Upcoming Events
We Keep Us Free Mass Call
Trump is in the process of trying to steal the midterm elections. If he succeeds, the violence of his administration will likely get much worse.
On the other hand, flipping Congress would crack politics wide open: attacks on DC would stop and we'd be more able to hold this criminal regime accountable.
In the midst of it all DC will elect a new mayor and new members of Council. We must be ready to protect their power while also demanding an agenda that prioritize our communities instead of the regime.
Join us on Monday, September 14 at 8:00 PM EST for “We Keep Us Free,” a mass call about how we can protect DC's power this fall, through to 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.
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.
Flip VA-5: Phone Bank for Tom Perriello for Congress
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. Alongside sending canvassers to Charlottesville, we’re making a difference by phone banking likely Democratic voters.
Free DC will provide an orientation, a script, phone banking software, and a list of voters to call. All you need to bring is a laptop or cell phone to make calls through your browser — no special equipment required, though a headset or microphone helps.
Register to phone bank and talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November!
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Juror Information Project: Overview Session
Jury duty is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a powerful tool for ensuring fairness and justice.
Flip VA-5: Phone Bank for Tom Perriello for Congress
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. Alongside sending canvassers to Charlottesville, we’re making a difference by phone banking likely Democratic voters.
Free DC will provide an orientation, a script, phone banking software, and a list of voters to call. All you need to bring is a laptop or cell phone to make calls through your browser — no special equipment required, though a headset or microphone helps.
Register to phone bank and talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November!
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: Phone Bank for Tom Perriello for Congress
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. Alongside sending canvassers to Charlottesville, we’re making a difference by phone banking likely Democratic voters.
Free DC will provide an orientation, a script, phone banking software, and a list of voters to call. All you need to bring is a laptop or cell phone to make calls through your browser — no special equipment required, though a headset or microphone helps.
Register to phone bank and talk with voters in VA-5 and do our part to win a Democratic majority in the House this November!
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
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.
Flip VA-5: Indigenous People’s Day Weekend Canvass
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.
Register to join our Indigenous People’s Day Weekend canvass – either Saturday, October 10 or Sunday October 11 – or both days!
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: Indigenous People’s Day Weekend Canvass
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. Buses will depart from downtown DC and travel to Charlottesville, VA on both Saturday and Sunday, with the option to stay overnight in Charlottesville and canvass both days. 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.
Register to join our Indigenous People’s Day Weekend canvass – either Saturday, October 10 or Sunday October 11 – or both days!
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: The Final Weekend, Day 1
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.
Register to join our Final Weekend before Election Day canvass on Saturday, October 31 using the form below.
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: The Final Weekend, Day 2
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.
Register to join our Final Weekend before Election Day canvass on Sunday, November 1 using the form below.
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: The Final Weekend, Day 3
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.
Register to join our Final Weekend before Election Day canvass on Monday, November 2 using the form below.
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: Election Day
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.
Register to join our Election Day canvass on Tuesday, November 3 using the form below.
Paid for by Community Change Voters.
Flip VA-5: Labor Day Weekend canvass
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 101 training
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.
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.
Juror Information Project: Overview Session
Jury duty is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a powerful tool for ensuring fairness and justice.
One Year of Occupation: Freedom Dreaming
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.
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.
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.
Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice, “Good Trouble Lives On” Weekend of Action
As part of this weekend of action, join us for Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice, Free DC's advanced training intensive on the key skills involved in effective non-cooperation.
Campaign Orientation, "Good Trouble Lives On" Weekend of Action
Right now we are witnessing a Jim-Crow era effort from politicians and their billionaire friends to restrict our freedoms and silence Black and Brown communities to consolidate their power. This year’s Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action will put Congressman Lewis’s legacy into practice with events across the country.
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.
Dinner will be provided. Children are welcome at this event and children's activities will also be provided.
Marshal & De-Escalation Training
A training to learn tools to be an affective Marshall for Free DC 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.
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.
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.
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.
Election Protection Vote-In
DC’s elections belong to the people, not the regime! Join the DC Election Protection coalition for a rally and vote-in on Wednesday, June 3 from 9-10 AM.
Liberation Learning Series: May Book Discussion (Virtual)
Join Free DC’s Popular Education Working Group as we dive into Washington DC Protests: Scenes from Home Rule to the Civil Rights Movement by Mark S. Greek. Together, we’ll study the legacy of protest in DC and connect it to our current struggle to protect Home Rule and for racial justice in the district and beyond.
You do NOT need to finish the reading to join, of course, it is encouraged. Our space centers lived experience as knowledge, your insights, stories, and questions are just as important as the text.
Need the book? Reach out in the Pop Ed chat.
Chocolate City Orientation
Join the Free DC Chocolate City Group at Harriet’s House 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.
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Meet Up Then Canvass for Janeese Lewis George
Join Free DC to knock doors for our Mayoral candidate, Janeese Lewis-George!
Whether you're a seasoned canvasser or a first-timer, we want your help, and we'll be there to answer questions.
New to canvassing? Join at 11am for training. If you're an experienced canvasser or have taken the training before, canvasses launch at noon and 2pm!
Register here for the address in 16th Street Heights.
Meet Up Then Canvass for Janeese Lewis George
Join Free DC to knock doors for our Mayoral candidate, Janeese Lewis-George! We will walk from RI Ave & 1st to Crispus Attucks park to join the JLG crew. Whether you're a seasoned canvasser or a first-timer, we want your help, and we'll be there to answer questions
Liberation Learning Series: May Book Discussion (Virtual)
Join Free DC’s Popular Education Working Group as we dive into Washington DC Protests: Scenes from Home Rule to the Civil Rights Movement by Mark S. Greek. Together, we’ll study the legacy of protest in DC and connect it to our current struggle to protect Home Rule and for racial justice in the district and beyond.
You do NOT need to finish the reading to join, of course, it is encouraged. Our space centers lived experience as knowledge, your insights, stories, and questions are just as important as the text.
Need the book? Reach out in the Pop Ed chat.
Meet Up and Canvass for Robert White
On Saturday, April 11 we’ll meet up as a Free DC community before joining a canvass with Robert White's campaign for Congress. We'll meet up ahead of the canvass to connect and get to know each other before getting a training from the campaign team.
How We Elect DC's Next Leadership
In DC, we need local elected leaders who will be on our side in this fight. In the next 42 days, voters will elect Democratic nominees for DC's next Mayor and U.S. Delegate. The June 16 primary will set direction for DC for the rest of Trump's term and potentially much longer. If DC chooses leaders who want to cooperate with this regime, all of our work to protect Home Rule will become much, much harder.
As a Free DC community member, we want you to know what's at stake in this election and what it's going to take to win.
We'll discuss the ways having an outspoken champion for our Mayor and Delegate would benefit DC communities.
You'll also learn about ways to get involved in Free DC's electoral work — including how you can help make sure everyone in our community is an informed participant in this election.
Meet Up and Canvass for Robert White
On Saturday, April 11 we’ll meet up as a Free DC community before joining a canvass with Robert White's campaign for Congress. We'll meet up ahead of the canvass to connect and get to know each other before getting a training from the campaign team.
Meet Up and Canvass for Robert White
Every Wednesday, we’ll meet up as a Free DC community before joining a canvass with Robert White's campaign for Congress. We'll meet up ahead of the canvass to connect and get to know each other before getting a training from the campaign team.
May Day DC
On Friday, May 1, 2026, DC refuses to cooperate: No work. No school. No shopping. Get ready, get organized, and join the day of action. Together we’ll make it clear that DC’s workers, our communities, and our political power are worth fighting for — and anyone who comes for those will have to come through us.
Liberation Learning Series: Book Discussion
As we approach May Day, we ground ourselves in the truth: every right working people have ever won was fought for. The 40-hour work week. Minimum wages. Safer worker conditions. Abolition of child labor, none of it was given freely. All was organized for, struggled for, and won through collective action against bosses and authoritarian power.
Join Free DC’s Popular Education Working Group as we dive into the first five strikes from A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis. Together, we’ll study the legacy of worker resistance and build our understanding of labor’s role in shaping this country. We will also connect it to DC history and our current struggle.
You do NOT need to finish the reading to join, of course, it is encouraged. Our space centers lived experience as knowledge, your insights, stories, and questions are just as important as the text.
We’ll also share updates on the Popular Education Working Group’s evolving structure and what’s ahead for future programming.
Need the book? Reach out in the Pop Ed chat.
May Day Mass Call
Enough is enough. On Friday May 1, we call on everyone in DC to commit to a day of no work, no school, and no shopping. To help us get ready for this massive day of action, join us for an organizing call on Wednesday, April 5 at 8 PM on Zoom.