NEW: DC Statehood Rap Video Contest!
Push for DC statehood reaches European Parliament
By Kalina Newman, The DC Line, September 21, 2018
Visit Us at CBC Table #523
The 55th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Adams v. Clinton
20 Citizens Lawsuit
Stand Up! / Free DC Mourns the Passing of Ron Dellums
News Release
For Immediate Release: July 30, 2018
Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta's PSA for DC Statehood
Dolores Huerta recorded a PSA for DC statehood.
Our DC Statehood Questionnaire
QUESTIONS
- On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being highest), how important do you think DC statehood is and why?
- Name three specific things you have done to improve the achievement of DC statehood?
- If elected, what are three specific things you will do to advance the DC Statehood Movement?
- Would you risk arrest in support of DC statehood? Why or why not?
- Should the DC Statehood Delegation be paid for their work? Why or why not?
- What do you rank as the most important aspect of a lack of DC statehood and why?
a. No voting representation in either House of the United States Congress;
b. Congress’ ability to veto or change our local budget;
c. Congress’ ability to veto or change our local laws;
d. Our inability to appoint or elect our local judges.
Congratulations, Washington Capitals!
Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) congratulates the Washington Capitals on their 2018 Stanley Cup victory!
National Action Network Convention 2018
History
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Pianist Peter Hanes
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Loretta Carter Hanes
In celebration of DC Emancipation Day, we’re taking a closer look at the remarkable life of DC native Loretta Carter Hanes. Hanes spent her life fighting for educational equality and for official recognition of April 16 as Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.
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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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