Eco/Justice Café — Nov. 14th, 6-10pm

Save the Date and Tell Your Friends: Friday, November 14, 6 to 10 pm

Eco/Justice Café !

Featuring music, poetry, an open mike session, good food, good beer, good people, good cheer, good info and good karma.

University of DC, Firebird Inn, Van Ness/UDC Red Line West exit

Building 39, B-Level, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, 20008, Wheelchair Accessible

Suggested donation $15/ $10 students/$5 kids

Food and drink included.

All ages event; child activities provided – and powered by kids!

A TABLING AREA (The Eco-Justice Bazaar) will feature environmental and social justice organizations and businesses.   For this launch event, tables are FREE for the first 20 groups to co-sponsor!  To co-sponsor, email zaharapeace@gmail.com.

Co-sponsors and Eco-justice Bazaar participants: UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Community Development Clinic,  DC Environmental Network–Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club Energy Committee, DC Department of Public Works Recycling Office, DC Employment Justice Center, National Council of Women’s Organizations, Young Ladies of Tomorrow, Community IT Innovators, Washington Peace Center, Ecolocity DC, Can Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition (Free DC), Stop Modern Slavery, Capital Sun Group, Community Forklift, Live Green, Bethesda Green, DC Statehood Green Party, Progressive Democrats of America, Peoples MEDIA Center

Off Our Backs benefit show — Sept. 7 @ 7:30pm

After over 35 years of publishing feminists internationally, Off Our Backs, the feminist newsjournal (based here in DC), is on the brink of folding and is on it’s last print issue. Please help support and keep them alive!

Save Our Backs!

September 7, 7:30pm
$12/ $9 DCAC Members
Donations strongly encouraged
For Reservations: Call DCAC at 202-462-7833

Off Our Backs, the longest running feminist newsjournal in America, hosts a fundraiser featuring a wide variety of performers, including genderqueer punk band TurboSluts, acoustic performer Michelle AntiSocial, spoken word artist Natty Book and lesbian comedian Kat Wilderotter.

Commemorating the Third Anniversary of Katrina: August 29, 2008

Aug. 29: Stand with the Survivors // Rally at FEMA // 3rd Anniversary of Katrina

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans remains devastated by
a man-made disaster that could have been prevented, and which federal,
state and local governments have magnified by funding new prisons and
public housing demolition instead of permanent housing and critical
services. The Crescent City now has the highest incarceration rate in
the country, and 57% fewer black residents. With a drastically reduced
rental housing population, no plan for long-term housing for
survivors, and with temporary funding set to expire March 2009,
thousands of residents are still in crisis, and nearly as many are
refugees. Still, New Orleans is rarely mentioned as a priority by either
Republican or Democratic presidential candidates.

Right to the City-Mid-Atlantic is hosting a national day of action in
solidarity with Katrina & Rita survivors. We will rally at FEMA, which
is emblematic of the federal government’s failure to protect
residents’ human rights. We’re calling on the government to stop
promoting incarceration and demolition of supportive housing, and to
invest in community rebuilding that centers a permanent solution to the
housing crisis, mental health, domestic violence and other crisis services,
and public education.

August 29, 11:30am – 1:30pm
FEMA Headquarters
500 C Street SE
(L’Enfant Plaza Metro/70 Bus)

Performances, Speakers TBA

Sponsored by Right to the City-Mid-Atlantic (Advancement Project, ONE DC Tenants & Workers United) & Advocates for Environmental Human Rights

Contact awillis [at] onedconline [dot] org

http://www.RightToTheCity.org

Girls Rock! DC Camper Showcase — Sat, Aug. 16, 11am-1pm

http://www.girlsrockdc.org/

girls rock! concert flyer

FreshFarm and Botanic Garden

FRESHFARM Markets invites you to tour, taste & savor our local flavors
at the United States Botanic Garden Exhibit:

One Planet – Ours! Sustainability for the 22^nd Century*

on Thursday, July 10, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Our market garden, designed by FRESHFARM Market farmers, is part of this wonderful exhibit, and we want to celebrate with seasonal cocktails & seasonal bites created from food from our local farmers & three sensational local chefs:

Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve | Chris Smith, The Caucus Room | Peter Smith, PS7’s

cocktails by popular guest DC mixologists:

Derek Brown, Komi | Gina Chersevani, EatBar & Tallula

Tickets: $75

Buy tickets here!

This event would not be possible without the contribution & coordination
provided by Steve Dunn and Well Dunn Catering

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*The One Planet – Ours! Sustainability for the 22^ndCentury exhibit
will run May 24-October 13, 2008*

Party on Friday, June 20th at El Portal

Ayuda Business Coalition, antibvbl.net, Unity in the Community and 9500Liberty invite you to a party to support businesses in Prince William County, Virginia struggling since the immigration crackdown. We’re also celebrating Loving Day, an annual event commemorating the landmark Supreme Court decision in Loving vs. Virginia that extended legal protection to interracial marriages.

We will also screen an extended trailer for 9500Liberty, the feature film being edited right now.

When: Friday, June 20th, 7:30 to 10:00 PM
Where: El Portal
14561 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Woodbridge, VA 22191
(703) 490-6290

Check out our video invitation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsycdeU11bU

El Portal serves excellent food and killer margaritas! It’s family friendly and the last three parties were great fun. Check out the video below about the last party at El Portal on April 4th. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ZH3X4E2W8

We have wonderful news from Manuel, owner of El Portal Restaurant in
Woodbridge. He says business has picked up significantly in the last
five weeks. To celebrate, we are returning to El Portal Restaurant, the site of
our first “Save Prince William County’s Economy” Party, which was held
on April 4, 2008. This is the interview with Manuel which took place on April 4th: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAvyi1Rutrs

Thanks! Hope to see you there.

Links:

www.youtube.com/9500liberty
www.ayudabusinesscoalition.org
www.antibvbl.net
www.unityitc.org
www.lovingday.org

Facebook page about the party: http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?eid=17117553196#/event.php?eid=17117553196

Girls Rock! DC

Girls Rock! The Movie a Benefit for Girls Rock! DC

Girls Rock! The Movie, a documentary about the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, OR is coming to the Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase April 4-10, 2008.

On April 4, there will be an Opening Night Benefit for Girls Rock! DC, the inaugural rock and roll summer camp for girls in the DC area taking place in August 2008.

Come for the movie, stay for the dance after party. We’ve got two bands and a DJ and all proceeds from merchandise sales and raffle tickets will go to Girls Rock! DC.

DC Kings Fundraiser for DC Rape Crisis Center

Join the DC Kings for a special fundraiser for the DC Rape Crisis Center!

DC Drag King Show and Fundraiser
Sunday April 13
7pm door, 9pm show
$5 cover—portion of proceeds will go to DCRCC
Location: Phase1

The DC Rape Crisis Center provides free services to survivors of sexual assault – including culturally competent services to LGBTQ survivors – and raises awareness about these issues in communities across DC. Join the DC Kings, the world’s longest-running drag king troupe, in supporting the work of DCRCC!

For more about DCRCC visit http://www.dcrcc.org/home.htm.
For more about the DC Kings visit http://www.dckings.com.

Open Source Technology for .Orgs

Join the Technology Network of the Women’s Information Network for:

Open Source Technology for .Orgs

Saturday, February 23rd
1 pm – 3:30 pm
Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW
1st Auditorium

To register for this event please contact: Sibyl Edwards at technetwork@winonline.org

 

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Have you heard of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Linux? Or maybe you have heard of Firefox, WordPress or Drupal?

What do these things have in common? They are all Open Source Technology!

Open Source Technology is technology created by developers that is non-proprietary and can be modified and upgraded
by a community of other developers.

Open Source Technology is generally free and accessible to anyone who wants to download it.

Open Source Technology is being used in businesses, organizations and schools across the country.

Come and learn more about how the Open Source community is making technology bigger, better and more accessible for
all from our panel of Open Source enthusiasts and experts.

The panel is being led by Kevin Cole and Mackenzie Morgan.

Kevin Cole is a research applications programmer for the Gallaudet Research Institute at Gallaudet University. He is an advocate of using shared open technology to teach and learn. He is also the reluctant leader of the Ubuntu DC LoCo (Local
Community) team, where he is known to volunteer at local libraries teaching locals Ubuntu.

Mackenzie Morgan is a Computer Science major at George Washington University. Specializing in Linux, she works with the Linux community both online and offline helping new users.

To register for this event please contact: Sibyl Edwards at technetwork@winonline.org

Protest the Discovery Channel, Save the Planet?

Will protests against Discovery Channel programming - programming that should be saving thwe planet but isn’t –  really advance the struggle against climate change and its impacts? Someone is planning just such a protest. You can read more about this questionable effort at: http://www.savetheplanetprotest.com. You may have seen the ad Tuesday’s Washington Post Express.: “Save the Planet. Protest Against the Discovery Channel.”

I just have a few comments about the nature of this effort and why I think it is a bad idea:

1. The premise is probably way wrong. The Discovery Channel is not airing programs to save the planet; the programs are meant to provide information, advice, and entertainment. Arguably, the entertainment part is the most important of those three.

2. The standards are way too high! The Discovery Channel is only providing informational programming to generate advertising revenue.

3. A different standard is way too high! The Discovery Channel is not a charity and in any case lacks the power to save the planet.

4. What are Discovery Channel officials supposed to do? Presumably the protest organizers have specific and credible ideas, but I doubt it. The only possibility that occurs to me is that they want to pressure Discovery Channel executives to start airing new types of programs. I don’t feel good about the odds. See items 1,2, and 3 for an explanation.

5. A positive suggestion or two - I totally agree that television shows could be used as vehicles for social change. The trick is to be relevant to peoples’ lives, to be practical, and to advertise like crazy.  Why not create programming that helps us discovery new, realistic lifestyle choices and products and services?