ACLU DC “Stand Up 4 DC” (Video)

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The D.C. Statehood Teach-In and Concert Series – Continues in 2012

For the past four summers, artists and activists have gathered in Washington, D.C. to promote the effort to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. This year, we plan to take that program on the road, with hopes of covering 20 states over the spring, summer and fall.

This Launch — with the brilliant artists we have assembled — will serve as a Prelude to our Tour.…  

Let Washington Speak

One Standard – Of all the principles we hold dear, there is one that rises above them all. None should be treated differently. All are the same. One standard should govern. Yet, any citizen residing in Washington, D.C. is treated differently than citizens throughout the remaining states. A word of caution, — If we accept this status — can be found in the poetry of william Cullen Bryant.…