Upcoming Events
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.
Sound Bath Meditation w/ Jake
Caring for ourselves and our community is often rooted in the same place. Join us for a morning meditation supporting Free DC.
Our monthly Sunday morning Sound Bath Series brings people together for meditation, rest, and community at Third Space @ Atlas. This month, we're partnering with Free DC to explore the connection between personal well-being and community well-being. Through meditation, sound, and stillness, we'll spend an hour reconnecting—with ourselves, with one another, and with the city we call home.
Using singing bowls and guided meditation, these sessions are designed to quiet the mind, release tension, and create space for rest, reflection, and connection.
Whether you're brand new to meditation or have an established practice, this is a welcoming, accessible space to slow down and simply be. No meditation experience is necessary.
The gathering begins with a brief introduction and light guidance to help everyone settle into the space. Throughout the meditation, the sound bowls act as a gentle anchor for attention, with layered tones and vibrations creating an immersive sensory experience that many people find calming and grounding for the nervous system.
Jake brings 25 years of experience in the beauty industry, along with a meditation practice shaped by time spent in India and Nepal. His approach is warm, approachable, and centered on mindfulness, rest, and community care.
This event is offered free of charge. Optional donations will support Free DC, a people-powered movement working to protect Home Rule and strengthen DC communities.
After the meditation, we invite everyone to stay for tea, conversation, and connection.
Take a breath. Invest in our city. Be in community.
DCNLG Legal Observer Training
Free DC is partnering with the DC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (DCNLG) to train legal observers. Legal observers help ensure persons know their rights during encounters with the police, help connect arrested persons to jail support, document police misconduct, and assist with locating persons who have been arrested.
If you are interested in being trained as a legal observer, please register for one of the training dates below. Please complete the registration form no later than one week in advance of the training you want to attend.
Monday, June 29 at 7:00 PM (complete registration by June 22)
Sunday July 12 at 1:30 PM (complete registration by July 5)
If you cannot make either date but are interested in being trained, please complete the form. If there is enough interest, we may schedule additional trainings.
Please note: given the time and effort required to train volunteers, you will be asked to commit to a certain number of actions. Further details will be provided at the training.
Ward 1 Team Meeting
If you live in Ward 1 and want to learn about winning dignity for our communities and exerting our right to self-determination, join this meeting of the Ward 1 Team.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team. See the schedule of upcoming Campaign Orientations.
Campaign Orientation with MD/VA Allies
The people of DC deserve dignity and respect—but that's not what this Congress has given us. Free DC is a new campaign setting out to build the power it will take to protect our people and our communities from a hostile administration.
This event is open to all, and Maryland and Virginia residents in particular are invited to attend this Campaign Orientation. Learn more about Free DC’s strategy, our work, and how allies in Maryland and Virginia can help defend DC and build a progressive future for our region.
Register to attend this event using the form below.
Ward 7 Monthly Meeting, VIRTUAL
If you live in Ward 7 and want to learn about mobilizing your local community to become part of Free DC, join this meeting of the Ward 7 Team.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team. See the schedule of upcoming Campaign Orientations.
This meeting will take place virtually. Register to below to let us know you’re coming!
Marshal & De-Escalation Training
A training to learn tools to be an affective Marshall for Free DC Events
National Guard Out - Post Card Writing Social Hour
What Postcard writing to the elected officals of the states/territories currently sending armed troops to occupy DC and interfere with our self-governance.
Why Come together to echo Free DC’s National Guard Out campaign by sending physical reminders to elected officials that we don’t want armed national guard troops on our streets.
How Free DC Project will have postcards and postage, and writing implements will be provided. Bring your time and energy! Feel free to bring your favorite markers and pens!
Accessibility: All DC Public Libraries are wheelchair accessible. The library has outdoor seating (balcony or rooftop) that people are welcome to use for fresh air. KN95 Masks provided.
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” - Declaration of Independence
Juror Information Project: Overview Session
Jury duty is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a powerful tool for ensuring fairness and justice.
Freedom Dreaming Session 1
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.
MD/VA Allies July Meeting
Join the July meeting of the Maryland and Virginia Team of Free DC! Building the local movement, it will take to protect DC Home Rule and win dignity for our communities requires our solidarity.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team. See the schedule of upcoming Campaign Orientations.
Register below to join this virtual meeting.
Ward 8 July Meeting
Join the May Meeting of Free DC’s Ward 8 Team to build the local movement it will take to protect DC Home Rule and win lasting dignity for our communities.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation. A listing of our Orientations, Trainings, and Events is available below.
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice with Ward 3
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice is Free DC's advanced training intensive on the key skills involved in effective non-cooperation. This half-day training will teach you what non-cooperation looks like on an individual level, a mass level, and how other movements have used these tactics effectively.
Ward 3 residents in particular are invited to attend this non-cooperation, and it is open to all who have attended a campaign orientation.
Orientation is required
Campaign Orientation is a required pre-requisite for this training. If you have not yet attended a Campaign Orientation, you must do so before participating in this training. Join an upcoming Campaign Orientation session »
Location
This training will take place in-person in DC. Location details will be emailed automatically upon registration. All of Free DC’s training locations are ADA compliant, and are located within a 10-20 minute walk of a Metro station.
Interactive Program
This training includes interactive role play of protest scenarios. Role play helps us experiment with new skills in safe and supported conditions. If you need accomodations for this or any other part of the training, please let the training team know.
Registration details
As part of registration for this advanced training we will ask for information about your organizing experience and interest in our work. This step is part of our commitment to safe and supported learning environments. Information collected is confidential and will be shared only with our Training Team. Thank you for helping us get to know you more.
Childcare
If childcare would support your participation, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Interpretation
ASL interpretation and Spanish interpretation are both available upon request. If these accommodations would make your participation possible, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Se ofrece interpretación ASL e interpretación al español previa solicitud. Si estas adaptaciones hacen posible su participación, indíquelo en sus datos de inscripción y envíe un correo electrónico de confirmación a erica@freedcproject.org.
If you have additional questions, contact our Training Team at erica@freedcproject.org.
Register below to attend this training!
Local Author Conversation with Be Steadwell
Join Free DC's Popular Education working group in conversation with Be Steadwell, local author of Chocolate Chip City.
Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Be Steadwell’s lyrical debut is Practical Magic meets Black Cake in this warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about three sisters, a vision of princes, true love, and revolution, and one very complicated year of self-realization, family dynamics, and learning to let go.
Be (they/them, Be) is a queer pop composer and author from Washington DC. Be's goal as an artist is to write love stories centering Black girlies, introverts and weirdos.
Be earned a BA in Black Studies from Oberlin College and an MFA in film from Howard University. Be's short films Vow of Silence and Black Tea (2025) screened in film festivals around the world. In 2021 Be released their pop and R&B album- Succulent. In 2023, Be joined the cast of Parable of the Sower the Opera by Toshi Reagon and Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon. Be released their debut romance novel Chocolate Chip City in 2025. Be currently lives in Baltimore. They tour their music and work as an adjunct lecturer at Howard University.
The DC Occupation: A Discussion with Local Veterans
We've had National Guard troops on DC's streets for nearly a year, and the recently announced DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force summer surge will bring an additional 5,000 troops into the city. Many of us have questions about what deployment actually looks like, what choices National Guard members have, the consequences they could face for refusing orders, how to engage with them effectively, and what strategies residents can use to push back against the ongoing occupation.
To help answer those questions, members of Free DC's Veterans Constituency Group will be joined by Common Defense, a national organization of progressive veterans and military families that advocates for democracy, civil rights, and responsible national security policy. Together, they'll provide a National Guard 101 presentation covering how the Guard operates, the realities of these deployments, and the legal and practical considerations surrounding them.
We'll also leave plenty of time for discussion. We want to hear about your experiences interacting with National Guard members, so we can learn from one another and continue refining our approach as the summer surge unfolds.
Zine Folding Session with Ward 1
In the spirit of more fun and less angst, we'll be hosting another Zine Folding. Come on out and meet some neighbors, catch up on the latest assault on DC's fragile democracy and figure out how to plug in and push back. No experience or campaign orientation necessary.
Sign up below!
Ward 5 Team Meeting
If you live in Ward 5 and want to learn about winning dignity for our communities and exerting our right to self-determination, join this meeting with the Ward 5 Team.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team. See the schedule of upcoming Campaign Orientations.
Anti-Racist Organizing: An Interactive Workshop
Partnerships across race and class are a crucial component of the future Free DC is working toward, as well as the movement we know it will take to win. Achieving this will take intentional changes to our collective relationships, actions, and approach to organizing.
Free DC is partnering with Anti-Racist DC to provide this training for community members to learn how to incorporate anti-racist practices into our organizing. This training is highly encouraged for everyone, and is required for anyone involved in our Ward Teams and Working Groups.
Campaign Orientation is a pre-requisite for this training. See the list of upcoming Campaign Orientations you can attend.
Register below to attend this training.
Freedom Dreaming Session 2
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
Filming the Police 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.
Ward 2 July Meeting- VIRTUAL
Join us at our Ward 2 July Meeting Virtually
If you live in Ward 2 and want to learn about mobilizing your local community to become part of Free DC, join this meeting virtually with the Ward 2 Team!
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team.
Register Below!
Ward 4 monthly meeting
Join the July Meeting of the Ward 4 Team of Free DC to build the local movement it will take to protect DC Home Rule and win dignity for our communities.
All are welcome! Our meeting will include apotluck from 6:00 to 6:30pm. We will also offer a Free DC orientation for new members, plus programming for people who have already attended orientation.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Slow Taxes 201: Advanced Clinic
Join Free DC and National Tax Strike for an in-depth session with UDC’s Tax Clinic on how to change your withholdings.
This session will answer specific questions for individuals who are salaried workers, hourly workers, self-employed, own businesses, retired, and other specific work situations.
We encourage you to take Slow Taxes 101 ahead of this session.
Freedom Dreaming Session 3
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.
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!
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice is Free DC's advanced training intensive on the key skills involved in effective non-cooperation. This half-day training will teach you what non-cooperation looks like on an individual level, a mass level, and how other movements have used these tactics effectively.
Orientation is required
Campaign Orientation is a required pre-requisite for this training. If you have not yet attended a Campaign Orientation, you must do so before participating in this training. Join an upcoming Campaign Orientation session »
Location
This training will take place in-person in zip code 20009. Location details will be emailed after registration. All of Free DC’s training locations are ADA compliant, and are located within a 10-20 minute walk of a Metro station.
Interactive Program
This training includes interactive role play of protest scenarios. Role play helps us experiment with new skills in safe and supported conditions. If you need accomodations for this or any other part of the training, please let the training team know.
Registration details
As part of registration for this advanced training we will ask for information about your organizing experience and interest in our work. This step is part of our commitment to safe and supported learning environments. Information collected is confidential and will be shared only with our Training Team. Thank you for helping us get to know you more.
Childcare
If childcare would support your participation, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Interpretation
ASL interpretation and Spanish interpretation are both available upon request. If these accommodations would make your participation possible, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Se ofrece interpretación ASL e interpretación al español previa solicitud. Si estas adaptaciones hacen posible su participación, indíquelo en sus datos de inscripción y envíe un correo electrónico de confirmación a erica@freedcproject.org.
If you have additional questions, contact our Training Team at erica@freedcproject.org.
Register below to attend this training!
Freedom Dreaming Session 4
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.
Freedom Dreaming Session 5
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.
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!
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice is Free DC's advanced training intensive on the key skills involved in effective non-cooperation. This half-day training will teach you what non-cooperation looks like on an individual level, a mass level, and how other movements have used these tactics effectively.
Orientation is required
Campaign Orientation is a required pre-requisite for this training. If you have not yet attended a Campaign Orientation, you must do so before participating in this training. Join an upcoming Campaign Orientation session »
Location
This training will take place in-person in zip code 20009. Location details will be emailed after registration. All of Free DC’s training locations are ADA compliant, and are located within a 10-20 minute walk of a Metro station.
Interactive Program
This training includes interactive role play of protest scenarios. Role play helps us experiment with new skills in safe and supported conditions. If you need accomodations for this or any other part of the training, please let the training team know.
Registration details
As part of registration for this advanced training we will ask for information about your organizing experience and interest in our work. This step is part of our commitment to safe and supported learning environments. Information collected is confidential and will be shared only with our Training Team. Thank you for helping us get to know you more.
Childcare
If childcare would support your participation, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Interpretation
ASL interpretation and Spanish interpretation are both available upon request. If these accommodations would make your participation possible, please indicate that in your registration details and send an email to confirm to erica@freedcproject.org.
Se ofrece interpretación ASL e interpretación al español previa solicitud. Si estas adaptaciones hacen posible su participación, indíquelo en sus datos de inscripción y envíe un correo electrónico de confirmación a erica@freedcproject.org.
If you have additional questions, contact our Training Team at erica@freedcproject.org.
Register below to attend this training!
Freedom Dreaming Session 6
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.
Ward 6 Team July Meeting (Virtual)
Join the Ward 6 team at our July meeting! Although we highly encourage folks to attend a campaign orientation before plugging into our work more deeply, this meeting is open to all Ward 6 residents!
This meeting will be virtual. Please register below, and we’ll send details via email.
Congress Working Group Meeting, July (Hybrid)
Free DC’s Congress Working Group develops priorities and projects for Free DC’s advocacy to Congress.
This meeting will be hybrid, meaning there will be both in-person and remote attendance options. Please register below and let us know how you’re planning to attend!
Free DC working group meetings are only open to those who have previously attended a campaign orientation. A list of upcoming campaign orientations is available here.
National Guard Out - Post Card Writing Social Hour
What Postcard writing to the elected officals of the states/territories currently sending armed troops to occupy DC and interfere with our self-governance.
Why Come together to echo Free DC’s National Guard Out campaign by sending physical reminders to elected officials that we don’t want armed national guard troops on our streets.
How Free DC Project will have postcards and postage, and writing implements will be provided. Bring your time and energy! Feel free to bring your favorite markers and pens!
Accessibility: All DC Public Libraries are wheelchair accessible. The library has outdoor seating (balcony or rooftop) that people are welcome to use for fresh air. KN95 Masks provided.
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” - Declaration of Independence
Federal Worker 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.
Please help us spread the word! All are welcome.
Palisades Fourth of July Parade & Picnic
This summer, Free DC is setting out to define our Freedom Dreams and Freedom Demands, shaping what liberation, dignity, and possibility for all looks like, and it’s so much fun doing it with you!
Gather your crews and friends from across DC and join us on the Fourth of July to celebrate Freedom as we march in the Palisades Parade.
We will meet at 4700 Whitehaven Parkway NW at 10AM to march in the parade at 11AM.
The parade will conclude around Noon with a picnic at the Palisades Recreation Center. The celebration will continue with music, hotdogs, hamburgers, watermelon, and ice cream!
CANCELLED: Takoma Park Fourth of July Parade The Future is Free
This event was cancelled due to severe heat.
The Future is Free! Join us at the Takoma Park Fourth of July parade to dream of our liberated future.
In its first 250 years, our country has so often failed to live up to the values it claims to hold. Instead of liberation, equality, and justice, we have had slavery, genocide, and exploitation. But we can build something better - and to build it, we have to dream it. This Fourth of July, we will march as the liberated future of our imaginations, where we are free, where we are equal, and where we live in alignment with the earth.
To march, join us at the corner of Shepherd and Carroll Ave in Takoma Park at 9 AM. The theme for our outfits is Ecofuturism and our colors are silver and green.
If you’d like to volunteer to help us get organized or just have a special role on the 4th, please sign up here!
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!
Ward 2 June Meeting- VIRTUAL
Join us at our Ward 2 June Meeting Virtually
If you live in Ward 2 and want to learn about mobilizing your local community to become part of Free DC, join this meeting virtually with the Ward 2 Team!
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team.
Register Below!
Ward 4 Team Meeting & “The Last Battlefront” Screening with Derek Musgrove
Please join us for our June Ward 4 Monthly Meeting!
This meeting is extra special because we are featuring the one-hour documentary The Last Battlefront: Quest for the Vote in Washington, D.C. that looks at four turning points in DC history to understand DC’s lack of statehood.
The movie will be followed by a guest conversation with one of the authors of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, George Derek Musgrove.
Join us from 6 - 6:30 PM for potluck and popcorn.
Accessibility:
Navigating the space: The space is wheelchair accessible and all activities are on one floor. The main door we use (the door by the mailbox) has a ramp and is accessible from the D60/D6X bus stop. If driving, parking on Gallatin St, is the closest and most wheelchair accessible area to park. Additional parking is available at the back of the church.
Childcare & Interpretation: We offer childcare and interpretation for ASL and Spanish if requested. Please email ward4@freedcproject.org to confirm.
Other requests/accommodations: We want to make this space as accessible to folks as we can! Please forward any additional requests or ideas and suggestions to ward4@freedcproject.org.
Please register below to let us know you’re coming!
DCNLG Legal Observer Training
Free DC is partnering with the DC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (DCNLG) to train legal observers. Legal observers help ensure persons know their rights during encounters with the police, help connect arrested persons to jail support, document police misconduct, and assist with locating persons who have been arrested.
If you are interested in being trained as a legal observer, please register for one of the training dates below. Please complete the registration form no later than one week in advance of the training you want to attend.
Monday, June 29 at 7:00 PM (complete registration by June 22)
Sunday July 12 at 1:30 PM (complete registration by July 5)
If you cannot make either date but are interested in being trained, please complete the form. If there is enough interest, we may schedule additional trainings.
Please note: given the time and effort required to train volunteers, you will be asked to commit to a certain number of actions. Further details will be provided at the training.
Ward 3 June Meeting (Hybrid)
If you live in Ward 3 and want to learn about mobilizing your local community to become part of Free DC, join this Hybrid Meeting with the Ward 3 Team.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team.
Register Below for virtual link!
Ward 6 Cookie Decorating w/ Cookies by Aimee
Come share joy! Adults (with or without kids) are welcome to join to decorate Free DC cookies. Aimee from Cookies by Aimee will lead us in decorating Free DC themed cookies.
Economic Noncooperation Strategy Session
Join Free DC to define our goals for using economic non-cooperation as a strategy to protect against potential election steals.
Attendees of this session must have completed our non-cooperation training and be active in Free DC spaces.
If you are interested in participating in this session, please contact your Ward or Working Group Lead.
INDEPENDENTS DAY: A Night of Creative Expression in Takoma
Local poets and musicians will share their talents to celebrate a poetic and positive vision of America that embraces autonomy, inclusivity, artistic freedom, and diverse voices.
“Have you had your fill of military parades, ballrooms, UFC cage fights, and pointless wars?” Takoma Park Poet Laureate David Alberto Fernández said, “Help us put the independents back in Independence Day. Free your speech and free your head.”
The Takoma Park Arts series is a program of the City of Takoma Park’s Arts and Humanities Division which features many free cultural events, including film screenings, art exhibitions, theater, dance, and concerts at the Takoma Park Community Center.
Free DC will be tabling - come say hi! Any donation proceeds will go to Free DC.
Ward 5 Team Meeting, June
Join Ward 5 for Monthly Meeting to discuss Free DC to build the local movement it will take to protect DC Home Rule and win dignity for our communities.
Register Below, See You There!
Ward 1 Neighbors Helping Neighbors Happy Hour
Plug into community solidarity!
Meet-up with others from Ward 1 and learn about volunteer opportunities right here in our neighborhood.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors is an exciting new Ward 1 initiative to build solidarity in our community through volunteer service.
Join us to learn how you can contribute to the wellbeing of our neighbors and community. You can share the event here.
If you are able, please consider bringing diapers for the Greater DC Diaper Bank.
The DC Occupation: A Discussion with Local Veterans
We've seen National Guard on our streets for almost a year now, and the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force recently announcement a summer surge of 5,000 troops to our city. Many of us have had questions about what it looks like to deployed, what choices National Guard members have, what consequences members might face in situations where they refuse orders, how to effectively interact with them, and how to push back against the occupation.
Members of Free DC's Veteran's Constituency Group have graciously agreed to give us a National Guard 101 presentation, and answer any questions they can. We will also review some footage of national guard abuses of neighbors, and take some time to hear from you about what phrases you say to National Guard, what the reaction has been, and how we can evolve our approach with the summer surge.
Please note: This event may not have air conditioning. If coming by public transportation the location is accessible via the Columbia Heights metro on the green and yellow lines, and the D60, D6X, D50 and D5X bus lines.
Arts & Culture Working Group Meeting (Virtual)
The Arts & Culture Working Group organizes music, art, dance, performance, and other cultural events.
Register to join this virtual monthly meeting to learn more about how to get involved with these efforts!
Home Rule Music Festival
Save the date! The Home Rule Music Festival will take place on Saturday, June 20 2026. This event is not officially affiliated with Free DC but we sure do love it. Look for more information at homerulemusicfestival.com.
Ward 7 Monthly Coffee Social
Join the Free DC Ward 7 Team for Coffee and Conversation! Curious about Free DC or looking to get involved with the Ward 7 team? Bring a friend and come meet other Ward 7 neighbors at Gigi’s Coffee Roaster’s in the Capitol View neighborhood.
Register below.
Ward 7 Juneteenth Parade
Ward 7 is celebrating Juneteenth with a parade showcasing the rich culture and history of our community. Free DC’s Chocolate City contingent will be marching in the parade!
The Juneteenth Parade will feature a variety of activities and attractions, including: live music and performances, free food, educational exhibits about Juneteenth, and activities for kids!
The parade will assemble at 9:00 am and begin at 11:00 am.
Additional details available here.
Register to join us below!
Ward 8 June Meeting
Join the May Meeting of Free DC’s Ward 8 Team to build the local movement it will take to protect DC Home Rule and win lasting dignity for our communities.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation. A listing of our Orientations, Trainings, and Events is available below.
Zine Folding Session
Come out and meet some neighbors, fold some zines and find out more about Free DC!
4th Annual Juneteenth at Harrison Park
Hosted by U Street Main Street, the U Street Neighborhood Association, and Long Live GoGo, this annual celebration honors freedom, culture, and community through music, recreation, arts, and civic engagement in the heart of DC's historic Black Broadway corridor rooted in the fight for DC Statehood.
Free DC will be tabling alongside several local organizations.
There will be food and games for youth, including a basketball tournament. There will be also be special musical performances.
MD/VA Allies Meeting, June VIRTUAL
Join the June meeting of the Maryland and Virginia team of Free DC to build the local movement it will take to protect DC home rule and win dignity for our communities.
New to Free DC? We encourage everyone to attend Campaign Orientation before joining a meeting of your Ward Team. See the schedule of upcoming Campaign Orientations.
Register below to join this virtual meeting.
Greet Voters at the Polls with Janeese Lewis George's Campaign
Join Team JLG on Election Day!
We will have folks at the poll place greeting folks, sending folks out to canvass, and more! Let's talk to those voters and leave it all out on the table!
The campaign will send out communications beforehand with more information, and train you on everything you need to know.
RSVP at the link below!
DC Election Protection Volunteering
As part of the DC Election Protection Coalition, Election Protection Field Volunteers will be present outside voting locations across DC on June 16 to assist voters who might have questions or need assistance resolving issues as they evolve.
Roles include Election Protection Field Attorney for volunteers with a legal background and Grassroots Poll Monitor for those who do not have a legal background.
Morning, afternoon, and evening shifts are available across the District. A virtual training on either June 8 or June 9 is required for all volunteers. Sign up to be a DC Election Protection Volunteer at the polls on June 16.
Tabling Working Group June Meeting
The Tabling Working Group shares information about Free DC at a variety of community events. Join their monthly meeting to learn more about how to be involved with these efforts!
Free DC working group meetings are only open to those who have previously attended a campaign orientation. A list of upcoming campaign orientations is available here.
Register below!
Youth Safety Block Party + Visioning Session
Jeanine Pirro was supposed to attend a community event this coming Monday — but she cancelled, because she knows DC communities don't support her "surge" of aggression, violations of our rights, and unjust arrests and detention.
If Pirro won't meet with the people, the people will meet without her. Join us on Monday, June 15 from 5-7 PM outside the MLK Library for a Youth Safety Block Party + Visioning Session. This will be a chance for young people to share their vision for safety this summer, and for community members of all ages to show our solidarity with young people and to counter this regime’s attempts to use our young people to justify our oppression. Register below to let us know you’ll be there.
