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Thursday, May 31, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
A nationally known expert on poverty shows how not having money has been criminalized in the U.S. today and shines a light on lawyers, activists, and policy makers working for a more humane approach
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Batten down the hatches! Call Scotland Yard! We’re at Defcon 3 months away from DC Zinefest and want you to join us in celebrating the end of a long cold winter by listening to and sharing stories of disaster. We know that tragedy plus time can equal comedy, or sometimes just tragedy, so join us for stories that are moving, funny, and somewhere in-between.
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Sunday, May 27, 2018, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us on Sundays from 6:00–7:30 pm for a mindfulness meditation class led by teachers from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)
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Thursday, May 24, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
How are revolting bodies transformed into laboring subjects, and how have revolting bodies
produced themselves as resisting subjects? Join Sheshalatha Reddy, Assistant Professor at
Howard University, for a discussion of her book British Empire and the Literature of Rebellion:
Revolting Bodies, Laboring Subjects (2017), which examines three nineteenth-century colonial
rebellions against the British Empire as imperial capital attempted to find new sources of labor
power and colonized subjects resisted their transformation into sources of capitalist
accumulation.
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Monday, May 21, 2018, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
An opportunity for individuals of any background, religion, culture or belief to meet together in a non-judgemental environment to discuss death and dying - one of our biggest conversational taboos. The much feared subject of death and dying is never easy to discuss, but why not take the opportunity to come, share, learn and discuss in a safe, friendly and relaxed environment.
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Sunday, May 20, 2018, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us on Sundays from 6:00–7:30 pm for a mindfulness meditation class led by teachers from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)
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Thursday, May 17, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Can Our Giving Help Create Justice? How and to whom we give matters, of course, but the impact of our giving is also determined by our intentions and approach. We are challenged in a consumer culture to align our resources with our beliefs and loves. Both this internal alignment and an orientation toward justice giving depend on our spiritual discernment.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Join David Correia and Tyler Wall for an in-depth discussion on the language that we use to talk about policing and police reform in the hopes that understanding the historical context of these terms will help us move beyond the limits of police reform and toward a society free from police violence and free from police entirely.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
The book traces how decades of Western sanctions have affected daily life, and delves into Iran’s tumultuous relationship with the United States and with its neighbors in the region. Most importantly, it highlights the heroic efforts of Iranians to live in a more open, more democratic society free of outside interference.
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Sunday, May 13, 2018, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us on Sundays from 6:00–7:30 pm for a mindfulness meditation class led by teachers from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)
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Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Join us for the Recovery Café Open Mic! All DMV recovery communities, musicians, artists, supporters, families, friends are invited! This event is open to all.
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Saturday, May 12, 2018, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Why, at given historical moments, do rebellions seem to erupt synchronously around the globe? In the new edited collection Spontaneous Combustion, authors draw upon George Katsiaficas' notion of "the eros effect" to make sense of this phenomenon. Through case studies, analytic elaborations, and critical rejoinders, Spontaneous Combustion unearths the erotic dimensions of global revolt.
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Monday, May 7, 2018, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Join Embrace Yoga DC teachers on the first Monday of each month for a free community yoga class!
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Sunday, May 6, 2018, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us on Sundays from 6:00–7:30 pm for a mindfulness meditation class led by teachers from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)
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Thursday, May 3, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
A World to Win follows Marx through childhood and student days, a difficult and sometimes tragic family life, his far-sighted journalism, and his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels. Building on the work of previous biographers, Liedman employs a commanding knowledge of the nineteenth century to create a definitive portrait of Marx and his vast contribution to the way the world understands itself.
