Western’s Anti-Racism Interest Group invites you to participate in a very special program featuring the co-chair and two other members of the D.C. Police Reform Commission.

Reclaim Our Vote and POSTCARDS4VA are teaming up this election year to write postcards to over 460,000 Virginian voters of color who have been deactivated from the Virginia Voter rolls and encourage them to re-register in time for the June primary.

Addresses will be available on MONDAY, MARCH 8, and ALL POSTCARDS MUST BE MAILED BY APRIL 17 TO ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REGISTER BEFORE THE MAY 18 DEADLINE.

Will you participate for this campaign? Sign up on POSTCARDS4VA for addresses and scripts.

Please join us on Thursday, April 8, 7 pm at Café Justo in Mexico for a virtual “Coffee and Conversation” with Pastor Mark Adams, who will introduce the Café’s current art exhibit, “Postcards from the Border” (Nancy Arbuthnot’s poem and watercolor “meditations” created after her participation in the 2018 WPC mission trip to the border). Included in the admission price is a link to the event, a recipe for chicken pozole (to enjoy during the conversation!), and a full-color book of “Postcards from the Border.”

ADVOCACY TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Recently, the Free Inquiry Class learned about the challenges and solutions of the looming eviction crisis. Guest Speaker Sherry Trafford described how Miriam’s Kitchen’s (MK) is working on ending chronic homelessness and advocating for homelessness prevention programs through its The Way Home Campaign.

In addition to calling for the DC government to invest funds to end chronic homelessness for 2,761 individuals and 432 families through the provision of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), the campaign calls for investments in low-income housing and large-scale rent relief.