This symposium will allow middle and high school youth the opportunity to analyze the problems affecting their community and acquire the skills needed to develop and organize around solutions. At the end of this summit, participants will have some understanding of their sociocultural identity outside of what’s been prescribed for them by mainstream U.S. society. (more…)

The 70s in DC saw intense gentrification and historic tenant organizing; this panel revisits those efforts in regard to today’s housing.The 1970s was a period of intense gentrification in DC — but the decade was also marked by the most effective and creative tenant organizing in DC’s history to date. This panel brings together two (more…)

What’s going on in Palestine, especially in Gaza and the West Bank? Why did Congress invite Netanyahu to address a joint session of congress?What’s his real goal in coming when even key Israeli officials say he shouldn’t?What does the visit say about US support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza?What’s the global response to the prospect (more…)