DC EVENT: RALLY ON THE EMERGENCY DEBT CEILING

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!

MoveOn, Rebuild the Dream, AFSCME, LCCR, AFL-CIO, AFGE, ColorOfChange, Campaign for America's Future and Many Others To Gather At Noon Thursday Across The Street From Cannon House Office Building.

SPEAKING: Congressman Keith Ellison; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; Congresswoman Barbara Lee; Congressman Raul Grijalva; Congresswoman Donna Edwards; Van Jones, Rebuild the Dream; John Gage, AFGE; Tiffany Mellers, MoveOn.org; and Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice.

WHAT: American Dream Movement Rally to Demand Debt Deal that Protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, while Making Millionaires and Corporations Pay their Fair Share

WHERE: Capitol Hill, across the street from the Cannon House Office Building - corner of 1st NE and Independence Ave.

WHEN: Noon, Thursday, July 28th

DC EVENT: African American Civil War Museum Ribbon Cutting

Holmes Norton and others attend ribbon cutting and grand opening Dedication Ceremony, Today, July 18th at 12pm

WASHINGTON, DC –“With much generous support from the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia and hard work by our staff and volunteers, it is finally finished, a great new 5,000 sq. ft. African American Civil War Museum at 1925 VermontAvenue, N.W.”said Dr. Frank Smith, Founder/Director. 2011 ushered in the beginning of a four-year celebration as America remembers the 150thAnniversary of the American Civil War and the 50thAnniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. The 3-Day Celebration, July 16 –18, 2011; the theme is “Civil War to Civil Rights, Pathway to Racial Healing.”

For more than ten years, the African American Civil War Monument and Museum has stood as a testament to the struggle of African Americans and others to rid this nation of the scourge of slavery and racial bias. There is no doubt, America is a much better place for all having shed itself of slavery and a Jim Crow past, now comes closer to living out the meaning of the words „One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All‟.

On July 18, 2011 at 12 noon, the Grand Opening of thisgreat, new and permanent site of the African American Civil War Museum, will join the ranks of educational, historically accurate and interactive museums, with $5 million in exhibitions, touch screensand the best curator in town! The New location at 1925 Vermont Avenue NW is directly across from the African American Civil War Memorial, which highlights the story of the 209,145 African American Soldiers who served during the American Civil War.

The Board of Directors and Staff of the AACWM invite all to attend the Grand Opening Ceremony of the New Museum, to be held Monday, July 18, 2011 beginning with a VIP reception at 12:00 noon. The Opening Ceremony and Awards Program will start at 1pm. Mayor Vincent Gray and Congresswoman Eleanor Norton and other elected officials and dignitaries have been invited.

LOCATION: 1925 VERMONT AVENUE, NW

Lets Talk About Sex 2011

SisterSong's 2011 Let's Talk About Sex National Conference is a celebration of the movement for reproductive health, reproductive rights and reproductive justice. The mission of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective is to secure reproductive rights by amplifying and strengthening the collective voices of Indigenous women and women of color.

This four-day conference will include workshops and plenary sessions on topics such as birth control, senior sexuality, STDs, microbicides, gynecological health and wellness, erotica, militarism, youth sexuality, and more, all through a reproductive justice lens.

Lauren Evette from Posh Politics will be blogging from the conference.

For up to date information, please follow @evettewilliams and the hashtag #ltas2011