teacher Voice Festival by EmpowerEd!

On October 18, 2021, De’Andre Johnson’s life was stolen by MPD cop Juwan Jefferson, the same cop who took the life of Eric Carter on September 16, 2019. To all of his family, De’Andre was the glue. He was also a father, warrior, and protector. His life mattered.

Join Black Lives Matter DC as we honor De’Andre, shower his family with love, and recommit to ending state violence together.

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall☀️ Join Us for our 2 day Political Education. You will learn about our Black Youth Agenda and do a deep dive into each of the 4 issues that are most pressing to Black youth in DC today. We’ll learn about the history and background of each issue, explore what is currently being done around the issues, and discuss ways to strengthen our advocacy in the coming year.

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

Join the Social Housing Working Group for its biweekly organizing meeting. Learn about its latest activities, what they're planning for the future, and how to get involved.

The Social Housing Working Group seeks to educate Metro DC DSA chapter members and the general public about social housing and to facilitate collective action in support of the passage and implementation of the Green New Deal for Housing Amendment Act.

The legislation proposes to create mixed-income, district-owned housing with market rate units that subsidize a larger number of affordable units. It's a pioneering approach that deepens affordability, invests surplus funds into the creation of more social housing, and locks-in financial sustainability. The bill also includes climate and labor standards and elected tenant boards with oversight over building management.

Join the National Galley of Art and the Bruce Monroe @Park View (DCPS) Community as they explore the 1619 Project through the visual arts!  On October 17, 2024, 5:00–7:00PM, this free afterhours museum event will include a tour of the gallery to see complementary 1619 art with a guide, take home resources exploring the 1619 Project, an opportunity to engage in an art-making project, and food and games! RSVP required for entry.

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall☀️ Join Us for our 2 day Political Education. You will learn about our Black Youth Agenda and do a deep dive into each of the 4 issues that are most pressing to Black youth in DC today. We’ll learn about the history and background of each issue, explore what is currently being done around the issues, and discuss ways to strengthen our advocacy in the coming year.

Join the DSA Labor Working Group and the Peoples' Parity Project for our "Know Your Rights" workshop on the service sector and tipped workers. This workshop is run by experienced union organizers and labor lawyers from the DC metro area. This training will cover some of the most common labor violations that take place in the service sector by bosses and what key legal protections workers have to fight back.

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Regístrese para la clase de “Saber sus Derechos” organizada por el DSA Groupo de Trabajo y el Proyecto de Paridad para informarse sobre el sector de servicios y sobre los salarios con propinas. Organizadores profesionales y abogados de sindicatos asistirán esta serie de clases para asistir e informar nuestros participantes. El programa incluirá información sobre violaciones de derechos de trabajador en el sector de servicios y también temas de protecciones legal para trabajadores.

We're hosting a name change clinic for PG county residents who would like, or need, guidance and assistance navigating the process for changing their names.

We can't provide direct legal advice, but we will explain how the process works and the steps involved, as well has having the necessary forms for initiating the process and filing your name change petition. We'll happily help you fill out the forms and explain the process for filing your petition and the follow up steps for updating your SSN record, drivers license, passports and other records!

What keeps us safe? What is public safety, what are the conditions that produce safety and how can we, both collectively and individually, intervene to address harm? Many people who believe police and prisons are essential also believe that non-carceral solutions are essential too—but may not know what those look like. For those who are new to abolition, it is easier to answer what doesn’t work than what does.

In this session, we’ll discuss the drivers of interpersonal harm, what the research shows about policy responses to reduce and redress that harm, and what we can do about these ourselves. We’ll also discuss how ‘thinking like an abolitionist’ is helpful for critically engaging questions of public safety (even if you are not an abolitionist) and the role of movement lawyering as one strategy among others at shifting to more non-carceral approaches.

This session will be led by Brittany N. Francis, Deputy Director of Litigation at Civil Rights Corps (CRC), where she leads their police accountability work in Houston and in D.C. CRC is a non-profit civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2016, CRC challenges wealth-based and race-based systems of oppression and works to shift power to community-led movements, particularly those led by Black and Brown people who are most affected by this legal system.

The Policing Project at CRC works to hold police accountable for abusive conduct while building shared community and power among legal advocates, community organizers, and survivors. We train and connect lawyers with survivors of police violence who may otherwise have difficulty securing legal representation. We also work alongside organizers to shrink police power and reduce the harm police cause in our communities through grassroots campaigns against police violence.