As we come to the end of summer, I hope you take time to enjoy some of the many activities going on in our city. Starting with the Ward 7 Day tomorrow (Saturday), and Adams Morgan Day on Sunday, to the many other celebrations in the middle of the month, as we start Hispanic/Latino Heritage month (September 15-October 15). Also, if you have time, please join us for a short rally in support of DACA tomorrow at 11AM (see below for details).
Lastly, SAVE THE DATE for a DC Statehood Lobby Day in Congress on October 12th, I will send you more information later.
I look forward to seeing some of you at some of the events below.
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 7 Day
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2017 @12pm -6:00pm
Location: Washington Parks and People Riverside Center, 5200 Foote St, N.E,
Co-presented by Councilmember Vince Gray, Deputy Mayor Courtney Snowden, and a number of local organizations. This is the Wary 7 Business & Community Festival 2017. Guest Star Ayanna Gregory, DC city services info, children’s activities, fresh produce, family fun, games, and much more.
Contact: 202-440-2339
The Washington Dream Rally & March
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2017 @ 11-12pm
Location: Meet at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Join LULAC in Washington D.C. as we take a stand against the President's inhumane decision to end DACA and put the lives and futures of over 700,000 of our young people at risk.
Adams Morgan Day
Date: Sunday, September 10, 2017 @ 12-6pm
Location: Adams Morgan
Now in its 39th year, Adams Morgan Day is Washington’s longest running neighborhood festival. Adams Morgan Day 2017 will be a family-friendly celebration with music, art and activities for all ages. We welcome residents and visitors alike to meet our neighborhood businesses, artists and service organizations. While there will be free activities and specials all over the neighborhood on September 10, some of our restaurants and businesses have chosen to support the event by offering additional specials for attendees who make a donation.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/1497097833687180
_____________________________________________________________________________
Luna De Fiesta! Party at the Moon
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2017 @ 6:30-8pm
Location: 164 Fleetwood Terrace Silver Spring, MD 20910
Come enjoy delicious food and drinks! Let´s sing, dance, drink and help out Teatro de la Luna while we launch the 2017-2018 Season A New Moon, A New Moon!
Latino Victory Fund Reception
Date: Monday, September 11, 2017 @ 5-7pm
Location: Latino Victory, 700 14th St NW
Mi gente, there is a lot happening in the world right now afflicting our community. As we continue to #resist, it is important that we take some time to take care of each other and ourselves. Come join the Latino Victory Fund familia and Congressional guests for community building and camaraderie as we kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.
Contact: RSVP to info@latinovictory.us
Celebration in Honor of Dolores Huerta
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 2017 @ 7-10pm
Location: IBEW Rooftop - 900 Seventh St, NW
Dolores has been a role model and fighter for many people - Latinos, women, workers, LGBT people, farmworkers, and immigrants. We want to ensure the legacy of Dolores Huerta, one of the most passionate civil rights leaders of our time, will be sustained for the benefit of other aspiring activists. Your donation will help provide for the long-term health of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.
Contact: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-celebration-in-honor-of-dolores-huerta-tickets-36959433661
DC for Democracy: Presentation on Public Education in DC
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 @6:30-9pm
Location: Thurgood Marshall Academy, 2427 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
If you care about public education- and who doesn’t? - be sure to attend DC4D's Education Team's presentation on public education in DC at the September Meetup. See you there, and bring some pencils for the teachers! Panelists: Eboni-Rose Thompson (Chair, Ward 7 Education Council), Laura Fuchs (Washington Teachers Union, H.D. Woodson teacher), Mary Beth Tinker. The program will begin at 7pm.
32nd Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2017 @ 7pm
Location: Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street NW
The Mayor's Arts Awards are the most prestigious honors conferred by the District on individual artists, teachers and nonprofit organizations. At the public awards ceremony in September, three individuals will be recognized as special honorees. Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, co-founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, will receive the Mayor's Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement. Ari Roth, artistic director of Mosaic Theatre Company, will receive the Mayor's Arts Award for Visionary Leadership. Jazz musician and educator Davey Yarborough will receive the Mayor's Arts Award for Distinguished Honor.
Contact: https://dcarts.dc.gov/node/1152055
Dialogue on Diversity: 2017 Entrepreneurship /IT Conference
Date: Friday, September 15, 2017 @ 5-7pm
Location: AT&T Forum, 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
The series of panels on key matters in the realm of entrepreneurship and its growing dependence on the smart use of information technology are combined in the 2017 edition of this program with the STEAM Business Fair, an exposition by numerous organizations mentoring, recruiting, and training young persons in the hard sciences — of the celebrated STEM quartet plus, most recently added, A for Art = STEAM.
Contact: http://www.dialogueondiversity.org
H Street Festival
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 12-7pm
Location: H Street, NE from 4th to 14th
H Street Festival is one of the most anticipated and highly attended single day festivals in Washington D.C. The festival is 11 blocks long and has 14 staging areas that are diversely themed and programmed to target the different segments of audiences. The staging areas feature music of different genres, dance, youth based performances, interactive children’s program, fashion, heritage arts, poetry and many more.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/HStreetFestival/
Ward 5 Day
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 @1-5pm
Location: Langdon Park, 2850 20th St NE
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie invites you to join him for fun for all ages. Games, photo booth, face painting, bingo, cotton candy.
Contact: (202) 724-8028
Ward 8 Democrats Biennial Convention
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 @11-2pm
Location: Taxi Cab Hearing Room- 2235 Shannon Pl SE
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/TheWard8Democrats/
Fiesta DC Parade and Festival 2017
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 @1-5:30pm, Sunday, September 17, 2017 @11-7pm
Location: Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Fiesta DC Latino Festival has been held each year in Washington DC for forty-five years. It is an annual celebration of Latino culture that features a Parade of Nations that displays and preserves the Native Latino cultural dance troupes as well as contemporary local groups from civic organizations, schools, and performers.
Contact: http://fiestadc.org
Dick Gregory’s Celebration of Life
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 3pm
Location: City of Praise Family Ministries, 8501 Jericho City Drive, Landover, MD 20785
The Gregory family thanks everyone for the outpouring of love and support. The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, please consider purchasing copies of Dick Gregory’s newest book “Defining Moments in Black History” for your family or friends to keep the words and passions of Dick Gregory front and center, or, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Dick Gregory Foundation.
DC Democratic Women Annual Fall Membership Reception
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2017 @ 5-6:30pm
Location: John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, 1615 14th St NW
We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Membership Reception, please bring a new member. Dues $50.00 per year
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/761902910682532/
Reception to Launch Eleanor Holmes Norton Legacy Luncheon
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 @ 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 1301 K St NW
The DC Federation of Democratic Women invites you to join us on September 20th at a fundraising reception to announce the launch of the 1st Annual Eleanor Holmes Norton Legacy Luncheon and Scholarship. The event is sponsored by the DC Federation of Democratic Women and will be held at 1301 K St. NW, 10th floor, Reed Smith and A. Scott Bolden are our hosts. Please join us and of course, share this invite with others who may wish to join us as we honor our "Warrior on the Hill" and celebrate her outstanding work on behalf on the residents of the District of Columbia.
Contact: https://dcfederationofdemocraticwomen.ticketleap.com/legacy-scholarship-reception/
Congressional Black Caucus Reception
Date: Thursday, September 21, 2017 @ 5-11pm
Location: The Park at Fourteenth, 920 14th Street, NW
In recognition of the 47th annual legislative conference social architects present congressional black caucus reception. Celebrity guest DJ, full dinner menu, valet parking available, and business attire suggested.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/1451585778236790/
0 comments:
Post a Comment