Current Needs for This Weekend:

• Recruitment! Please recruit people to *show up* to anti-racist, anti-fascist actions and events this weekend. More information below.
• Entertainment! Do you play music? Do you know anyone who plays music? If you have any leads, please e-mail leanne.gale[at]yale.edu.
• Funds! If you’re able, the DC Against Hate Coalition needs $$ to pay for supplies and legal support. You can donate here and here specifically to the BLM DC Organized Resistance fund.

Events This Weekend

• [No Risk] Law 4 Black Lives Legal Observer & Adv. Legal Observer Training, Wednesday, 11 DuPont Circle NW, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 6:30 PM. Want to be a legal observer to help document police treatment of anti-racist and anti-fascist activists on Sunday (and beyond)? Join Law 4 Black Lives for a legal observer training, or an advanced legal observer training if you already have experience. You don’t need to be a lawyer or law student to be a legal observer! Sign up here.
• [No Risk] JUFJ August Action Night: Anti-Semitism and Art Build, 1100 H Street, Suite 630, Thursday, Aug. 9, 6:30-8:30 PM. Join Jews United for Justice to learn about structural anti-Semitism and how it relates to an animates white supremacy and white nationalism. Following the discussion, JUFJ will provide posters, markers, paint, etc. to make posters to use at Aug. 12 actions and beyond. RSVP here.
• [No Risk] Action Camp, St. Stephen’s Church 1525 Newton Street NW, Friday, Aug. 10, 3-9 PM. This is a day long action camp happening on Friday to prepare for actions over the weekend. Phones, bags, etc. will not be permitted: you’ll have to leave them in a designated security area in the church. There will be a quick security process before anyone can enter the training. Please come wearing clothes ready for self-defense (comfortable shoes and clothing!)
• [Low Risk] Still Here, Still Strong Rally, Freedom Plaza, Sunday, Aug. 12, 11 AM. If you’re interested in showing up on Sunday to an action with very little risk of arrest or violence, this is the action for you! The rally will be fully permitted and will include tons of music & art to show the diversity and power of united communities in the face of racist and fascist violence. ​Join the ​Facebook event.
• [Low Risk] Legal Observing, Sunday, Aug. 12. Are you a trained legal observer? If so, NLG is coordinating legal observers to document police treatment of anti-racist & anti-fascist protestors on Sunday.
• [Medium to High Risk] Disruptive Actions, Sunday, Aug. 12. If you’re interested in showing up on Sunday to an action that is more directly disruptive of the white supremacists and Nazis coming to town, follow @shutitdowndc on Twitter.
• [Medium to High Risk] #RiseUpFightBack Black Lives Matter Counter-Protest, 905 16th St. NW, Time TBD. To join a specific Black Lives Matter DC counter protest, keep up with this Facebook Page and #RiseUpFightBack.

Want to continue to show up after this weekend? Join us to show up against white supremacy next weekend, 12pm-3pm: Canvass to Bust Myths about Sex Work.