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Weekly Action Alert

Keep up the fight! Each week, WNDC shares ways for our members and friends to stand up for our rights and values. You don’t have to do everything, but please: Do something!

“We each need to be ‘little points of ignition’ now.” — Sen. Cory Booker

This list of activities and links is culled from generally reliable sources to highlight those we believe are of greatest interest to our members, but WNDC takes responsibility for only those activities we sponsor.

WNDC Get Out the Vote and Policy and Political Action Committee Activities 

  • Winning Wednesday! Wednesday, April 9, 6 – 8 p.m., The Whittemore House. Please join your friends to debrief about last Saturday’s rally and to write postcards to get out the vote in Virginia! Register at: Winning Wednesday. 

  • Sister District’s State Bridges Program: Saturday, April 26, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Join WNDC and the Sister District DC Metro Area in supporting the New Virginia Majority Education Fund (NVM EF), a Sister District State Bridges partner this year. We’ll meet at the bottom of the hill in the grassy area near the southeast corner of the Frederick Douglass Bridge and then take a short walk across the bridge (rain or shine). We will end our walk at All Purpose Pizza, where we will celebrate with pizza and a cash bar. Register for the event or make a donation to support our State Bridges partner!

  • Thank-You Friday Lunch: Friday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., The Whittemore House.  Enjoy lunch with friends and write thank-you notes to Sen. Booker and other persistent leaders for their efforts to combat the administration’s destructive and illegal policies. Register at Thank-You Friday.

Local Protests and Rallies 

  • National Day of Action: Tuesday, April 8, 4 p.m., Upper Senate Park, 200 New Jersey Ave., NW. Workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education and lifesaving research. Learn more and sign up at Kill the Cuts!

  • Peace Day 2025: Saturday, April 12, noon – 4 p.m., Malcolm X Park, 16th & W St., NW. Mutual aid groups from all eight wards will come together for mutual support, connection, and fellowship. Learn more at FreeDCProject/Peace Day 2025.

  • Rally – Say NO to Tax Breaks for Billionaires & Corporations: Thursday, April 10, noon – 5 p.m., Upper Senate Park, 260 New Jersey Ave., NW. Join tax justice advocates and constituents from across the country for the Federal Fight Back Rally to tell members of Congress to oppose taking away our health care, education, food assistance, childcare, and so much more to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Learn more and register here: Say No to Tax Giveaways to Billionaires.

  • Dance Against DOGE Slumber Party at the GSA: Wednesday, April 9, 6 – 8 p.m., General Services Administration, 1800 F St., NW. The GSA building is where DOGE workers are (illegally) sleeping. Action Network decided to throw them a Slumber Party! Register here: Tesla Takedown Slumber Dance Party.

Lobbying Members of Congress

  • Take 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make Your Voice Heard! 5Calls provides one of the easiest and most effective ways for each of us to make political impact. 5Calls lists over 50 current issues. Click here to connect and call on the five issues you care about. 

    The House is expected to vote on two of these issues this week:  

    • Attacks on the Courts: The No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R. 1526) would bar district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, making the district courts powerless to stop Trump. Make calls here! 
    • Higher Bank Fees: The House (H.J. Res. 59) and Senate (S.J. Res. 18) joint resolution disapproving of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule issued in December 2024 limits bank overdraft fees to $5 (down from the current average of $35). Now, the GOP-sponsored joint resolution seeks to remove all caps on overdraft fees. Make calls here! 

Phone Banks  

  • Stop the Steal! Save Social Security: Every Thursday, 2 – 4  p.m. Join a virtual phone bank sponsored by the Alliance for Retired Americans to save Social Security for millions of seniors. Fight back from the comfort of your home! No experience necessary. Sign up at Alliance for Retired Americans. 

  • Voter Suppression: Stop the SAVE Act: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 8, 10,15, 17, 22, 24 and 29, 6 – 8 p.m. Does the name on your birth certificate match the name on your driver’s license? If not, you may not be able to register to vote. Join Common Cause in mobilizing voters to call their representatives telling them to vote NO on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22/S.128). Learn more here! Register at STOP the SAVE Act. 

Useful Information 

  • From the ACLU – Know Your Protester’s Rights: The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. Take a moment to read this helpful guide from the ACLU so you can be an effective and safe protester! Click HERE!