We are pleased to invite you to the ONE DC 2019 Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, March 23 from 2 to 5 PM. The Annual Membership Meeting is a space for members to guide the vision of ONE DC. The agenda will include:

• Elections for an open seat on the ONE DC Shared Leadership Team
• Overview of our 2018 wins & outcomes and goals for 2019
• Community learning exercises on Shared Leadership
• Financial updates
  
  

About 2019 Shared Leadership Team Elections

Per our by-laws, ONE DC is governed by a Shared Leadership Team (SLT) made up of appointed and elected board members, other designated ONE DC member-leaders, and ONE DC staff. At the 2019 Annual Membership Meeting, we will hold an election for one of two open elected positions. We will hold the election for the other open position in 2020, in order to create staggered terms.

The qualifications for being appointed or elected to the Shared Leadership Team are:

1. Be a resident of the District of Columbia,
2. Be at least 18 years of age,
3. Be a ONE DC member for at least 6 months and current in the payment of membership dues,
4. Complete ONE DC leadership and capacity training, and
5. Demonstrate commitment to ONE DC’s values, work and mission as demonstrated through an interview process with the Shared Leadership Team.

Click here for more information about the roles and responsibilities of being on the ONE DC Shared Leadership Team. You can nominate yourself or another person by sending an email to organizer@onedconline.org and we will take nominations from the floor on March 23rd. If you are interested in learning more, please contact SLT member Nicole Newman at nicole.a.newmn@gmail.com or call 202-232-2915.

The ONE DC Annual Membership Meeting is open to the public and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. However, only members whose names appear on the membership list will be eligible to vote in the election and on other matters put before the members for a vote. If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact Claire at ccook@onedconline.org or 202-232-2915.

2019 Call to Membership

Membership dues are used to build a people's movement funded by the people. They are used to fund membership activities & the ongoing campaigns & projects of ONE DC. Our goal for 2018 is for 250 people to pay their membership dues this year and bring our total membership up to 500!
Click here to pay your dues for 2019.

If you would like to join the planning committee or help with phone banking, outreach, or other volunteer roles for the Annual Meeting, please email organizer@onedconline.org.

Location Information

The Annual Membership Meeting will take place at the ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center, located at 2500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE. The BWWC is located 1 block from the Anacostia Metro Station and accessible by several bus routes. There is street parking located nearby. There is parking at your own risk located in the vacant lot adjacent to the BWWC.

ONE DC practices our shared leadership model by self-management by committee. Admin & Organizational Management is one of three committees that make up ONE DC's work (others are Resource Development; Organizing & Member Development). We are actively recruiting ONE DC members to join the Admin committee to support the following:

• Annual report design
• Writing for website, email blasts, and monthly enewsletter
• Website design & maintenance
• Social media strategy & posting
• Maintaining member & donor database
• Planning membership events & member development
• and more!

Admin Committee meets monthly to identify what tasks need to be completed that month, assign tasks to members, & discuss long-term committee strategy. If you are interested in working on or learning about any of the above tasks, please join us for our next meeting!

ONE DC's Learning Circle is a space for ONE DC members to come together to learn about the legacy of of progressive action that we are carrying forward. By engaging with text, media, and storytelling, we learn from one another and our predecessors about guiding principles and ideals of racial equity, cooperative economics, and community building.

The Learning Circle is currently reading Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by longtime ONE DC member, Jessica Gordon Nembhard. Copies of Collective Courage are available for sale and borrowing.

No pre-reading is required to attend - all are welcome!

Gatherings of the Learning Circle are the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the Black Workers and Wellness Center. Contact Gabrielle Newell (gnewell14@gmail.com) for more information.

Come out to support ONE DC's work at a fun and lively night at Madam's Organ! $1 from any drink or food item will go toward ONE DC! Listen to live music while helping us create and preserve racial and economic equity in DC.

You can also support by purchasing ONE DC t-shirts, hoodies, and tote bags; enter to win a raffle; and connect with fellow ONE DC members & supporters. Through our People's Platform, we are building a movement of low-income and working class DC residents of color and people who share our values and vision. We seek to organize, educate, fight for and win truly affordable housing, sustaining work, and wellness for all in DC. We envision a DC that is equitable and just place to live for all of its residents. We demand that the District of Columbia become accountable to the needs of its residents, not developers and corporations, and not just the 1%.

The Thursday’s Nonprofits Profit at Madam’s Organ fundraiser program began in 2005 as a way for Madam’s Organ to help local nonprofits raise money and awareness for their causes.

ONE DC practices our shared leadership model by self-management by committee. Admin & Organizational Management is one of three committees that make up ONE DC's work (others are Resource Development; Organizing & Member Development). We are actively recruiting ONE DC members to join the Admin committee to support the following:

• Annual report design
• Writing for website, email blasts, and monthly enewsletter
• Website design & maintenance
• Social media strategy & posting
• Maintaining member & donor database
• Planning membership events & member development
• and more!

Admin Committee meets monthly to identify what tasks need to be completed that month, assign tasks to members, & discuss long-term committee strategy. If you are interested in working on or learning about any of the above tasks, please join us for our next meeting!

ONE DC's Learning Circle is a space for ONE DC members to come together to learn about the legacy of of progressive action that we are carrying forward. By engaging with text, media, and storytelling, we learn from one another and our predecessors about guiding principles and ideals of racial equity, cooperative economics, and community building.

The Learning Circle is currently reading Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by longtime ONE DC member, Jessica Gordon Nembhard. Copies of Collective Courage are available for sale and borrowing.

No pre-reading is required to attend - all are welcome!

Gatherings of the Learning Circle are the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the Black Workers and Wellness Center. Contact Gabrielle Newell (gnewell14@gmail.com) for more information.

ONE DC practices our shared leadership model by self-management by committee. Admin & Organizational Management is one of three committees that make up ONE DC's work (others are Resource Development; Organizing & Member Development). We are actively recruiting ONE DC members to join the Admin committee to support the following:

• Annual report design
• Writing for website, email blasts, and monthly enewsletter
• Website design & maintenance
• Social media strategy & posting
• Maintaining member & donor database
• Planning membership events & member development
• and more!

Admin Committee meets monthly to identify what tasks need to be completed that month, assign tasks to members, & discuss long-term committee strategy. If you are interested in working on or learning about any of the above tasks, please join us for our next meeting!

ONE DC's Learning Circle is a space for ONE DC members to come together to learn about the legacy of of progressive action that we are carrying forward. By engaging with text, media, and storytelling, we learn from one another and our predecessors about guiding principles and ideals of racial equity, cooperative economics, and community building.

The Learning Circle is currently reading Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by longtime ONE DC member, Jessica Gordon Nembhard. Copies of Collective Courage are available for sale and borrowing.

No pre-reading is required to attend - all are welcome!

Gatherings of the Learning Circle are the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the Black Workers and Wellness Center. Contact Gabrielle Newell (gnewell14@gmail.com) for more information.

Come out to support ONE DC's work at a fun and lively night at Madam's Organ! $1 from any drink or food item will go toward ONE DC! Listen to live music while helping us create and preserve racial and economic equity in DC.

You can also support by purchasing ONE DC t-shirts, hoodies, and tote bags; enter to win a raffle; and connect with fellow ONE DC members & supporters. Through our People's Platform, we are building a movement of low-income and working class DC residents of color and people who share our values and vision. We seek to organize, educate, fight for and win truly affordable housing, sustaining work, and wellness for all in DC. We envision a DC that is equitable and just place to live for all of its residents. We demand that the District of Columbia become accountable to the needs of its residents, not developers and corporations, and not just the 1%.

The Thursday’s Nonprofits Profit at Madam’s Organ fundraiser program began in 2005 as a way for Madam’s Organ to help local nonprofits raise money and awareness for their causes.

ONE DC practices our shared leadership model by self-management by committee. Admin & Organizational Management is one of three committees that make up ONE DC's work (others are Resource Development; Organizing & Member Development). We are actively recruiting ONE DC members to join the Admin committee to support the following:

• Annual report design
• Writing for website, email blasts, and monthly enewsletter
• Website design & maintenance
• Social media strategy & posting
• Maintaining member & donor database
• Planning membership events & member development
• and more!

Admin Committee meets monthly to identify what tasks need to be completed that month, assign tasks to members, & discuss long-term committee strategy. If you are interested in working on or learning about any of the above tasks, please join us for our next meeting!