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Homeless memorial Vigil and marches remember 41 who died on the streets

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/17/2015 - 22:20

On the 17th of December, the 3ed annual Homeless Memorial Vigil began with an event at Luther Place church followed by a march through traffic to Freedom Plaza. At Freedom Plaza activists and homeless residents are sleeping overnight across from Mayor Bowser's offices. This event remembers 41 homeless people who have died on DC streets this year and is demanding an end to the raids ("sweeps") on emcampments and full funding for the Homeward DC housing program

Video from the Dec 17 march in evening rush hour

Video from the Dec 18 casket march

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

The Dec 17 march

Marching to remember 41 homeless who died this year in DC

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Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
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World Uprisings

Gentrifying Congress Heights slumlord gets protest at his Cleveland Park home

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 23:10

Developer Geoff Griffis of City Partners is working with Sanford Capital's Congress Heights redevelopment project that seeks to replace the Congress Heights apartments on Alabama Ave in Anacostia with a "mixed use" project of condos, retail and office space. Since he got control of the buildings, all maintainance has stopped on the buildings in an effort to force tenants to move. On Dec 16, community organizers, tenants of Congress Heights, and their supporters descended on Geoff Griffis' posh Cleveland Park home to object in front of his neighbors to his illegal attempts to prevent tenants from buying the buildings and staying put.

Video highlights of the protest(2min 37 sec)

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods
Gentrifying slumlord gets protesters at his house

Cove Point/gas export Protest shuts Bank of America branch

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 15:25

On the 16th of December, protesters opposing fracked gas export from Dominion's LNG project in Calvert County, MD showed up at the Dupont Circle branch of Bank of America. They were there to deliver a letter to the bank manager and give out fliers outside. Bank of America locked their doors, not only refusing the letter but locking out all their customers, some of whom had paid to park their cars nearby. Bank of America owns 1.4% of Dominion and lent them $4 billion for the Cove Point gas export facility. The Dupont Circle protest was part of a regional day of action against Bank of America's investments in gas export and especially Dominion's dangerous Cove Point facility.

Environment/Food/Health

D.C. Mayor Calls for Warrantless Searches of Ex-Prisoners

Submitted by repost on Tue, 12/15/2015 - 10:54

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The most Democratic city in the country is also the site of some of the harshest and most racialized proposed crime legislation

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

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