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Educate Congress and Get Co-Sponsors for H.R. 265
D.C. statehood supporters were actively seeking co-sponsors for H.R. 265, the New Columbia Admission Act on D.C. Emancipation Day (April 16, 2012). What better time to demand freedom and the right to self-government for all D.C. residents!
If you would like to help educate Congress about the need for D.C. statehood, please email us at
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. We are contacting members about co-sponsoring H.R. 265, the New Columbia Admission Act, that D.C.'s Delegate, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, introduced last January. So far there are 26 co-sponsors: Representatives Sam Farr (D-CA), Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Dennis J. Kucinch (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bob Filner (D-CA), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Michael M. Honda (D-CA), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), and Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS). A number of other Congress people have expressed interest in co-sponsoring the bill. If you would like to help in this effort, email us at
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Help Launch the D.C. Statehood Teach In and Concert Tour May 17
On Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Washington Court Hotel, join statehood activists at a fundraiser for D.C. statehood for an evening with Leonard, Coleman and Blunt, who will perform the official D.C. Statehood Song, "Stand Up for D.C.", that they premiered January 7, 2012. They will be joined by Ayanna Gregory and the Porch Pickers Brigade. The Washington Court Hotel is located at 525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door. Tickets can be ordered online at jblwl.eventbrite.com.
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July 4th Palisades Parade
D.C. Statehood - Yes We Can! is recruiting volunteers to help organizea statehood contingent to march in the July 4, 2012 Palisades Parade. Please contact
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if you would like to help. Lineup for the parade starts at 10 a.m. on Whitehaven Parkway and the [arade begins at 11 a.m. It is followed by a free picnic at the Palisades Recreation Center with live music, moon bounces and pony rides.
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