Happy New Year 2018!
For more than 20 years, Stand Up! / Free DC members have been
agitating, educating, organizing and mobilizing for DC statehood!
Please help us to start the new year off right!
In 2017, Pursuing DC Statehood in Congress Is Like “Hunting a Bear With a Rock”
But the New Columbia Statehood Commission is trying anyway.
By Rachel Kurzius, WASHINGTONIAN, December 12, 2017
End-of-the-Year Giving
Thank you for thinking of Stand Up! / Free DC as you make your year-end donations!
Honoree Anise Jenkins
Anise Jenkins was an honoree at Patricia McDougall’s “On The Scene” Celebrity Photographer Holiday Brunch on Sunday, December 3, 2017.
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Congratulations to Our Awardees!
Anise Jenkins presented four awards at the 20th Anniversary Celebration.
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday and... GIVING TUESDAY!
MEDIA ADVISORY: Stand Up! / Free DC’s 20th Anniversary Fundraiser
Highlights and Accomplishments Summary: 1997-2007
Since 1997, Stand Up! has waged a sustained and consistent campaign advocating for equal civil and human rights, to which the people of Washington, DC are entitled.
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Celebrating two decades of agitating, educating, organizing and mobilizing for DC statehood!
History
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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mrs. Hanes!
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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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"Free D.C." The Struggle for Civil, Political, and Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
"Free D.C." The Struggle for Civil, Political, and Human Rights in Washington, D.C., 1965-1979
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By Selah Shalom Johnson · 2015
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