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Welcome!
To our first official ONE DC E-newsletter!
ONE DC: Organizing Neighborhood Equity
(formerly Manna CDC) is now a fully independent
organization with a new Board, Advisory Committee
and growing staff body.
We sincerely thank all of our resident leaders,
supporters, and funders for their guidance and
vision. We hope you enjoy this brief update of our
work!
| 2006 Shaw Freedom School on Saturday, June 10 |
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ONE DC will hold its annual community learning
conference this weekend. An all day event, it will
inlcude skills building and consciousness raising
workshops, special speakers, community dialogues, a
celebration dinner, and a performance of 24
Hours by Quique Aviles and Michelle Banks.
Last year, over 100 Shaw and local residents and
activists--African American, Latino, Chinese and
Caucasian--attended the day-long, tri-lingual
Freedom School, making it one of the most
successful leadership development gatherings in the
DC area.
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| Shaw Latino Residents Purchase Their Building |
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On May 31st, the Plymouth 2005 Tenant Association,
National Housing Trust and ONE DC signed the final
purchase contract for the 74-unit apartment building
at 1236 11th Street NW.
Last month, the Tenant Association voted to legally
change the building's name to the Martin Luther King
Jr. Latino Coop. The tenants thank everyone involved
in making this purchase a reality!
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| Kelsey Gardens Tenants' Final Court Hearing |
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The Kelsey Gardens Tenant Association will return to
superior court on Thursday, June 8th at 2 PM to hear
Judge Michael Rankin's final ruling on the legality of
the Tenant Association's claim to exercise its first
right to purchase the building.
For over two years Kelsey Gardens tenants have
been fighting hard to maintain their human right to
housing, despite tremendous pressure brought by the
company wanting to purchase the property. The
upcoming ruling has the potential to affect not just
Kelsey residents, but future tenant purchases
throughout the District. Call the ONE DC office to find
out how you can support the tenants on the 8th.
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| Spring 06: ONE DC Newsletter |
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The Spring '06 issue of our newsletter is now
available!
Following our Popular Education approach, we've
developed a community news-sharing tool that gives
voice to the concerns, realities, and successes of
the community as we organize to fight for just
development and human rights.
Browse our website for an electronic version or
contact us for a hard copy.
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2006 Community Organizing Initiative Finalists |
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ONE DC Trains 15 Progressive
Organizers
ONE DC's efforts to support the growth of community
organizing capacity in the District and region have
culminated in its newest project, the Community
Organizing & Popular Education Initiative.
2006/Year 1 participating organizations and
individuals have been identified and include:
- Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource
Project
- Cesar Chavez PCHS
- Earth Conservation Corps
- Friends & Residents of Arthur
Capper/Carrollsburg
- Greenmount West CDC (Baltimore)
- Helping Inner City Prostitutes Survive (HIPS)
- Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC)
- Near SE/SW Coalition for Community Benefits
- The Servant Leadership School
- Youth Action Research Group (YARG)
- Youth Education Alliance (YEA)
ONE DC will provide participants with a weeklong
intensive training, as well as subsequent support and
year-round technical assistance around strategic
action planning that includes: popular education,
mobilization, coalition building, participatory research,
and media advocacy. Additionally, ONE DC is
committed to supporting organizations as they
develop their internal capacity to build organizing
initiatives.
This is one of several training and technical
asssistance projects that we are undertaking in 2006.
We thank supporting foundations, organizations
and leaders for making this exciting project a
reality.
Find out more....
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