Becky's Fund is a DC based organization that works to prevent the causes of domestic and dating violence. They work to empower women of all ages to fight domestic violence and bring awareness to the causes in the DC area. To raise funds for Becky's fund, Citizen Effect is hosting Yoga Challenge this month. Several yoga studios have donated their services to help support this great cause! Visit www.citizeneffect.org/yogachallenge for more information on how to get involved in this month long event.

AIDS Walk Washington

Please join Jospeh's House for the AIDS WALK Washington on Saturday, October 29, 2011. The walk serves to support and raise awarness about the struggles with AIDS/HIV in the Washington area. Joseph's House is a Community Partner with this year's AIDS Walk Washington, which is a 5km fundraising walk. As a community partner, Joseph's House gets to keep 50% of any money their team raises!

To register, go to www.aidswalkwashington.org. When registering, please remember to joing the Joseph's House team. There is a $25 registration fee and you can either walk or do the timed run. The run begins at 8:30am and the walk begins at 9:15am. They start and end at the Freedom Plaza. Please ask your friends and family to donate to your walk/run online.

To learn more about Joseph's House and the amazing work that they do, please visit www.josephshouse.org or follow their blog at http://teamjosephshouse.wordpress.com.

Further Details on "The Other City"

Can be found at....

www.theothercity.com

or

http://lcdp.org/detail/event.cfm?event_id=82

La Clinica Del Pueblo " The Other City" Film Screening!

Greetings!

Please Join La Clinica Del Pueblo for a screening of "The Other City"

About the Film
Introduces us to the people who live in the shadow of the Capitol but remain almost invisible to the lawmakers and lobbyists who live there. It’s about politics and ideology, corruption and bureaucracy, and an epidemic that grew out of control while few people paid any attention or cared.
More details can be found at

Event Details
Date: Tuesday July 12th
Time:6:30 pm reception
7:30 pm film screening
Cost: 15$
Location: Gala Hispanic Theater
3333 14th St. NW
Washington DC 20010

Calling for Nominations for the El Hibri Peace Education Prize

The El Hibri Charitable Foundation awards the El Hibri Peace Education Prize every year to individuals or organizations that work towards promoting peace education and the integration of knowledge and peacebuilding. The prize is a cash award of $15,000 as well as the promotion of the awardees' work. Nominations are being accepted until July 15th. For more information please visit www.elhibriprize.org.