Local Nonprofit Bulletin
09.05.22 (Labor Day Edition)
Happy Labor Day! We hope you’re having a restful and rejuvenating weekend.
Check out some upcoming ways to learn more about, support, and get involved with our nonprofit partners!
What’s Happening these next four weeks?
September 7, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM | Swing by the Council for Court Excellence’s Open House to sign “thank you” cards for D.C. jurors, participate in their 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, grab their community guides, and more. RSVP by email
September 8, 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Hear about the many art forms that come together in the IN Series’ “The Nightsong of Orpheus” at their Director’s Salon, “Now I Know About Noh”
September 10 | Craft Japanese paper lanterns with Art Enables from 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM or 1:00 – 3:30 PM, then stay for their opening reception for “Outside Forces” from 4:00 – 7:00 PM
September 13 | Learn about Safe Streets for All: A Safe System Approach at the 2022 Washington Region Vision Zero Summit with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, including a post-summit meetup at Buena Vida Gastrolounge from 7:00 – 9:00 PM
September 14, 7:00 – 8:30 PM | Join the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and acclaimed authors for a conversation about representations of reproductive choice in their work
September 14, 8:00 – 9:30 PM | Get a refresher on what the DC Council does and how it works before they’re back in session with Jews United for Justice’s DC Politics Crash Course 101: DC Government
September 15, 5:00 – 6:00 PM | Hear from guest speaker Taylar Nuevelle, Executive Director of Who Speaks for Me?, at the next Guaranteed Income Coalition meeting
September 15, 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM | Catch in-person screenings of “Boy Culture: The Series,” presented by Reel Affirmations XTRA
September 17, 12:00 – 6:00 PM | Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the Potomac Riverkeeper Network’s RioPalooza, a free and family-friendly fun day
September 21, 7:00 PM | Honor trafficking survivors and the community that stands with them at The Human Trafficking Legal Center’s 2022 On My Side Awards
September 23 – 24 | Art All Night! District Bridges will be organizing Mount Pleasant’s first Art All Night on September 23 from 5:00 – 10:00 PM, as well as U Street’s Art All Night the next day on September 24 from 6:00 – 11:00 PM
September 24 – 25 | Don’t miss CapitalBop’s NEXTfest ’22, a free music and arts festival at Malcolm X Park, with a focus on D.C. statehood this year
September 29, 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Join the DC Justice Lab’s inaugural Movement Mixer at the Ivy City Smokehouse during the Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference
October 6, 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Join Senior Services of Alexandria’s Oktoberfest at the Port City Brewing Company for an evening of award-winning brews, traditional German foods, and music while helping support their programs that help older adults continue to live independently
October 8, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Celebrate the end of farm season at Dreaming Out Loud’s fifth annual Fall Festival behind Kelly Miller Middle School
Save the Dates & Fundraisers
September 17, 6:00 – 10:00 PM | C&O Canal Trust’s Park After Dark
September 23, 6:30 PM | 2022 So What Else Outdoor Palooza
September 29, 6:30 – 9:00 PM | New Endeavors by Women’s Moving Out of Homelessness Fall Fundraiser and Auction
October 1, 6:00 PM | Grassroots Health’s 2022 Grassroots Gala
October 5, 5:30 – 7:30 PM | St. Ann’s Center’s Fall Celebration
October 8, 6:00 – 10:00 PM | Potomac Riverkeeper Network’s Party on the Pier Annual Gala
October 12, 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Family & Youth Initiative’s Establishing Roots: A Fundraising Reception
October 19, 6:00 – 9:00 PM | FRESHFARM Feast
October 20, 7:00 – 8:30 PM | Community Reach of Montgomery County’s Resilience, Rebuilding, Rejuvenation: Mansfield Kaseman Health Clinic Virtual Celebration 2022
October 23 – 31 | Homeless Animals Rescue Team’s Pups ‘N Pints 2022 Virtual 5K with a kickoff party on October 23, 12:00 – 5:00 PM, at Dogfish Head Alehouse
October 24 | SafeSpot’s 2022 Champions for Children
October 24, 12:00 PM | Mercy Health Clinic’s 19th Annual Golf Classic
October 28, 6:00 – 9:30 PM | Toast to Hope: a blue tie gala benefitting SCAN of Northern Virginia
November 3 | Network for Victim Recovery of DC’s 11th Annual Benefit: Rise & Reimagine
November 4, 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Community Youth Advance’s 2022 Unleashing Brilliance Gala
November 13, 5:00 – 9:30 PM | The Theatre Lab’s Cabaret Benefit Dinner + Auction
November 14, 7:00 PM | Only Make Believe’s 23rd Annual Gala: Back on Broadway
December 9, 6:00 – 10:00 PM | The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens’ 7th Annual Fundraiser & Awards Celebration
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