Please join us every Monday evening at 8:00 pm (local time), from your home. Lights out for one minute.  Like many, we watched Friday in horror as the US was further degraded by homegrown injustice. This time the president of Ukraine was the victim. In days gone by, when there was something wrong in the country, […]

Join Capital Stonewall Democrats for our March General Membership Meeting featuring Heidi Ellis (she/her) from the DC LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition. Heidi will provide an overview of the D.C. budget process, share strategies for crafting impactful testimony, and highlight ways to advocate for LGBTQ+ funding priorities before the Mayor’s Office and City Council. D.C.’s budget directly affects housing, healthcare, and community resources for […]

Please join us every Monday evening at 8:00 pm (local time), from your home. Lights out for one minute.  Like many, we watched Friday in horror as the US was further degraded by homegrown injustice. This time the president of Ukraine was the victim. In days gone by, when there was something wrong in the country, […]

We’re taking over Capitol Hill to save the years of work we’ve done to create a healthcare system that takes care of us all!

Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WICS) are co-organizing a series of faithful witness vigils at the Capitol every Wednesday in March at 12 noon, which started on March 5. These multi-faith vigils will call on Congress to exercise greater moral courage in upholding its Article 1 powers and preventing executive overreach. Our nation […]

Tired of corrupt elites buying your elections and rigging your districts? RepresentUs has a plan to stop them. Our democracy is broken. And there's proof. A Princeton University study found that the average American has no impact on the policies of the U.S. government, while special interest groups call all the shots. Americans should have […]

There is SO MUCH going on right now – much in the form of resistance – and I hope you’re holding up OK. We want to use DC4D’s March meet-up next Wednesday night to commiserate a little, but really to focus on what we can do collectively to fight back.   At the meet-up, which […]

The first few weeks into the first 100 days of the Trump administration have already been an onslaught of violence and chaos. In the midst of the storm, we'll continue grounding together to keep learning, building, and organizing. Mark your calendar for Wed nights with SURJ! This series will build off of the powerful work […]

Join the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition to learn about the proven power of guaranteed income to address the devastating harms of poverty. The program will center people with lived experience and include information about how you can become part of the movment.

osted by UUs for Just Economic Community Thursday, March 13 8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT • 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT RSVP Zoom Gary Butterfield currently serves on the Steering Committee of the National Veterans For Peace Climate Crisis. In this talk, he will examine the U.S. military’s relationship to the climate […]

Northern Ireland, 1975. Violence has erupted on the streets of Belfast. After years as a sleepy, guerilla army, the IRA is clashing with Loyalist gangs and heavily armed British soldiers. But the Troubles have spilled beyond the small island: An ocean away, in the heart of Philadelphia's Irish enclave, a teenage girl finds a letter […]

It was a quiet way to announce a revolution: In an obscure 2019 case that the Supreme Court refused to even hear, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning the legendary New York Times v. Sullivan decision. Though hardly a household name, Sullivan is one of the most consequential free speech decisions, ever. Fundamental to the creation of the […]