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Sept 7 | Right To Stay and Thrive Block Party

Join the Douglass Community Land Trust on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11am- 2pm for the Right to Stay & Thrive Block Party in Anacostia!

Free event! Register here!

About this Event
Join for an afternoon of music -- LIVE DJ -- and FREE food to celebrate the residents of Washington DC!

We'll have a BRIEF PROGRAM to talk about:

- HOW current and future generations of Washingtonians can get to stay in the District 

- Learn about a SOLUTION to the challenges of displacement: the COMMUNITY LAND TRUST model to safeguard spaces that will be affordable

- HEAR from COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS about how we're building a COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT for racial & economic justice in DC!

SPEAKERS INCLUDE 

  • Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

  • Brenda Jones, founder & former Executive Director of Parklands Community Center

  • Ron Moten, Check It Enterprises

  • Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio & Douglass CLT Advisory Committee

  • Ginger Rumph, Douglass Community Land Trust