The Belmont House

Events

The Belmont House hosts events from time to time including films, speakers, workshops, discussions, and, occasionally, parties.

Upcoming events:

STOP MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL film fest

Come learn about Mountain Top Removal coal mining, and how folks in
Appalachia are taking action to stop it!

**When? Tuesday 13 October at 7PM
**Where? Belmont House in Adams Morgan, 1830 Belmont RD. NW, Washington DC

Find out how you can join DC Rising Tide in fighting MTR and fighting for climate justice right here in DC!

This night of short films about coal, environmental justice, and direct
action is FREE

For more info e-mail dcrisingtide@riseup.net

Past events:

Oaxaca Solidarity Event

Thursday October 8, 2009

Come enjoy a variety of delicious homemade tamales (including mole from Oaxaca!) while learning about CASA's solidarity work in southern Mexico from CASA coordinator Andrea Caraballo, in the US now to raise funds for the collective.

Student Farmworker Alliance Art Show

Saturday, March 29, 2008 (5-10pm)

Art show and potluck to benefit Student Farm Worker Alliance.
Drums, dancing, friends and food.

Girls Rock Benefit

Friday, February 16, 2007
Bands: Drop Electric & Evil Empire
Benefit For:Girls Rock! DC

Movie & Discussion: Legacy of Torture

Friday, February 16, 2007
Speakers: Bob Brown, organizer for the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party (GC), co-director of Pan African Roots and the Kwame Ture Work-Study Institute and Library
Benefit For:The Black Panther 8

Movie & Discussion: Why We Fight

Friday, January 12, 2007
Speakers: Sonia Silbert, organizer with Code Pink and an organizer with Iraq Veterans Against the War.

First Hand Accounts, Photo Showing & Discussion: Oaxaca - Portrait of Rebellion

Saturday, December 16, 2006
Speaker: Barucha Calamity Peller, who has participated in anti-authoritarian collectives in Mexico for the past 4 years, just returned from Oaxaca.
Benefit For: Barucha's travel expenses

Movies & Discussion: Water Justice in Bolivia with Oscar Olivera

Saturday, October 7, 2006
Speakers: Oscar Olivera, a trade union leader from Cochabamba, Bolivia and one of the leaders of the mobilizations that booted Bechtel out of the country in April 2000
Benefit For: The Campaign to kick Suez out of Bloivia