I secured some funding last year to revive the Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency. I’m excited to announce that applications are open today until May 11 for young artists (ages 16-24) directly impacted by criminalization, policing, or punishment.
🚨 DC folks 🚨
Stop the Permanent Expansion of the Youth Curfew!!!
INTIMIDATION AND THREATS WITH PEPPER SPRAY
DON'T KEEP ANYONE SAFE!
Call and email your councilmembers today!
13/13
‼️Stop the Permanent Expansion of the Youth Curfew‼️
TOMORROW 🗣️ Tuesday 4/21, DC Council votes on the permanent juvenile curfew. Curfews aren’t prevention; they’re a failure to invest in youth.
Call & email DC council & tell them to vote no! Youth need opportunities, not over-policing.
1/13
Just fixed one small thing.
Claim:
Juvenile curfews are race-neutral.
Fact check:
Enforcement of curfews, or any other laws, has never been neutral. "Federal data shows that for decades, Black minors have been arrested for curfew and loitering charges at two or three times the rate of their white counterparts."
6/13
COLD ALERT ACTIVATED!
It’ll hit possibly freezing temps tonight in DC. There are extra hypothermia shelter beds available!
With someone’s consent, you can call the shelter hotline to have them transported to an open shelter bed — 202-399-7093
Claim:
Expanding the curfew doesn't harm youth, because nobody is getting arrested.
Fact check:
Even without arrest, contact with police while young is linked to emotional distress, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and higher likelihood of future criminal conduct.
5/13
www.instagram.com/p/DW6zGXakfYB/
Very cool, thank you for sharing!!
A zoomed in picture of a wooden sign painted orange with the black outline of a butterfly and the date “16-OCT-2025”, the signed is screwed onto a wooden utility pole.
A zoomed in picture of a wooden sign painted orange with the black outline of a butterfly and the date “26-OCT-2025”, the signed is screwed onto a wooden utility pole.
These have gone up all over our area. A heartbreaking memorial to those people stolen from our community.
Be sure to check out Mayor Bowser's other Kid Zones as well.
Research shows curfews don't work. Anyone who says otherwise is ignoring the data and spinning the illusion of safety for other people who also ignore the data.
A black and white pit bull looks slightly upward expectantly with her mouth open, behind her is a large pink cherry blossom tree
Mala’s been enjoying the spring weather!
Canceled due to weather :( See you next time!
A screenshot from our website showing a product grid with discounted inventory. The first title is " Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era" by JoNina Abron-Ervin. Each book includes the cover, title, and price from the catalog.
It's the final day of our Spring Sale and we've still got tons of great books marked down to $5 or $10! Find a title on your list or discover something new... but don't wait until tomorrow! firestorm.coop/sale.html
Oh hell yeah, we’ll be there! Have a whole list of veggies & herbs we need!
DC: tomorrow is the first day of one of my favorite springtime events - the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild plant sale!
The FMGG grows vegetables year-round, and distributes them to local groups that serve the hungry. The plant sale is their main fundraiser. I’m going to pick up some seedlings
You, too, can order your next book (or bulk order of books!) from Firestorm Coop & support the incredible work they do!
Three short stacks of the same book with blue binding, one rests in front with the cover facing forward, the title is “Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis” edited by Kelly Hayes. The illustrated cover is a deep blue night sky with constellations, in the foreground a person with long hair and their back to facing us wades in a pond filled with lily pads and surrounded by tall trees and flowers.
BOOK MAIL!
Our bulk order of “Read This When Things Fall Apart” from @firestorm.coop arrived just in time for our first tabling event of the spring!
We’ll have these at @peacepark.bsky.social this Sunday 4/19 @ Gazebo Park from 9am-1pm & next Saturday 4/25 @ St Stephen’s from 2-8pm!
Come say hi!
Everytime one of my friends dies because of experiencing extreme poverty & homelessness I will become even meaner to the government.
They are all a direct result of being targeted & harmed by people who shouldn’t have had the power to do so.
i am once again homeless and dependent (as far as a place to sleep) on a man
If ICE agents were prosecuted for every extrajudicial threat, assault, and murder, the courts would be flooded for years.
But let's not let this single arrest warrant rehabilitate a "justice" system that chiefly serves to terrorize, abduct, and imprison people.
The solution is to abolish ICE.
The Black Zine Fair is seeking VOLUNTEERS for May 9. There are many roles and we need many hands. You can sign up here. Anyone can volunteer provided you are reliable and have a good sense of humor :) - forms.gle/tL5z2fm1rtVY...
A federal judge again halted ICE’s Maryland warehouse conversion, requiring a full environmental review — a process officials said could take years. Court filings show the agency approved its initial review in a single day, then purchased the property the next.
A image of a 2026 schedule for Peace Park. April 19th is circled. The flyer also says the event is from 9am to 1pm and is located at the Gazebo Park, 7035 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912.
We will be at Peace Park this Sunday in Takoma Park from 9am-1pm.
We will have zines, stickers, & homemade art available for donations.
There will be a bunch of other cool orgs and vendors there as well!
Gazebo Park, 7035 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park.
Come say hi!
And if our economy can be good while people LIVE OUTSIDE we need a new economy
Many, many brave people are fighting to stop this, and also—our collective failure to stop it from getting this far will haunt us for the rest of our lives.
we the unhoused is nominated for a webby again this year, and would love your vote! Theo has created such an incredible space for unhoused voices and the mutual aid landscape of LA, and every vote helps us keep the show going ❤️
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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Screenshot of a chatbot for Brooke Pinto’s campaign page, with a pink cherry blossom at the top and “good evening, I’m blossom!”In a text box below I’ve typed “is Brooke Pinto a Republican?” and below that is a scroll bar of suggested questions to ask.
Trying to engage in local politics, but Brooke’s AI chatbot won’t accept my question 😔