Defend Democracy: Rallies and Boycotts!
When: multiple dates
Where: All over the Washington DC area
What: This is our latest list of events and actions.
Flyering – support Alexandria tenants
When: Saturday, February 28, 930-10am
Where: Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center, 1108 Jefferson St, Alexandria, 22314
What: We will be passing out flyers to encourage people to write to the Alexandria city council to ask for stronger tenant protections and tenant supports. Feel free to join us to learn about proposed tenant protections and to hand out flyers.
Afterwards we will participate in the Housing 2040 open house.
(We will also have ICE Out flyers… because everyone wants to shut down ICE)
Why: Because the rent is too damn high!
RSVP: grassrootsalexandria@gmail.com
March Project Team Meetings
When: Various times
Where: Usually on zoom, contact team leaders for details
What: Some of our project teams meet at a regular time each month
Wednesday, March 4, 7pm: Community Voices
Monday, March 16, 7pm: Housing
Wednesday, March 18, 7pm: ICE Out
Wednesday, March 25, 7pm: Transportation Equity
Grassroots Alexandria March Action Meeting
When: Thursday, March 5, 7-9pm
Where: TWU Building, 3801 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, 22305.
What: This will be a joint meeting of project leaders and team members working on Alexandria Human rights, Pro-democracy action, our Environment, Education, Housing Equity, and Transportation Equity. We will be updating each other on immediate concerns, such as local school policies, the housing master plan update, previously under-represented human rights concerns (Palestine and more), and ICE in Alexandria. We will discuss ongoing projects: tenant protections, climate/environment, transportation, human rights, restorative practices in ACPS, and much more.
At our meeting, we will check in with each other, hear from project leaders, and consider next steps. Everyone is encouraged to attend and ask questions. Grassroots Alexandria works in small groups focused on specific projects. We hold an action meeting (usually) on the 1st Thursday each month. New volunteers are always welcome (and needed) to join us and contribute to our work.
Members of the GrA Reading Group can share a thought or two about the latest reading during check-in. We will be discussing the chapter entitled Factuality, of On Freedom, by Timothy Snyder.
April Project Team Meetings
When: Various times
Where: Usually on zoom, contact team leaders for details
What: Some of our project teams meet at a regular time each month
Wednesday, April 1, 7pm: Community Voices
Wednesday, April 15, 7pm: ICE Out
Monday, April 20, 7pm: Housing
Wednesday, April 22, 7pm: Transportation
Grassroots Alexandria April Action Meeting
When: Thursday, April 2, 7-9pm
Where: TWU Building, 3801 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, 22305.
What: This will be a joint meeting of project leaders and team members working on Alexandria Human rights, Pro-democracy action, our Environment, Education, Housing Equity, and Transportation Equity. We will be updating each other on immediate concerns, such as local school policies, the housing master plan update, previously under-represented human rights concerns (Palestine and more), and ICE in Alexandria. We will discuss ongoing projects: tenant protections, climate/environment, transportation, human rights, restorative practices in ACPS, and much more.
At our meeting, we will check in with each other, hear from project leaders, and consider next steps. Everyone is encouraged to attend and ask questions. Grassroots Alexandria works in small groups focused on specific projects. We hold an action meeting (usually) on the 1st Thursday each month. New volunteers are always welcome (and needed) to join us and contribute to our work.
Members of the GrA Reading Group can share a thought or two about the latest reading during check-in. We will be discussing the chapter entitled Solidarity, of On Freedom, by Timothy Snyder.
Grassroots Alexandria Reading Group
When: monthly during the action meeting
Where: (please see action-meeting event listing)
What: We dedicate a short portion of the regular first Thursday action meeting to discussing our reading–specifically the check-in (of course, this is optional and people can check in as they wish). You can comment on what you found interesting about the reading or how you see the reading intersects with our work. We are currently reading On Freedom, by Timothy Snyder. Please see the listing for the next action meeting for details.
Defend Democracy: Spread the word!
Community Voices is a project of Grassroots Alexandria. Our goal is to raise awareness of events and actions that might help us protect our community from the dismantling of public services, public resources, and the rule of law.
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