DC, here’s what we’re gonna do.

In the wake of Trump’s announcement that he is taking control of MPD and deploying the National Guard…

First, remember what works.

In our Campaign Orientations, we go over strategies that have worked for other movements throughout history. Those strategies are:

• Do not obey in advance

• Prioritize joy

• Take up space

• Be in solidarity

• Organize

Those are still our guiding principles.

Starting tonight: Get visible.

• We want your help making the demand for a #FreeDC visible everywhere.

• Make signs, posters, banners, and flags and put them in your window, on your home, or anywhere else they will be seen.

• Wear Free DC t-shirts, pins, buttons, or patches everywhere you go. If you don’t have these, make some for you and your neighbors.

Starting tonight: Get loud.

• Silence in compliance, so we need to get loud.

• Starting tonight and every night of this occupation, go outside at 8:00 PM and bang pots and pans, sing, chant, or make noise for five minutes.

• When your neighbors come out and ask what’s going on, talk with them about what’s happening.

• Post your noisemaking to social media. Invite friends to come and join you.

Join Campaign Orientation.

View upcoming sessions here.

Build with us.

No single event or protest will fix this situation.

What works is disciplined, connected organizing over the course of months or years.

Start tonight by getting visible, getting loud, or joining an orientation.

We’ll have more information about additional steps soon.