Upcoming Events
Community Fair
This day of connection and learning will be a chance for Free DC community members to connect across teams, get an update about the campaign's progress, deepen important skills, and map your work for the coming weeks and months.
Schedule at a Glance
9:00 AM — Registration opens
9:00 AM-7:00 PM — Pick up Free DC merch
Flags, t-shirts, yard signs, and window signs. Sliding scale donation9:30 AM-12:00 PM — Non-Cooperation Theory + Practice, Part 2. Separate registration required. *
10:00-11:30 AM — Jury Information Project overview
12:00-1:30 PM — Community Lunch
Pupusas provided, bring a dish to share2:00-4:00 PM — Campaign Update + Team Strategy Session *
4:00-7:00 PM — Art Build
5:30-7:00 PM — Community Social
7:00 PM — Nightly noisemaking
Event concludes
Campaign Orientation is a required pre-requisite for sessions marked with an asterisk (*).
You are welcome to attend some or all of the sessions here. Indicate which session(s) you will attend on the registration form.
Accessibility, Interpretation, and Children’s Activities
This event will take place in an ADA accessible venue, with elevators and ramped entry. This venue is approximately a 10 minute walk from a Metro station in DC. ASL interpretation and Spanish interpretation are available upon request. Children’s activities will be available in a dedicated space where kids are welcome to play while parents participate in sessions.
Register to attend this event using the form below.
Cop Watch Training with Harriet's Wildest Dreams
Cop-watch training 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.
Power Hour: Free DC, Free Palestine
Join the Rising Majority for a Power Hour on Thursday, September 25 where we'll make calls to Congress and urge them to act in the interest of our communities, from D.C. to Palestine.
Digital Security Workshop with Free DC and No Tech for Apartheid
Keeping our digital spaces secure is part of how we build strong movements.
Everyone part of Free DC is encouraged to join this training with No Tech for Apartheid to understand practical strategies for secure digital spaces, as well as steps you can take to protect yourself while organizing. Register to join us on Wednesday, September 24 from 7:00-9:00 PM EST on Zoom.
This event is part of Free DC’s Safety Series, a set of workshops designed to help protect our supporters and DC communities.
Hallway Conversations @ the House Oversight Committee Hearing
Join Free DC on September 18 to make it clear that Congress can’t talk about DC without expecting to hear from DC.
Adopt a Day Labor Corner with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and CASA are calling on the public to Adopt a Day Labor Corner.
Please join NDLON and CASA on Wednesday, September 17, for a workshop and conversation on how to Adopt a Day Labor Corner in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Come and make a plan for how to show up in person, nonviolently, with courage, with love, and with urgency for our immigrant neighbors.
What to expect:
A deeper understanding of the day laborer community and why now is the moment to stand with our community -Simple and clear instructions on how to “Adopt” a day labor corner
Tips and ideas for coordination and next steps
Resources to support you and your team
Opportunity to connect with others in the DMV and find your local team.
We’re looking forward to connecting with all of you. Let’s keep building, together.
— The NDLON Organizing Team and CASA
Juror Information Project: Overview Session
Jury duty is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a powerful tool for ensuring fairness and justice.
Federal Forces Out Now: Visits to Congress with Free DC
DC residents want federal forces out IMMEDIATELY. We are calling on our allies across the country to join us to visit Members of Congress on Thursday, September 4 and Monday, September 8 to tell them to stand down federal forces and recognize the national need for DC to have permanent power to protect our communities.
Location
Look for us in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building (120 Constitution Ave NE) starting at 9 AM.
We Are All DC: A National March
DC communities are joyful, powerful — and we're under attack.
Armed National Guard soldiers are carrying guns through our neighborhoods. ICE and FBI agents are profiling, harassing, and violently arresting our neighbors. MPD is going after children just for being outside, and every hour that goes by is an hour when people here are in danger.
On Saturday, September 6, we are calling on everyone in the DC region and allies from across the country to join us for "We Are All DC," a national march in solidarity with DC communities to end the occupation of DC.
Sign up now to let us know you’ll be there:
Visit Congress with us
In the days immediately before and after the march, we will visit Congress to make it clear we want an end to DC’s occupation. Sign up to visit Congress with us:
Additional Information
Refuse, Resist, Rebuild Town Hall
Learn about five different boycott efforts under way in the DC region.
Federal Forces Out Now: Visits to Congress with Free DC
Trump’s occupation of Washington DC has soldiers with assault rifles in residential neighborhoods, masked agents disappearing people in the dark of night, and local police harassing, profiling, and arresting DC residents including children. That’s not what our communities want.
On Thursday, September 4, allies from across the country are invited to join Free DC for a day of visits to Capitol Hill telling Congress we want them to end the DC occupation immediately.
LOCATION INFORMATION
9:00 AM-12:00PM — Meet us at Longworth House Office Building Room 1541 B to pick up a packet of materials and office assignments.
12:00 PM-4:00 PM — Meet us at to Canon House Office Building Room 401 to pick up a packet of materials and office assignments.
Register below to attend this event:
Art Build for We Are All DC
On Saturday September 6, allies from across the country will travel to DC to join DC communities for a national march to end the occupation.
To create the artwork that will appear during the march, join Free DC and UNITE HERE Local 25 for an art build on Wednesday, September 3 between 2:00-7:00 PM at 901 K St. NW, 2nd Floor.
Please RSVP to Amanda at agomez@local25now.org.
Meeting the Moment: An Anti-Racist Approach to Activism (Virtual)
Join us for this training intended to deepen the political education of supporters of Free DC and Anti-Racist DC.
This training will focus on what we can learn from moments in DC’s history that provide important insights on the current moment. Participants will gain language and strategies to apply an anti-racist approach to their activism and participation in Free DC.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with neighbors, gain valuable tools, and ways to take action! Our collective voices matter more than ever.
Register below to let us know you’re coming! Everyone who registers will receive a link to the training on the morning of August 29th.
Solidarity Season: Labor Day 2025 Rally + March
Workers make DC run and we deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation.
Workers across the DC region need to be in solidarity with one another now more than ever before. On Thursday, August 28, join us to kick off Labor Day 2025 and solidarity season with a rally and march. We’ll come together to make it clear:
Workers make DC run
We support federal workers
Union busting is disgusting
Workers over billionaires
#FreeDC
We know a working class united can never be defeated. We are organizing not just for one day, but to build labor power across the District, in every shop floor, school, restaurant, and municipal and federal building.
Let us know you’re coming using the signup form below.
Where We Stand
During significant change and uncertainty for our city, many of us are asking the same question: What can we do?
In response the recent federalization of the MPD and the ongoing, urgent needs of our unhoused neighbors, Capitol Hill UMC is proud to partner with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid to host "Where We Stand." This is not just a meeting; it’s vital community gathering to move from concern to collective commitment. We are coming together to process what is happening, understand our role, and find tangible ways to build a safer, more compassionate Washington, D.C. for everyone.
We’ll create a space for both clarity and opportunity. The evening will include:
An Expert Panel Discussion: Hear directly from a panel of frontline leaders from local mutual aid, advocacy leaders, and direct service providers. They will offer context on the current situation and insight into the most effective ways to help.
A Community Q&A: This is a space for your voice. A dedicated time for open dialogue will allow you to ask questions, share concerns, and contribute to the conversation as we chart a path forward together.
A Pledge to Action: This is where we move from talk to tangible commitment. You will have the opportunity to connect directly with our partner organizations at information tables, learn about different roles, and find the right fit for you to get involved in a meaningful way.
Young & United: A DC Youth Assembly
Calling all young people! Join young people from all over the District to come up with a youth response to Trump’s attack on our home and create a list of demands for how you want to see our local city leaders supporting young people.
The Trump Administration is attempting to take over DC streets with law enforcement and the national guard. It is our time to show up with a clear message that DC is our home and that we keep us safe.
Join this event on August 23, co-hosted by United Leaders for Freedom, Black Swan Academy, DC Girls Coalition, DC Action, Critical Exposure, Anti-Racist DC, and Free DC.
Register for this event at the form below:
Kids Belong in Classrooms
DC public schools go back to school on Monday. This season should be a time of joy, celebration, and silly first-day photos.
But the presence of armed National Guard members all over DC, as well as federal agents who have been violently arresting community members for weeks, many DC families are feeling scared, stressed, and anxious.
Parents, caregivers, and PTAs across DC are invited to join the American Federation of Teachers for an emergency conversation ahead of the first day of school.