On November 5, DC Council will hear testimony on three crucial bills that provide safety and accountability during this dangerous and deadly occupation:

• The Body-Worn Camera bill requires MPD to release their body cam footage if a federal officer uses force in front of them.

• The Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting bill (FAAR) requires MPD to list federal officers and agencies present in arrest reports and affidavits.

• The Safe Places bill prohibits MPD from assisting with federal operations in schools, churches, and other "safe places", barring emergencies.

We have seen federal agents violate rights, shoot at residents, and terrify students and other community members, all while hiding behind a smokescreen of ever-shifting "partnership" with MPD. Council must pass these laws, in their strongest possible form, and remind everyone that MPD works for us, not them.

Congress has been attacking DC for the last year and a half. It’s time for the representatives responsible for those attacks to start losing their seats. Free DC is working to flip Virginia’s 5th Congressional District blue and elect Democrat Tom Perriello for Congress.

Sign up for a shift on Election Day to help phone- or text-bank and get out the vote for Perriello! Come for 1 hour, or stay the whole time. Lunch, snacks, and childcare provided. Parents, phone or text bank for an hour and then take an hour to do whatever you need (on-site) while your child enjoys playing with other kids. You can check emails, read a book, or just spend an hour being an adult in the world.

Training and guidance will be provided. Bring a laptop and headphones with a microphone if you're able!

Paid for by Community Change Voters.

Congress has been attacking DC for the last year and a half. It’s time for the representatives responsible for those attacks to start losing their seats.

This fall Free DC is working to flip Virginia’s 5th Congressional District blue and elect Democrat Tom Perriello for Congress. We’ll be canvassing the Final Weekend before Election Day and you’re invited to join us to make a difference this midterms season!

We’ll provide bus transportation to and from Charlottesville, morning snacks and a box lunch, training, and all materials. Sign up to join us to talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November.

The registration form is now closed. If you would like to attend this canvass, please email congress@freedcproject.org.

Paid for by Community Change Voters.

Congress has been attacking DC for the last year and a half. It’s time for the representatives responsible for those attacks to start losing their seats.

This fall Free DC is working to flip Virginia’s 5th Congressional District blue and elect Democrat Tom Perriello for Congress. We’ll be canvassing the Final Weekend before Election Day and you’re invited to join us to make a difference this midterms season!

We’ll provide bus transportation to and from Charlottesville, morning snacks and a box lunch, training, and all materials. Sign up to join us to talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November.

The registration form is now closed. If you would like to attend this canvass, please email congress@freedcproject.org.

Paid for by Community Change Voters.

Registration has closed for this event. Attendees will be notified of the training details via email by Friday, October 16.

Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice 2.0. Join us for this special offering of the Non-Cooperation training focused on protecting our elections.

This training is an opportunity for attendees to build relationships, refresh our understanding of election enforcement, practice skills together, and engage with realistic scenarios for the coming months.

Exact location details will be shared after registration. Attendees will be vetted prior to being allowed to participate in this event.

Please complete the registration form by Thursday, October 15 to secure your spot.

The standard Non-Cooperation training is required

Completing a standard non-cooperation training is a required pre-requisite. If you have not yet attended a Non-Cooperation training, you must do so before participating in this training. Join an upcoming Non-Cooperation training »

Location

This training will take place in-person in the 20005 zip code. Exact details will be provided 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!

Voting early gives us the power to make our voices heard on our own terms, before Election Day and before anyone else gets to decide what happens next. But making a plan takes more than intention. It takes information and resources. That's why we are participating in No Kings: Vote Early, a nationwide day of action.

On October 17, you will have the opportunity to join others from your ward to vote early.

Ward Teams are hosting early voting event across DC on October 17 to encourage more of us to make a plan and vote early and to celebrate the power we have as voters. Join our teams at any of the events this day across the District.

Spark Social (2009 14th St. NW)
10:30 AM-1:30 PM
Join the Ward 1 and Ward 2 teams at Spark Social to make Vote Totes or Vote Early stickers, help publicize and celebrate our Ward 1 and 2 dropboxes, make zines, and more! We’ll walk over to drop off ballots across the street at 14th & U St. starting at 11:30 AM.

16th & Monroe St. NW
7:00 PM
Bring your ballot and join the nightly noisemaking at 16th & Monroe St. After five minutes of pot banging and noisemaking, we'll make our way to the Mt. Pleasant Library ballot drop-box location and vote early as a group.

13th & Mass Ave.
7:00 PM
Join the 13th & Mass nightly noisemaking group and bring your ballot with you. After pot banging and noisemaking, we'll make our way to the Stead Park ballot drop-box location and vote early as a group. If you attend noisemaking you'll walk over with Erin. If you come straight to the dropbox, meet Jill at Stead Park at 7:30. After we vote early together we're going to joyfully head over to a bar on 14th street for some Ward 2 fun. Join the Signal chat to stay up to date.

Paul Robeson Park (Georgia Ave. & Kansas Ave. NW)
11:30 AM
Join the Ward 4 Team to joyfully take up space and share info on early voting and election protection plans. Bring your ballot to vote early with your community. Coffee, donuts, and kids activities will be provided. 

Postcard Writing at the Petworth Neighborhood Library
12:00 PM
After we drop our ballots, join the Ward 4 Team for a postcard-writing party at the Petworth Library. We will be writing to VA-05 residents to help us protect democracy and Home Rule. All supplies will be provided.

Busboys & Poets Brookland
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Come say hi to the Ward 5 Team and cast your early ballot at the dropbox near Monroe Street Market in Brookland!

Tango Pastry (408 H St NE)
9:00-10:00 AM
Support one of our Local Businesses for a Free DC and then drop your ballot on H Street.

Solid State Books (600F H St NE)
3:30-4:30 PM
Support one of our Local Businesses for a Free DC and then drop your ballot on H Street.

Southwest Library (900 Wesley Place SW)
12:00-1:00 PM
Meet up with your completed ballot at the Southwest Library at 12 PM. After voting, we'll enjoy snacks, treats, and drinks nearby.

Eastern Market (near 701 North Carolina Ave SE)
10:00 AM
Join the Lincoln Park Free DC noisemakers to take a selfie dropping off your ballot and say hi to a neighbor! After dropping off our ballots, we will get a snack or drink at Mott’s Market or another neighborhood spot.

GiGi’s Coffee (4916 Central Avenue NE)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Join the Ward 7 Team every third Saturday for a coffee social at Gigi’s Coffee Roasters. This month, we’ll be writing post cards in support of the movement to flip VA-5 and bringing our ballots to the ballot box to vote early.

Last year, the DC Office of the Attorney General filed a lawsuit to stop Trump's illegal deployment of National Guard troops in DC. The federal courts ruled in our favor, but the Trump Administration appealed and that appeal will be heard on October 14.

Join us in front of the Federal Courthouse at 8:30AM for a rally ahead of the case.

The hearing begins at 9:30AM and we hope you can pack the court with us!

The National Guard are not in DC for our safety. They are a danger to people here and we want them out. Analysis shows their presence is doing nothing to reduce violent crime. Instead, Guard members are increasingly detaining people in DC without cause, sometimes violently. And all of it is costing us more than $3 million a day, an amount that will eventually amount to billions of dollars.

Congress has been attacking DC for the last year and a half. It’s time for the representatives responsible for those attacks to start losing their seats.

This fall Free DC is working to flip Virginia’s 5th Congressional District blue and elect Democrat Tom Perriello for Congress. We’ll be canvassing on Labor Day weekend, Indigenous People’s Day weekend, and the Final Weekend before Election Day and you’re invited to join us to make a difference this midterms season.

For Indigenous People’s Day weekend, we will provide bus transportation to and from Charlottesville on both Saturday and Sunday. For those who can stay the weekend, Free DC will be sleeping at a local church, and you’re welcome to join us!

Free DC will provide light snacks and a box lunch each day, along with training and all materials. Sign up below to talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November.

Join our Indigenous People’s Day Weekend canvass – either Saturday, October 10 or Sunday October 11 – or both days! Register by Thursday, October 8 at 12PM.

Paid for by Community Change Voters.

Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice 2.0. Join us for this special offering of the Non-Cooperation training focused on protecting our elections.

This training is an opportunity for attendees to build relationships, refresh our understanding of election enforcement, practice skills together, and engage with realistic scenarios for the coming months.

It will be held in the 20005 zip code. Exact location details will be shared after registration. Attendees will be vetted prior to being allowed to participate in this event.

Please complete the registration form by Wednesday, September 23rd to secure your spot.

The standard Non-Cooperation training is required

Completing a standard non-cooperation training is a required pre-requisite. If you have not yet attended a Non-Cooperation training, you must do so before participating in this training. Join an upcoming Non-Cooperation training »

Location

This training will take place in-person in the 20005 zip code. Exact details will be provided 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!

The people of our country repudiated the killings, kidnappings and corruption of the past two years, and Free DC was a huge part of that repudiation. This people's revolt was not led by politicians, but rather by the people in the streets in DC, Minneapolis, LA, Chicago and beyond. We have built an unstoppable movement in DC, and we now have an opportunity to use what we have built to secure lasting change for the people of DC, and indeed the whole country.

Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 8:00 PM EST for “We Keep Us Free,” a mass call about how we can protect DC's power through January, and beyond.

This event is open only to people who have completed our Campaign Orientation. See a list of upcoming Orientation sessions to attend before this call.

Congress has been attacking DC for the last year and a half. It’s time for the representatives responsible for those attacks to start losing their seats.

This fall Free DC is working to flip Virginia’s 5th Congressional District blue and elect Democrat Tom Perriello for Congress. We’ll be canvassing on Labor Day weekend, Indigenous People’s Day weekend, and the Final Weekend before Election Day and you’re invited to join us to make a difference this midterms season.

We’ll provide bus transportation to and from Charlottesville, morning snacks and a box lunch, training, and all materials. Sign up to join us on one of these weekends to talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November.

Registration for this event is now closed.

Paid for by Community Change Voters.

Film the Police Training is designed to equip community members with the basic skills and knowledge necessary to safely and effectively monitor police activity. Participants will learn about their rights and responsibilities when observing law enforcement, how to document interactions accurately, and strategies for de-escalating potentially volatile situations. By fostering a network of informed citizens, the training aims to promote accountability and transparency, ultimately contributing to a safer and more just community for all.

This training is led by Harriet’s Wildest Dreams.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dinner will be provided. Children are welcome at this event and children's activities will also be provided.

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.

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.