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Intro to Anti-Racism
We’re hosting an antiracism training designed specifically for nonprofit staff and leadership who are ready to move beyond statements and into daily practice. This training will focus on:
Naming how white supremacy culture shows up in nonprofit work
Practical tools for equitable decision-making and organizational change
Strategies for supporting Black, Indigenous, and other staff of color in real, tangible ways
Whether you’re an ED, manager or staff member, this space is for you.
2026 Black Swan Academy Town Hall
On April 15, ARDC will co-host a Youth Town Hall to center the voices, experiences, and leadership of young people across DC. We know youth are already leading—and this is a space for them to speak directly to each other, to the community, and to adult decision-makers about what they’re seeing, what they need, and what they’re building.
Youth-Led Mayoral Candidate Forum
DC high schoolers from our organizations will be hosting this forum for the young people of this city to hear from the current mayoral candidates on how they plan to address issues that youth are impacted by if they were to become mayor. We will also have voter registration and information services available provided by League of Women Voters DC, the DC Board of Elections, and Grow Democracy DC to encourage and inform those who are eligible to vote in the upcoming primaries.
We Can Do This Summit
We’re so excited to be working with the Health Equity Fund to put on the We Can Do This: Crafting the Future We Deserve Summit on April 30th. Join community members, advocates, and partners to talk about what real health equity in DC should look like, lift up community-led solutions, and push funders and decision-makers to invest in the conditions that keep our people well.
Building a District that Cares for All
“Building a District that Cares for All” Candidate Forum – Sunday, March 29
Join us Sunday for Building a District that Cares for All: DC Democratic Mayor and At-Large Councilmember Candidate Forum. This forum is a chance to hear directly from the candidates, and for them to hear from you. We’ll be lifting up issues from child care and health care to affordability, worker protections, and support for our neighbors. Candidates will be asked where they stand on key issues, how they plan to govern, and they’ll hear directly from residents and voters about what matters most to us.
Event Details
Date & Time: Sunday, March 29 | Doors open at 2:30 PM; forum from 3:00–5:00 PM📅
Location: Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW📍
Interpretation will be available.
Child care registration has closed.
Nonprofit Candidate Meet & Greet
ARDC is co-hosting a nonpartisan candidate meet and greet with the Coalition for Nonprofit Equity and other partners so nonprofit staff and leaders can talk directly with candidates about what’s at stake for our sector and the communities we serve.
DC Social Justice Transformation Network’s Convening
The DC Bar Foundation is holding the DC Social Justice Transformation Network’s Convening on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, from 12:00–5:00 PM at Convene, 600 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005.
Our History, Our Humanity
On February 21, we’re co-hosting a Black History Month event with Rising Organizers and other partners. Please come out, see great performances, and learn about past and present organizing in DC.
Youth Town Hall
Anti-Racist DC is co-hosting a Youth Town Hall where youth of color ages 11–22 will be in direct conversation with DC leaders about the issues shaping their lives.
When: January 28, 5:00–8:30 pm
Where: Trinity Washington University
Youth will name what they’re experiencing in DC and what needs to change, and city leaders will be there to listen and respond. Please share this widely with youth, caregivers, educators, and youth-serving organizations, and plan to show up in solidarity.
501(c)3s: Make an Impact this Election Season
C3’s & Elections- What’s Possible!
Anti-Racist DC, Rising Organizers, Washington Interfaith Network, Defend DC, and Jews United for Justice are coming together to host a training for our 501(c)(3) ecosystem on how we can show up in this election year with clarity and courage. We’ll dig into what’s compliant, what’s possible, and how we can center our issues and shape the moral narrative of the election rather than letting others define it for us.
We’ll gather on Thursday, February 5, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at The Festival Center (1640 Columbia Rd NW) in Adams Morgan, with breakfast available starting at 9:30 am. You can RSVP for yourself—or someone else from your organization—by filling out this short form.
If your organization wants to:
Understand the rules for 501(c)(3)s in election seasons
Learn concrete ways to lift up racial justice issues and voter education
Coordinate with others instead of going it alone
…this space is for you. We hope to see you and your colleagues there.
Non Profit Convening
We're excited to invite you to our third Nonprofit Racial Justice Strategy Virtual Session on Friday, December 12 at 11am. This session follows up on our last two sessions where we completed a Nonprofit Racial Justice SWOT analysis and reviewed and edited the draft goals for the strategy.
In this third session, we’ll:
Review the SWOT analysis, racial justice pillars and edited goals
Create suggestions and example deliverables for each goal
Make space for honest conversation, questions, and next steps
Whether you joined the earlier sessions or are coming for the first time, your voice and experience are more than welcome.
ARDC Cross-Sector Racial Summit
From powerful panels to community connections, it was a day rooted in justice and collective action.
DC Broccoli City Festival
DC Broccoli City Festival
We hosted a booth at the DC Broccoli City Festival, during which we engaged people in culturally relevant ways to contribute to the vision of an antiracist DC, rally them to the cause, and sign them up for our newsletter and engagement list for future events and our larger body of work.
Mapping Segregation in DC: Racial Covenants in Northwest and Southeast
Learn about a project that began in 2014 to document the former extent of racially restricted housing in DC, along with other historic mechanisms of segregation and racialized displacement. Covenants laid the basis for demographic patterns reinforced by exclusionary zoning, redlining, and unequal investment. They helped make residential segregation the norm. Audience members were invited to sign up to help map covenants in Southeast and Northwest DC, including Ward 3. Led by Historian Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, co-founder of the public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC and a member of Undesign the Redline DC’s Community Advisory Group.
WIN and Anti Racist DC: Envisioning Thriving Communities Today, and Looking Ahead
How is racial and economic displacement shaping the Ward 3 we live in today? What might it look like for Ward 3 to shift that exclusionary trajectory? This panel will explore creating a positive vision of the future for Ward 3–one that will compete with negative narratives and highlight a potential path for creating change. The Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) is a city-wide, multi-racial, multi-faith, nonpartisan citizens’ power organization that represents 45 faith and other institutions from all eight wards of the District, organizing our communities to give voice to the underrepresented. Affordable, healthy, and safe housing has been WIN’s signature issue since its WIN’s founding in 1996. WIN’s Ward 3 team is working to bring more housing opportunities to upper Northwest DC for households earning a wider range of incomes. Anti Racist DC is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to building an antiracist DC. This means a District that actively pursues antiracist policies and practices buttressed and substantiated by antiracist ideas and narratives. Through this pursuit, DC can repair past and ongoing harm and produce and sustain racial and ethnic equity. Anti Racist DC has committed to uprooting anti-Black racism in particular, which has served to oppress both Black and non-Black residents of color. Panel members included Erica Williams, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute; Rev. Ryane Nickens, Founder and Director of the TraRon Center; Alison Dunn-Almaguer, Executive Director, WIN; and Abel Nunez, Executive Director of CARACEN in Washington, DC. Anti Racist DC Organizing Committee Member Kimberly Perry, Executive Director of DC Action, moderated the discussion.
Funder Briefing
Funder Briefing
The purpose of this briefing was to introduce you to our vision and plan for DC to become an anti-racist city, share with you information and updates about the initiative and our accomplishments to date, and how you can partner with us to achieve the vision going forward.
Private Film Screening & Strategy Session
Private Film Screening & Strategy Session
We held a private screening of critically acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker Merawi Gerima’s Netflix film “Residue,” followed by a conversation with Merawi and DC’s top thought leaders to respond to the current moment and reimagine an anti-racist DC that can be sustained. During this exclusive event, participants heard from filmmaker Merawi about how his upbringing in DC shaped his film "Residue" and will share their insights about what it will take to realize this vision of an anti-racist DC.
Cross-Sector Engagement
Cross-Sector Engagement
On Monday, February 6, 2023 members of the organizing committee had the pleasure of a dinner-conversation at RIS hosted by fellow organizing committee member Alex Orfinger (Publisher of the Washington Business Journal), and Richard K. Bynum (Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer for PNC Financial Services Group). They both committed their time to learn about the Anti-Racist DC Vision, the Campaign, and personally invited their colleagues at other large corporations to join them that evening. The ten business leaders in attendance came from large corporations representing healthcare executives, professional business consultants, developers and property management executives, in addition to other financial institutions.
Anti-Racist DC Convening
Anti-Racist DC Convening
Building a Foundation for an Anti-Racist DC with special guests David Lubell of Welcoming International and Elizabeth Reynoso of Living Cities.
Anti-Racist DC Convening
Anti-Racist DC Convening
Advancing Antiracism in Organizations: The good, the bad, and the stuff no one talks about. Guest speaker: Tori O'Neal, Principal, O'Neal Consulting.
Anti-Racist DC Convening
A discussion about how we co-create and achieve the vision, including, as a starting point, shared learning experiences and mapping existing anti-racist and equity initiatives.
Anti-Racist DC Convening
A virtual conversation with a cross-sector panel of leaders from across the country about what anti-racist work looks like in their communities. Guest speakers: Brion Oaks (Chief Equity Officer, City of Austin), Julie Nelson (GARE), Dr. Rashad Jefferson (Mary's Center), Amber Hewitt (Chief Equity Office, DC), Rachel Godsil (Perception Institute), Kellee Coleman (Office of Equity, City of Austin), Lee Anderson (Minnesota Coalition on Racial Equity), and Mayor Muriel Bowser.