One Year of DC’s Occupation

Black Lives Matter Plaza on August 25, 2025.

On August 11, 2026, the District of Columbia will have been under hostile military occupation for one year. For a year now, DC communities have had armed soldiers patrolling our streets, surges of federal police, multiple attacks on our local laws, and threats from this president against our elected leaders.

This occupation has hurt thousands of people. Agents have killed innocent people, kidnapped workers and parents, chased and harassed children, violated our rights, and spread a campaign of racial terror. This occupation is an ongoing threat to DC’s safety, our families, and our democracy both here and across the country.

As we approach the one-year mark of this occupation, we chose to raise our voices in solidarity and make our stories heard. For 11 days, from August 1 through August 11, join us to reclaim the DC spaces that have been sites of this regime’s attacks. On each of these days we will highlight a different story from DC’s occupation, come together in solidarity across movements, and focus on the people who are complicit with the regime and making these attacks possible.

We invite the wider DC community to join us for 11 days of action and solidarity:

1. Saturday August 1: “Justice for Julian Bailey”
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

2. Sunday, August 2: “Justice for Nolberto Meza”
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

3. Monday, August 3: “13,000 arrests + Pirro’s lies”
   12:00 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

4. Tuesday, August 4: “Justice for DC workers”
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

5. Wednesday, August 5: “Delete DoorDash”
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

6. Thursday, August 6: “Justice for DC students”
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

7. Friday, August 7: “Justice for our neighbors”
   5:30 PM in Georgetown. RSVP for location information.
   

8. Saturday, August 8: “Justice for DC youth” + Film the Police training
   5:30 PM. More details and RSVP here
   

9. Sunday, August 9: “Reclaiming Malcolm X Park”
   5:30 PM @ Malcolm X Park, by Joan of Arc statue
   More details and RSVP here
   

10. Monday, August 10: Downtown
    Details to be announced
    

11. Tuesday, August 11: “End the Occupation, Free DC”
    10:00 AM. More Details and RSVP here