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Councilmember Bonds introduces DC Statehood Resolution to NCSL
Written by Andrea MillerCouncilmember Anita Bonds Introduces a DC Statehood Resolution to the National Conference olf State Legislators being held August 3 -8, 2015 -- Cosponsors include CMs Vincent Orange, Kenyan McDuffie and Charles Allen
CM V. Orange - Statehood or Else Proposed Resolution
Written by Anise Jenkins | FreeDC.orgD.C. Councilmember Vincent Orange has proposed a resolution to garner support from the anticipated millions of visitors to D.C. from around the country during the October 10th, 2015 for the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March - "Justice or Else" Movement. The proposed Sense of the Council Resolution will read in part:
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Written by Daniel Kreps | Rolling StoneDC Statehood Activists Raise A Liberty Pole, Set Up Camp In Front Of The Capitol (UPDATE)
Written by Rachel Sadon | DCistUpdate: The National Park Service has granted the activists a permit to keep the liberty pole on the Mall through 6 p.m. on April 20. "This ensures that while they are exercising their First Amendment rights, they are doing so in accordance with the requirements for public gatherings within National Mall and Memorial Parks," wrote NPS spokesperson Mike Litterst in an email.
First Subway Ads for DC Statehood Now Appear in Five Metrorail Stations
Written by Anise Jenkins and Bill MoseleyDuring March, passengers using five Metrorail stations will be greeted by standing ads that draw a link between the D.C. Statehood and civil rights movements. The ads were created by the Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition (Free DC).
Norton’s Record 93 Original Cosponsors for DC Statehood Bill in the First Weeks of Congress Keeps House Statehood Base Solid
Written by Office of Rep. Eleanor Holmes NortonThe office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reports that the District of Columbia statehood bill’s 93 original cosponsors, a record number of Members who cosponsored the bill before its introduction, ranks in the top 1% of the 662 bills introduced thus far in the 114th Congress.
DC Statehood Activists Looking Toward GOP Congress
Written by Hannah Hess and Bridget Bowman | Roll CallWhy DC Must Be Free
Written by Avis Jones-DeWeever, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women, The Huffington Post-DCIt's easy to take unearned rights for granted. Most go about their daily lives without an inkling of a thought as to how fortunate we are to live at a time in which many of the hardest battles for justice have been bravely fought and largely won. Though vestiges of struggle continue, the big battles, those which shaped how the basic principles upon which we define what freedom, justice and equality would look like in this nation, have long since been resolved. And while the actualization of these ideals remain imperfect, at least most would agree with the assertion that freedom, democracy, and liberty are but the minimal privileges citizenship in this nation should bestow.
DC Council Looks to Streamline Statehood Efforts
Written by Hannan Hess | Roll CallIn the four decades since Home Rule, elected officials in the District of Columbia have created four different commissions aimed at making the city the 51st state. Looking at the current condition of those panels, it might be obvious why the flag only has 50 stars.
Norton Statehood Testimony Says DC is the Equal of the States
Written by Jon Amar, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeWASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her written testimony for tomorrow’s Senate District of Columbia statehood hearing at 3:00 p.m. in room 342 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. In her testimony, Norton thanked Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for holding a hearing that she said is the “most important vehicle afforded by Congress…that the matter constitutes a serious national concern that should move to passage.” She said that D.C. local officials and residents accept their “reciprocal responsibility for all of us who live in the District to continue to build support for the bill.”
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DC Democracy and Statehood Timeline
Written by Anise Jenkins | FreeDC.orgThe fight for equality for the residents of Washington DC started in the very early 1800's when the Organic Act of 1801 established the U.S. Capital to include the cities of Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington. Having only just recently fought the Revolutionary War to attain their freedoms from the Crown along with the rest of the citizens of the United States, the residents of these cities found themselves stripped of their own home rule and full representation in Congress! It didn't have to be that way.
Norton Says First Senate Hearing in Twenty Years Takes DC Statehood to a New Level
Written by Jon Amar | Comm Director for Congresswoman Eleanor NortonCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that Senator Thomas Carper’s (D-DE) announcement of the first District of Columbia statehood hearing in more than two decades highlights “a season of unusual progress for D.C. statehood.” Senator Carper, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is one of the cosponsors of the Senate companion bill to Norton’s D.C. statehood bill, the New Columbia Admission Act.
National Democratic Group Joins Fight for DC Statehood
Written by Valencia Mohammed | AFROProgressive Democrats of America showed its support for D.C. statehood by including the issue in its August 2014 letter drop-off campaign to senators and congressional leaders. Since 2004, Progressive Democrats in America (PDA) has strengthened the voice of progressive ideas inside and outside the Democratic Party by using grassroots models such as this.
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Obituary - Lillian J. Huff
Lillian J. Huff (Age 87) peacefully transitioned from this life on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was a community activist and leader throughout the city especially in the Lamond Riggs Civic Association, political activist on the DC Statehood Committee and a leader in the DC Federation of Democratic Women's Organization.
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"Statehood is Far More Difficult" The Struggle for D.C. Self-Determination, 1980-2017
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Remembering Our Fallen Activists of Stand Up / Free DC
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Activists challenge and reshape our social and political consciousness.
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Stand Up! / Free DC! awarded grant from Diverse City Fund
The Diverse City Fund works to nurture community leaders and grassroots projects which are acting to transform DC into a more just, vibrant place to live. Through their grantmaking, they identify, support and connect people in communities of color who are engaged in change work. The DCF supports the development of community-level social change by…
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Julius Hobson That One Time the Founder of the DC Statehood Party Threatened to Release ‘Possum-Size’ Rats in Georgetown
Here’s a bit of D.C. history you may not have heard about, courtesy of the WETA blog Boundary Stones. In the 1960s, D.C. had a rat problem, particularly in its poorer neighborhoods.
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Stand Up / Free DC Mourns the Passing of Rick Malachi
Members of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) are in shock at the sudden passing of one of its youngest, but most committed founding members - DuJuan Ricardo (Rick) Malachi!
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