Washington, DC

Sign the Pledge to Stand #UnitedToLove

In preparation for Sunday’s First Amendment activities, Mayor Muriel Bowser announces the District’s public safety plan, which includes the signing of a Mayor’s Order that allows the Bowser Administration to activate the District’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Prior to the announcement, Mayor Bowser hosted a roundtable discussion with community and faith leaders about the upcoming events.

View the full press conference.

Events

Teach-in On White Supremacy: A Regional Town Hall
Friday, August 10, 2018
3 pm to 6 pm
Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb Street, NW
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Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton & Jaime Raskin featuring leading experts in the field from the Anti-Defamation League, the ACLU, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and a special presentation by Reverend William Barber, the President of Repairers of the Breach.

Refreshments will be served throughout the teach-in and vigil. For more information, contact Rep. Raskin’s DC office at (202) 225-5341.

Shabbat of Peace and Candlelight Vigil: Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself
Friday, August 10, 2018
6 pm
Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb Street, NW
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The Interfaith Shabbat service open to all members of the community will embrace the unity of the human family and ask for prayers for peace. We will conclude this service with a special candlelight vigil to honor and remember the lives lost in Charlottesville during the rallies and protests one year ago. Preregistration is requested.

For more information, contact Washington Hebrew Congregation at (202) 362-7100.

Return Again to Shabbat
Friday, August 10, 2018
6 pm
Adas Israel Congregation
2850 Quebec St NW
The lively, soulful service features seasoned musicians and a spiritual, personal excursion into prayer and song. Join as we dance, sing, and discover the deep Shabbat within us all. This service will be a space to gather as the community we see ourselves to be—powerfully diverse—all of us, together. We’ll sing, pray, hear inspiring words of hope and resilience, and then break bread together.

For more information, contact Adas Israel Congregation at (202) 362-4433.

A Mindful Response
Saturday, August 11
7 pm
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Ave, NW
A Mindful Response Vigil will be held to honor and remember the lives lost in Charlottesville during the rallies and protests one year ago.

For more information, contact Western Presbyterian Church at (202) 835-8383.

Safe Haven
Sunday, August 12
8 am- 9 pm
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
1313 New York Avenue, NW
The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, in partnership with Showing Up for Racial Justice, will be open as a safe haven for those in need. Volunteers trained in de-escalation of conflict and in providing basic mental and physical care will be on site.
For more information, contact New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at (202) 393-3700.

United to Love Rally
Sunday, August 12
11 am to 3 pm
Intersection of 4th and 7th Streets, NW
As a prayerful response and call to action, the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church will host the United to Love: Rally for Love, Peace, and Justice in our nation's capital. We invite all individuals, faith communities and organizations across lines of difference to gather as we uplift the human spirit, renouncing all forms of hate and showing that we are #unitedtolove.

For more information, contact the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church at (800) 492-2525 or [email protected].

Prayer Walk
Sunday, August 12
2 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
1964 Independence Avenue, SW
New Baptist Covenant, 19th St Baptist Church and 1st Baptist Church are coming together as covenant partners. For their first joint event they are responding to the “United the Right 2” white supremacist rally. At the King Memorial they will come together, share communion, sing, make statements opposing white supremacy and have a prayer walk.

For more information, contact New Baptist Covenant at (202) 750-8764.