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Calendar for 2001 (past)
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| FEBUARY | JUNE | OCTOBER |
| MARCH | JULY | NOVEMBER |
| APRIL | AUGUST | DECEMBER |
| Ongoing Events | Current Calendar |
| January 2001 | Calendar of Events for Jan. 20 Counter-Inaugural Demonstrations Organizing | Check for updates on this linked calendar. | Information Links | ||
| 1/2/2001 Tue. | 12 Noon - 3 pm | Forum: From Protest to Democracy (Will be covered by C-Span) | National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th floor, Washington, DC |
Center for Constitutional Rights CNTHSP@aol.com |
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| 1/3/2001 Wed. | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Justice Action Movement, General Meeting - J20 Organizing - Working Group Reportbacks, breakout groups. | Josephine Butler Building 2437 15th Street, Nw Washington, DC | 202-986-6186 | |
| 1/5/2001 Fri. | 7 pm | Buena Vista Social Club | DAR
Hall, 18th Street, NW between C and D Streets, WDC Tickets BVSC Site |
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| 1/7/2001 Sun. | 12 to 4 pm | Center for Voting and Democracy workshop and training on pro-democracy reforms (instant runoff voting, proportional representation, redistricting) | Mott House, 122 Maryland Avenue NE, near the Supreme Court Building | Please RSVP if you plan to attend 301-270-4616 | |
| 1/13/2001 Sat. | 1:00-5:00 PM | AFocus on Police Brutality,@ | Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 North Capital Street | Information: | |
| 1/14/2001, Thur. | 7 pm | Next organizers meeting for the IAC Jan 20th counter-inaugural | International Action Center 733 15th Street NW, #515 Washington, DC 20005 | 202-588-1205 | |
| 1/17/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wash. Co., Hagerstown Community College | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
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1/17/2001 Wed. |
11:00 am | Independent Media Center Opening | Studio 2412 2412 18th Street NW - Second Floor, WDC | Check them out! | |
| 6:30 - 9:30 pm | A Town Hall meeting/Teach In on Saving DC General Hospital | At: D.C. General Hospital, WDC | Gilma Franklin Ramirez 703/369-2647 | ||
| 1/18/2001 Thur. | 7 - 9 pm | DC Community Voices, Video Series: "Bringing Globalization Home" | St. Stephen's
Church 1525 Newton St., NW, WDC Information |
Project South Washington Office @ 202.332.5333 or 301.320.4034 | |
| 1/19/2001 Fri. |
10 am - 5:30 pm |
Progressive
Challenge Forum Jesse Jackson and other Black leaders= rally/march protesting voter disfranchisement and other civil rights issues |
Check Calendar for Time and Place. | Information: | |
| 6 pm | Janaury DC Alliance Meeting | Stewart Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave., NE, WDC & later to the Red River Grill, Mass. & D St., NE | |||
| 1/20/2001 Sat. | 10 am | Counter-Inaugural & Protest for Mumia | Pennslyvania &14th St. NW, Washington D.C | Sign-up
Organizing Tools |
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| Afternoon | Jan. 20 Counter-inaugural protest | Pennsylvania
Ave., between the White House and the Capitol: |
Protesters
in groups of 25 or fewer so as not to exceed the limit of number needing
a permit. Bring own signs and fold in with the crowd on the parade route. Information Links |
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| TBO | Counter-Inaugural Ball | TBO | |||
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| TBO | There is discussion on holding a seminar on Awhere to from here?@ | Information: | |||
| 1/24/2001 Wed. | 5 pm | Baltimore Ciy Council Hearing on HIV/AIDS | Council Chambers 4th fr, City Hall, 100 N. Holliday St, Baltimore | Free State Justice | |
| 1/27/2001 Sat. | 2 pm | PLAY TONIGHT & SAT., SUPPORTS ARC / BLACK LOVE DAY | Pennsylvania Ave, Baptist Church Chapel, 3000 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., D.C. | ||
| 1/29/2001 Mon. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Baltimore City -- Sts. Phillip and James Church, 28th & Charles St | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
| 1/30/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | Demonstrate Tell Bush, Pastrana: Extend the Cease Fire! Stop Plan Colombia! |
Colombian Embassy,
1520 20th Street NW, WDC INFORMATION |
202-347-9300 International Action Center |
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| 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party steering committee meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 1/31/2001 Wed. | 11:30 - 1:30 pm | "Harnessing the power of the media." | Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 Virginia Avenue NW, WDC | Patty Mullahy Fugere, (202) 872-8958. | |
| TBO | Hearing for Tom Briggs | For allegedly violating the Hatch Act by running for office (DC Statehood Green candidate for Ward 2 member of Council) | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 2/1/2001 Thur. | 6 pm |
Save DC General Hospital
March & Rally |
Meet at Foggy Bottom Metro at 6 pm. March to 2475 VA. Ave., NW (Mayor Williams' apt. building) | DC
Statehood Green Party & Health
Care Now Coaltion. Health
Care for All Vanessa Dixon 202-726-4479 |
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| 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 2/3/2001 Sat. | 1:30 - 4:30 pm | DC Copwatch Strategy Planning Meeting | All Souls Church, 16th & Harvard Streets NW | Monica Gutierrez, 703-218-2966 | |
| 2/4/2001 Sun. | 6:30 Pm | DC Alliance For Democracy, next meeting | 1425 Monroe St. NW, WDC | E-mail Geo. Ripley 202-483-3541 | |
| 2/7/2001 Wed. | 3 - 5 pm | Community Dialogue: What do we do for families reaching the 5-year welfare time limit? | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homelessness 1 616 P Street NW, 7th floor, WDC |
Welfare Advocates Group | |
| 2/7/2001 Wed. | 9:30 am | The Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor. | Patty Mullahy Fugere 202-872-8958 | |
| 2/8/2001 Thur. | 8 - 9 am Trial after. | The DC Democracy 7 - to be tried a second time | DC Superior Court (Moultrie Building), 500 Indiana Avenue NW | Stand Up For Democracy, 232-2500; ACT UP, 202-547-9404 | |
| 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 2/13/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Baltimore/Harford Co -- Towson Unitarian Church, 1701 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville. LIST | Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
| 2/15/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Frederick, Co.
MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
| 2/16/2001 Fri. | 7:30 pm | DC Coalition For Rent Control | Yenching Palace, Connecticut Avenue and Porter Streets NW | Karen | |
| 2/18/2001 Sun. | Un-President's Day Parties & Protests | All around the country | Louis
Posner National Chairman Voter March, LLC |
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| 2/19/2001 Mon. | DC Statehood-Greensweek | dcstatehoodgreen | |||
| 10 am to 6 pm | VOTER RIGHTS MARCH | Lafayette Park and the Mallin Washington, DC | Information | ||
| 3 - 8 pm | Citizens Campaign for the Environment in Annapolis for Lobby Day 2001 | First Baptist
Church of Annapolis 31 West Washington St., Annapolis, MD |
Information
Carla Pappalardo, Clean
Water Action, 202-895-0420 ext. 113 Terry Cummings, Chesapeake Bay Foundation 410-268-8833 |
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| 5 pm | Demonstration against Criminal US/British bombing of Baghdad! | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW (on the White House sidewalk), WDC |
International
Action Center Call 703-524-6016 for more information |
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| 2/20/2001 Tues. | 7:30 pm | SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK - Fundraiser for WILPF Document | MEYERHOFF CONCERT HALL | Paulette Hammond or 410-747-3811 | |
| 2/22-25/2001 | Call | National Council of th Alliance For Democracy Alliance for Democracy Meeting | Church of the Pilgrims, 23rd and P Streets, NW, WDC | Information | |
| 2/23/2001 Fri. | 9 am | Protest and Civil Disobedience at DC City Council - Briefing on PBC and DC General Hospital | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | 202-232-8997 | |
| 6:45 pm | The Silent
U.S. War Forum on The Iraqi, Palestinian, and Cuban Peoples under Siege |
Parish Hall,
St. Stephen’s Church 1525 Newton St., NW (at 16th St.), WDC |
Information: | ||
| 2/24/2001 Sat. | 11 am | Homes Not Jails: Housing takeover! | Front of Union Station, WDC | 202-607-8545 | |
| 3 - 5 pm | DC Statehood Green Party New Members Meeting | UDC Auditorium, Building 46, near the Van Ness/UDC Metro Stop on the Red Line | Steve Shafarman, 319-9279 | ||
| 6 - 7:30 pm | A
VIGIL FOR THE FILIPINO CHILDREN OF CLARK AND SUBIC (US Military Bases) |
St. Aloysius Parish |
Asia Pacific
Center for Justice and Peace
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| 8 pm | DANCE &
DINNER To Help The Victims of The Earthquakes in El Salvador |
St. Gabriel's Church School Hall, 26 Grant Circle and New Hampshire Ave., NW, WDC | International
Action Center 202-347-9300 |
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| 2/26/2001 Mon. | 5 pm | Demonstrate against Bush and Pastrana, President of Columbia | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC | ||
| 2/27/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | Demonstrate Against Bush and Pastrana:, Stop the Massacres!, No To Plan Colombia!,End the Phony “War on | White House, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC | International
Action Center 202-347-9300 |
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| 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 2/28/2001 Wed. | Information | National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, WDC |
Campaign for America's Future |
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| 3/1/2001 Sunday | DC Statehood Green Party monthly general meeting | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, in room 700, WDC | DC Statehood Green Party | ||
| 3/3-4/2001 | 9 - 3 pm | Black
Radical Congress National Council Meeting |
Wash., DC | Information
BRC Columbia University Station P.O. Box 250791 New York, NY 10025-1509 (212) 969-0348 email |
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| 3/4/2001 Mon. | 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Regional Green Conference | Stamp Student Union building, RM 1137, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD |
DC Statehood Green
Party |
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| 3/6/2001 Tues. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wheaton Presbyterian Church, 3211 Paul Drive, Wheaton, MD For directions call: 301-495-7004 (Montgomery Co.) LIST |
Maryland Health
Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative |
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3/7/2001 Wed. |
7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Talbot Co., Avalon
Theater, Easton, MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
| 3/10/2001 Sun. | 10 - 4 pm | Community Activist Workshop - Learn organizing skills! | Wash. Highlands Library, WDC | . | |
| 3/12/2001 Mon. | 6:30 pm | Meet elected Greens from all over the US | City
Lights of China 1731 Connecticut Avenue, NW WDC |
Mike
Livingston 202-722-1650 |
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| 3/13/2001 Tue. | 5 - 7 pm | Community
Forum on CRACK Implications of this approach! |
Charles Sumner School, 17th & M Streets NW | More Information | |
| 3/15/2001 Thur. | 6:30 - 9 pm | Public
Hearing concerning police accountability and racial profiling and Against police brutality in PG |
St.
Paul's Baptist Church, 6611 Walker Mill Road, PG Co. MD |
People's Coalition for Police Accountability and Amnesty International |
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| 3/17/2001 Sat. | 10 am to 1 pm | Maryland
United for Peace and Justice, Inc. Coordinating Body Meeting |
Bert Donn’s, 19 Woodland Way,Greenbelt, MD 20770 | 301-474-1353 |
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| 3/19/01 Mon. | 7 pm | Book Reading and discussion: Howard Zinn on History, War, etc. | Politics and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW, WDC | Vanessa
Grajwer 202-363-7663 Events Calendar |
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| 3/21/01 Wed. | 7 pm | The Fight Against the Racist Death Penalty: public discussion | 801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 460, WDC | 202-726-1151 | |
| 3/22/01 Thur. | 9:30 - 11:30 am | Advocacy Day for Human Needs | 441 4th Street NW WDC | SOME, 797-0701 x107, fax 797-1867 | |
| 8 pm | Native American Perspecitives Film Festival | Hirshhorn Museum, Ind. & 7th St., NW, WDC | 202-357-2700 | ||
| 3/24/01 Sat. | 12 Noon | Demonstrate
against the war in Macedonia |
At the White House, WDC | International Action Center 202-347-9300 email | |
| 1 - 5:30 pm | Zapatista Celebration - 7 years of struggle! | St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St., NW WDC | Committee
of Indigenous Solidarity 202-265-9833, 202-9038 |
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| 4 - 6 pm | Candlelight Vigil & Rally for DC General Hospital | Call for more info. | 202-483-3141 | ||
| 7:30 pm | UDC Theater
Company's production of Giant Steps -birthday party for Gail Dixon |
UDC Auditorium, Bld. 46, near Van Ness Metro Stop. |
The DC Statehood Green Part |
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| 3/26/2001 Mon. | 8:30 am to 6 PM | THE
PINOCHET PRECEDENT: Individual Accountability for International Crimes |
AU
Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 603 Washington, DC |
American University
Washington College of Law and the Institute for Policy Studies |
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| 3/27/01 Tue. | 7 pm | Going
Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation Author Joe Hallinan |
Politics and Prose, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW, WDC | Vanessa
Grajwer 202-363-7663 Events Calendar |
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| 3/28/2001 Wed. | 2 to 4 pm | Covert Operations Working Group Meeting | 122
Maryland Ave., NE WDC (ACLU Washington office) |
Bill
Blum 202-237-5373 |
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| 3/29/01 Thur. | 6 pm | Forum presents
eyewitness testimony from Korea of massacre survivors from the Korean War in 1950 |
Auditorium in the Visitors Center (On Route 1, Campus entrance 1 block South of Campus Drive), U. of Maryland College Park | 202-347-4666 email | |
| 7 pm | Meeting: Immigrants' Rights in Housing | Marie Reed School,
2200 Champlaign Street NW (entrance on 18th Street, NW) |
DC Coalition
for Housing Justice. Monica Gutierrez 703-218-2966 |
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| 3/29/01 to 4/3/01 | Days of Resistance to Close the School of Assassins | Six days of action mass action in Washington DC | Detailed schedule of events: http://www.soaw.org/ |
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| 3/30/01 Fri. | 6 - 9 pm | DC Democracy 7 Fundraiser | Toutorsky
Mansion, 1720 16th Street NW |
DC
Statehood Green Party |
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| 3/30/01 Fri. | 7 pm | Free and open public rally demanding justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal | First Congregational Church 10th & G Streets NW, WDC | 202-973-2177 http://www.j4mumia.org | |
| 3/31/01 Sat. | 9 am to after 7 pm | Mumia Organizing Conference | First Congregational Church 10th & G Streets NW, WDC |
202-973-2177 http://www.j4mumia.org |
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| 4/1/01 Sun. | 3 - 5 pm | MARYLAND'S 3RD ANNUAL "OUT FOR JUSTICE" EVENT | Geoff Grief and
Maureen Lefton-Greif 1917 Old Court Road, Ruxton, MD |
FreeStateJustice | |
| 4/3/01 Tue. | 7 pm | DC Statehood Green Party Steering Committee Meeting - All Welcome! | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW, in room 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party DCSG Weekly Calendar |
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| 4/3/01 Tue. | 7:15 pm | Update on the Struggle for Justice in East Timor | La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant Street NW | East
Timor Action Network 202-544-6911 |
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| 4/4/01 Wed. | 9:30 am | Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor.WDC |
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| 12:30 pm | Anti-Sweatshop Rally at GWU | Outside Rice Hall, Eye Street NW, between 21st and 22nd Streets, WDC | Todd
Tucker 202-337-4719 or Dan Calamuci 202-223-4159 |
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| 4/5/01 Thur. | 11:30 - 1 pm | Demonstration and Speak Out against Threats to Medicare! | White House,
WDC Information Leaflet |
Coalition to Protect and Preserve Family Health Care
Services |
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| 7 pm | Monthly
meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party “The Challenge of Growing Income Inequality in the District” |
One
Judiciary Square, Room 700. 441 4th Street NW |
All invited! |
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| 4/7/01 Sat. | 2 pm | Rally against supermax prisons - torture & inhuman conditions | . | More information: http://www.yorkci.com |
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| 4/8/01 Sun. | 4 PM | The Metro DC Committees of Correspondence Chapter Meeting | At David Schwartzman's in Wash., D.C. Members & friends encouraged to attend |
For help with transportation to the meeting or more information call Glenn at (202) 362-3748 or email Walter |
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| 4/9/01 Mon. | TBO | Paul Robeson Cultural Diversity Tribute | More information forthcoming. |
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| 4/10/01 Tue. | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | People's Hearing on Affordable Housing | John Wesley AME Zion Church, 1614 14th Street NW, WDC | Linda Leaks,
202-234-9119 or Janet Brown, 332-0789. |
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| 4/12/01 | 10 am | D.C. Council
Committee on Human Services - Marks up the Mayor's proposed Budget: Interim Disability Assistance (IDA) for D.C. Residents with Disabilities |
441 FOURTH STREET,
NW IN THE COUNCIL'S CHAMBERS, FIRST FLOOR, WDC |
For more information,
call Scott McNeilly, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 872-1925 or T.J. Sutcliffe, So Others Might Eat, 797-0701 ext. 107. |
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| 4/13-15/01 | Info | Socialist Scholars Conference | New York City | Information | |
| 4/16/01 Mon. | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | DC Alliance for Democracy meeting | Josephine Butler Center, 2437 15th Street NW, first floor, WDC |
Tim Scanlon, | |
| 4/17/01 | 1:00-3:00 pm | After the Spy Plane Standoff: Where Do We Go from Here? | Friends Committee
on National Legislation 245 2nd St. NE Washington, DC |
Asia Pacific Center 202-543-1094 |
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| 4/22/01 Sun. | TBO | DC Earth Day | Klingle Valley, Wash. DC | Information | |
| 11 am | Emergency March for Women's Lives | Assemble 11 am in Senate Park, Constitution & Delaware Avenues NE, WDC | National
Organization for Women. More information: 202-628-8669 |
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| 4/23/2001 Mon. | 7 pm | Public hearing on the budget of Prince George's County | Prince George's County Admin. Bld., 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland | 301-952-4131 | |
| 4/24/2001 Tue | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Anne
Arundel Co., MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | |
| 6 pm | DC Council public hearing on the investigation of offensive e-mail by members of the Metropolitan Police Department | One Judiciary Square, 441 Fourth Street NW, WDC | Tami Lewis, Legislative Assistant to the Committee on the Judiciary, at 724-7808 | ||
| 8 pm | "Natural Connections" film on preservation of biodiversity | PBS | |||
| 4/25/2001 Wed. | 6:30 pm | Health Care Now Coalition "Teach-In," a Forum on the Health Budget for DC | Charles Sumner School Museum and s, 1201 17th Street NW (at M Street) | Sherry Brown, (202) 339-9341 | |
| 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Wicomico
Co., MD LIST |
Maryland Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | ||
| 4/29/2001 Sun. | 3 pm on... | Groups protest
IMF and World Bank, demand full debt cancellation Protests the International Monetary Fund and World Bank part of a global movement for social and economic justice. |
Protests begin in front of the World Bank at 18th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. NW WDC |
Information on Independent Media Center For more information on the issues, visit: |
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| 7 - 9 pm | Meeting of the Incipient DC chapter of the Social Welfare Activists Alliance | 1736 Columbia Road NW, apt 410, WDC | Walter
Teague, 301-439-6755 Information |
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| 4/30/2001 Mon. | 1 pm | Emergency Protest to Save DC General and Free DC | One Judiciary
Square 441 4th Street NW, WDC Information |
Forwarded by the DC Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org | |
| 5/1/2001 Tue. | 10 am | Call your
Congress Representatives to attend a Discussion on Universal, Single-Payer
Health Care Organized by the Congressional Progressive and Black Caucus! |
Rayburn House Office Building, Rm 2237, Independence Ave. & S.Capital St., NW, WDC |
Arranged by
the Congressional Progressive Caucus
and the Black Caucus. Speakers from: Physicians for a National Health Program National Medical Students Association Women's National Medical Association Academy of Pediatric Physicians |
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| TBO | May Day Picnic | Picnic Station
Number One Off Tilden Street Rock Creek Park |
Maryland Greens Bring edibles and potables. |
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| 5/2/2001 Wed. | 9:30 am | Fair Budget Coalition meeting | Washington Legal Clinic, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 6th floor, WDC | Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless 872-8958 |
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| 5/3/2001 Thu. | 7 pm | Monthly meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party | One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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| 5/5/2001 Sunday | 4 PM | Meeting of this Metro DC Chapter of Committees of Correspondence | At the home of David Schwartzman in NW WDC. | For information, directions, or transportation, please call Glenn Morrison at 202.362.3748. | |
| 5/6/2001 Sun. | 4 pm | Holy Cross Folk Festival / Festival del Día de La Cruz or Festival de las Lluvias (Festival of the Rains) | St. Gabriel's
Church (parking area), 26 Grant Circle NW |
Celebrating
an ancient Salvadorian tradition,featuring folkloric and indigenous dances,
music and colorful costumes Vladimir Monge, 202-291-8711 |
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| 5/10/2001 Thu. | 10 - 12:30 pm | Media Briefing Democracy Now! Hosts, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez and Bernard White |
National Press
Club (529-14th Street, N.W., Thirteenth Floor) WDC |
Contact: Rob Robinson (202) 487-0435 | |
| 1-5 pm | Preserve the Estate Tax: Noon Rally featuring speakers Marian Wright Edelman, Bill Gates Sr., Rev. JimWallis | Rally behind the US Capitol, WDC |
Responsible Wealth and Nonprofits for Preserving the Estate Tax and United for Fair Economy Call 877-JOIN-UFE |
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| 7 pm | Meeting of the Coalition for Housing Justice | 2335 18th Street NW (the Adams Morgan ANC office) WDC |
Angela Hewett
or DC Statehood Green Party |
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| 5/11/2001 Fri. | 6 - 10 pm | Eco-Justice Coffeehouse benefitting the Word Bank Bond Boycott - Featuring the best in locally grown & vegetarian cuisine and entertainment | Josephine Butler
Parks Center, 2437 15th Street NW near Euclid Street |
Sunset Poetry
Jam on the Balcony and Open Mic to follow -- bring your instruments 202-299-0020 |
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| 5/12/2001 Sat. | 8:30 am | Philadelphia International Day of Action to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal | Bus from Fort Totten Metro at 8:30, returns from Philadelphia at 8:00 pm. $25 round trip, special student, group, senior, and children rates. | ||
| 8 am to 5 pm |
16th
Annual Peace and Justice Conference
"Peace and Justice in the 21st Century" |
River
Road Unitarian Church |
Maryland
United for Peace and Justice, 327 E. 25th Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 |
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| 2 - 6 pm | DC Statehood Green Party tabling | Safeway, 2845 Alabama Avenue SE, WDC | Steve Donkin, 202-986-9438,<sdonkin@smarty.smart.net | ||
| 3:30 pm | First planning meeting for "The People's Repo: ...Taking back our homes, taking back our communities" | Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Room A-5, 9th and G Streets NW, WDC | |||
| 10 pm | First annual
Bush Family Music Show Poker games, lasso contests, pin the steak on the Cheney, Dr. Laura Bush confessional, anti-radical cheerleading, Tofu-cue, drinks with names like "Halliburton Bigwig" and "Forest Destroyer," and special guests Les Dubyas singing hits from the lp "Straight Outta Midland." House and other forms of good music will be played. Dress up like your "favorite" Bush Administrator to win fabulous prizes. 942 Westminster Street NW, WDC. Admission $5, stay all night, drink and be happy. Money goes to help fight homelessness, national missile defense and the boredom of modern life. |
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| 5/12 & 13/2001 Sat. & Sun. | INVITATION
from the Maryland Greens to the: State Assembly of the Maryland Green Party |
Towson, Maryland |
Please respond by e-mail, mail, phone to Isaac Opalinsky, Co-Chair, Maryland Green Party, 410-267-0224, 443-995-0296, 13 Colonial Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 | ||
| 5/15/2001 Tue. | 5 pm | On the 53rd
Anniversary of Palestinian Dispossession, demand that the US bring its policy
on Palestine into accord with UN resolutions, international law: self determination
for Palestinians; an end to the Israeli occupation and the dismantlement
of settlements; a sovereign Palestinian; and Israeli recognition of refugees'
right of return. Leaflet |
Rally at 5 pm at Dupont Circle, then march to the White House, then rally at Lafayette Park until 7:00 pm. Sponsored by Al-Awda DC (Palestine Right to Return Coalition); American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee DC; many other groups. More information: Margaret at 202-879-6726. | ||
| 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Howard
Co., MD LIST |
MD Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 | ||
| 5/16/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Maryland Health Care For All & Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Meetings | Prince
Georges Co./Southern MD LIST |
MD Health Care for All! MD Citizens Health Initiative 2600 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218 410-235-9000 |
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| 5/18/2001 Fri. | 5 - 6 pm | Zapatista Solidarity Protest | Mexican Embassy, 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, WDC | Ven...Seremos 703/490-9609 Mexico Solidarity Network, 202/544-9355 | |
| 5/19/2001 Sat. | 11 am | March to
Save DC General Gather at Adams-Morgan Clinic (already shut down) and march to Control Board Chairperson Alice Rivlin's house |
Healthcare NOW Coalition; Metropolitan Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO; SEIU 1199; AFSCME 1032; AFSCME 2097; CIR/SEIU; AFGE 631; International Socialist Organization; Booker T. Hines, Sr., Foundation, etc. More information: Vanessa Dixon, 726-4479. | ||
| 12 noon | Voter Rights March to Restore Democracy | West Capital steps and adjacent National Mall area at noon in Washington, DC | Voter March, PO Box 731, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-0731, fax 646-349-3757, or call 212-492-5175 email | ||
| 11 am to 8 pm | REPARATIONS COALITION (ARC) MOBILIZING FOR UNITY IN DIVERSITY DAY III |
National Mall at 3rd Street, WDC |
E-mail 202-310-1430 | ||
| 11 am to 8 pm | 3rd annual Unity in Diversity Day (UIDD), a global demonstration to spiritually connect, celebrate the human race and creatively heal the sickness of racism and intolerance. | National Mall at 3rd Street, WDC | More information: http://www.racialhealing.org or202-310-1430 . | ||
| 6 pm | The
Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights Presented by Father Robert Drinan |
At: Politics and Prose book store, 5015 Conn. Ave., NW | 202-364-1919 800-722-0790 | ||
| 5/20/2001 Sun. | 7 - 9 pm |
1865 Ingleside Terrace, NW, Wash. DC |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information | ||
| 5/22/2001 Tue. | 1:30 pm | GROUPS CALL PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTHCARE IN DC | 1 Judiciary Square, WDC | Lawyers for
the Partnership For Civil Justice, and members of local community organizations,
religious leaders and labor leaders Sherry Brown 202-339-9341 PCJ 202-530-5630 Malcolm Cannon 310-526-3318 |
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| 5/23/2001 Wed | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | "ISRAEL
MUST STOP THE MASSACRES AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE"
Stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian People End Israeli Occupation of Palestine |
In front of the Israeli Embassy -Washington DC (Van Ness and International Drive) | For more information contact: ADC at (202)244-2990; or Ibrahim Naji (703) 928-8393 | |
| 5/23/2001 Wed | 6:30 pm | The Health Care Now meeting | Service Employees International Union (SEIU)headquarters on 1313 L St. NW, WDC | ||
| 5/23/2001 Wed. | 7 pm | Meeting on DC General to plan the June 6th | Temple Baptist Church, 1224 W St., SE WDC | ||
| 5/24/2001 Thur. | 4 to 6 pm | Drop in for Andrew Wells-Dang | Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace 110 Maryland Ave. NE (Box 70) Washington, DC 20002 | 202-543-1094 Fax: 202-546-5103 |
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| 5/26/2001 Sat. |
43rd Annual Commemoration of African
Liberation Day
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| 10 - 2 pm | "Neo-Colonialism: the Last Obstacle of the African Revolution" Symposium |
Howard Univ., Downing Hall, Engineering
Auditorium
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Maryland Chapter All-African People's Revoutionary Party 202-452-5924 | ||
| 2:15 pm | March from HU to Malcolm X Park |
16th and Euclid Streets, NW, Wash.,
DC
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| 3 - 6 pm | Rally in Malcolm X Park | ||||
| 5/29/2001 Tue. | 6:30 p.m. | Health Care Now Coalition Meets to Save DC General | SEIU headquarters at 1313 L St. NW, McPherson Square Metro Station) | 202-547-3039 | |
| 5/30/2001 Wed. | 5:30 to 6:30 pm | [justice4Palestine]
Rally at Farragut Sq., WDC Demonstration to protest Israeli Attacks on the Palestinian People |
Farragut Sq., Wash., DC (17th and K st, closest Metro top Faragut North, Red Line) |
Contact Margaret (sponsored by Al-Awda, Palestinian Right of Return Coalition) Information: Ibrahim 703-928-8393 | |
| 5/31-6/3/2001 | National Multicultural Institute Conference | Wash. DC | Call 202-483-0700 www.nmci.org or email |
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| 6/2/2001 Sat. | 10 am | Caravan to Save DC General Hospital | Entrance to DC General Hospital, 19th St., & Mass. Ave., SE | call 202-726-4479. | |
| 6/2/2001 Sat. | 10 - 12 Noon | SHALEM -
6th Annual Slow Walk For Peace In the Spirirt of Martin Luther King., Jr. |
Call or write
for Info. Shalem Inst., 5430 Grosvenor Ln., Bethesda, MD 2k0814 |
301-897-7334 | |
| 6/2/2001 Sat. | 12 Noon | Lot #29, Piney Branch Pkwy, Rock Creek Park | RSVP 202-299-9677 | ||
| 6/2/2001 Sat. | 2 - 4:30 pm | Project South Washington Annual Membership Meeting | St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton Street NW, WDC | Project South Washington Office, 202-332-5333 or wkatzfishman@igc.org | |
| 6/3/2001 Sunday | 10 am to 6 pm | Repair and Re-open Klingle Road Coalition Celebrates Mount Pleasant Festival | Mount Pleasant, Wash. DC |
E-mail 202-986-5710 |
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| 6/3/2001 Sunday | 12 noon on... | Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Anti-Nuclear Vigil | Lagayette Park, Wash. DC | Info: prop1.org email | |
| 6/3/2001 Sunday | 6 pm to 7:30 pm | Meeting of this Metro DC Chapter of Committees of Correspondence | At the home of David Schwartzman in NW WDC. | For information, directions, or transportation, please call Glenn Morrison at 202.362.3748. | |
| 6/5/2001 Tue. | 7 pm | Steering Committee meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party | 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop Rm 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 |
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| 6/7/2001 Thur. | 12 - 1:30 pm | DC Environmental Network Brown Bag Lunch | 1025 Vt. Ave., NW, 3rd Fl., WDC | Chris 202-783-7400 x120 | |
| 6/7/2001 Thur. | 7 pm | Monthly meeting of the DC Statehood Green Party - Forum! | 441 4th Street NW near the Judiciary Square Metro Stop Rm 700, WDC | DC
Statehood Green Party 202-722-1650 Center for Voting and Democracy |
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| 6/8/2001 Fri. | 1:30 p.m. |
Save DC General
Pack the US District Court House at 3 pm! |
The court house is at 3rd St. and Constitution Ave., NW, WDC | 202-547-3039 | |
| 6/8/2001 Fri. | 5pm | Women in
Black protest march and vigil Demand Isreal End its Occupation! Vigil.doc Demo.doc |
We're meeting in Dupont Circle at 5pm and marching down Connecticut Ave to the White House for the vigil. | For more information
on June 8, please see http://www.geocities.com/cwjpil |
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| 6/7-10/2001 | American/Arab Defense Comm. National Convention | Creystal Gateway Marriot, Arlington, VA | Info 202-244-3196 | ||
| 6/9-12/2001 | East Timor Network Lobby Days | ETAN, 11001 Penn. Ave. SE, 20003 | Caren Orenstein 202-544-6911 | ||
| 6/9-10/2001 |
Dance Africa,
DC |
DC Dance Place 3223 8th St., NW, Wash., DC | Info. 202-269-1600 | ||
| 6/9/2001 Sat. | 7 pm | CUBAN
FILM FESTIVAL Venceremos Brigade Presents 3 films, Speaker from Cuban Interest Section, etc. |
La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant St., NW Wash. DC | Venceremos
Brigade 202-756-4100 X7550 Wash. DC - Havana, Cuba Sister City Project 202-777-2641 X7863 |
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| 6/10/2001 Sun. | 2 pm | Stop Star Wars & Abolish Nuclear Weapons National Mobilization | Lafatette Park, DC | 219-535-1110 Email | |
| 6/11/2001 Mon. | 7 - 9pm |
Meet with us at the famous (but inexpensive) and endangered
Sholl's
Cafeteria, SWAA Conf. June 28- July 1, Philadelphia Downloadable leaflet |
Contacts: Danielle, Claudia, Walter Information on the local chapter.
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| 6/11/2001 Mon. | 8 pm |
Prophets of Peace: The Will to Make
a Difference
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Kennedy Center, 2700 F St., NW DC | 800-444-1324 | |
| 6/12/2001 Tue. | 11 am - 3 pm |
Macedonians for Peace Rally
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Lafayette Square Park, Washington, D.C. | ||
| 6/14/2001 Thur | 6:30 pm | Black Panther
Party will be sponsoring a free community dinner |
Anacostia Public
Library located at Good Hope Road and 18th Street, SE |
Shazza Nzinga | |
| 6/14/2001 Thur | 7 pm on... | GREEN SCENE Pot Luck Dinner for Statehood Green Party | 1739 Irving St., NW, WDC | Dave and Olivia 202-518-5624. 202-483-4165. | |
| 6/16/2001 Sat. | 2 pm |
Day of Visibility
"Massing of musicians, people & puppets" 3:30 pm Parade from Takoma Green Space, to Jesup Blair Park 4 pm, 7 pm free Concert at Takoma Park Municipal building |
Takoma Park, Maryland | Youth Leadership
Support Network 202-882-8678 www.worldyouth.org |
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| 6/16/2001 Sat. | 8 pm | CUBAN MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE | Traje Nuevo, HCC Galleria, Columbia, Maryland | 410-481-6500 | |
| 6/17/2001 Sun. | 7:30 pm | CUBAN MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE | |||