I hope you are all getting ready for warmer weather, how warmer? Who knows, with climate change not being a priority in the Trump administration is hard to tell how hot it will get from now on. The only priorities of the Trump administration are creating chaos, attacking the immigrant community, and putting money in billionaires’ pockets.
I applaud the Democrat’s position to filibuster the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, and any Supreme Court Justice nomination, until we have a full investigation on the Trump Campaign’s involvement with Russia.
For now, I hope you take a break from the many things you have going on, and attend some of these events. Please take special note of the DC Statehood event this Friday, March 31st, and the DC Emancipation Parade on April 8th.
Thank you.
Franklin Garcia
US Representative (Shadow) for the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, C-09
Washington DC 20004
202-727-9110 (Office)
Public Events Bulletin
Ward 3 Democratic Committee Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 @ 7:30pm
Location: Forest Hills Home at 4901 Connecticut Avenue, NW
The meeting will be a Community Dialogue about resistance efforts to the Trump agenda. We will also have updates from our Task Force Chairs.
Panelists include: Monica Hopkins-Maxwell, ED of the ACLU of DC, Bo Shuff, Director of Advocacy at DC Vote, Tiffany Farchione- Lead local Organizer of the Women's March, Jennifer Jennings- Indivisible
Contact: http://ward3democrats.com
2017 State of the District Address
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 @ 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: University of the District of Columbia @ Theater of the Arts, Connecticut Ave & Windom Place NW
The Mayor will highlight the District’s upcoming priorities, the progress the city has made over the past year and discusses her vision for the District’s future.
Contact: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-state-of-the-district-address-tickets-326575877244
2017 Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program Career Fair
Date: Friday, March 31, 2017@ 9am-3 pm
Location: Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, SW
The Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (MBSYEP) is a locally funded initiative sponsored by the Department of Employment Services (DOES) that provides District youth ages 14 to 24 with enriching and constructive summer work experiences through subsidized placements in the private and government sectors.
Contact: https://does.dc.gov/service/mayor-marion-s-barry-summer-youth-employment-program
My First Lobby Day –DC Statehood
Date: Friday, March 31 @ 3pm-5pm
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Constitution Avenue and 2nd St, NE
Join us for "My First Lobby Day" organized for DC kids. We don't have our own Senators - not fair - so we will visit key Senators and those of friends & family. The kids will share messages that are important to them along with our message that kids want their own Senators someday soon. March 31st is a DCPS holiday, we will meet up at 3pm (2:30pm for group leaders) at the Hart Senate Office Building on 2nd St SE. Nearest Metro stations are Union Station (Red line, 0.3 miles) and Capitol South (Orange/Blue/Silver lines, 0.6 miles).
Please RSVP with this short survey to help us plan: https://goo.gl/forms/Yw7Rv58zYCHWqGur1.
Co-sponsored by: Resist and Rise (a Capitol Hill community action group) and DC Vote
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/1587942761233746/
People Power Action Meeting- Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights/Adams Morgan
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2017@ 4pm
Location: The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW
Follow up People Power Action Meeting for the group that first met at Sun's Cinema (plus any new faces!). We will discuss coordination efforts for the Freedom Cities initiative and new action items. Hope you can join!
Contact: https://go.peoplepower.org/event/action/3427?source=map
1st NAACP DC Youth Council Meeting
Date: Sunday, April 2, 2017 @ 2pm-3pm
Location: Dorothy I. Height Library, 3935 Benning Road, NE
The NAACP DC Youth Council is comprised of youth members between the ages of 5 and 17. The DC Youth Council plans leadership trainings, community service projects, education programs and direct action mobilizations for youth.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/NAACPDC/
DC Emancipation Day Parade
Date: Saturday, April 8, 2017 @ 12:45pm-2:00pm
Location: Meet at 10th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue.
March with Stand Up for Democracy/Free DC and the DC Statehood Coalition in the Emancipation Day Parade. This parade commemorates the 155th anniversary of the release of over 3,100 enslaved persons held in bondage in the nation’s capital. Bring your statehood swag & signs! The parade sets off at 1pm.
Note that while DC Emancipation Day is April 17th, the parade is a week earlier.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/282560488839394/
15th Annual Poet in Progress Reading Series
Date: Saturday, April 8, 2017 @ 6:30pm-8pm
Location: Folger Shakespeare Library - The Haskell Center - 301 East Capitol Street SE
Dolores Kendrick, DC Poet Laureate, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and The Folger Shakespeare Library presents the evening of readings from original works by Brenda Bunting, Mary Stone Hanley, Carolyn Joyner, André Brenardo Taylor, Surekha Vijh, Bernadine Watson and DC Poet Laureate Dolores Kendrick
Contact: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-poet-in-progress-reading-series-tickets-32625340271
8th Annual Minority Business Expo
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 @7am- 8pm
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW
Hosted by the Greater Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and launched in 2010, the Business Expo has become the region’s prime event to connect minority-owned businesses with potential clients and organizations that support their growth. Join us at our biggest event of the year and connect with the region’s leading minority owned businesses. Last year we brought together 1,880 attendees, 172 exhibitors, and 97 Sponsors and Partners. This year will be even bigger and better!
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/1397033637020207/
DC Latino Caucus PAC Ex-Officio Election
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 @ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: El Tamarindo Restaurant, 1785 Florida Ave NW
The DC Latino Caucus PAC encourages all interested members to run to represent Latino interests before the DC Democratic Party in Washington DC. Make your candidacy known by April 11th 2017 at 5:00 PM EST. Send candidacy statement to information@dclc.org, on subject write “Candidacy Statement.” For full election details, please visit: http://www.dclc.org/calendar/
Contact: information@dclc.org
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