Beltway Area Indymedia

Honk! Honk!
Thursday May 24
Jim Goodnow and the Yellow Rose of Texas Peace Bus
http://www.yellowrosepeacebus.blogspot.com/
will be picking up passengers for a Peace Tour around
Capital Hill on Thursday May 24. Pick up is at Union
Station main entrance at 11:30.
RSVP for a free seat ASAP: 254-652-0089
Troops, Veterans, military families and all friends of
Impeachment and Ending the War in Iraq are highly
encouraged to join the ride. MEGA TV WarZone will be
on board filming and interviewing people. Let's get
the story out even if it has to go to Greece first!

Mary Spencer (the referendum proposer) is asking that everyone willing to help organize this effort (signature gathering for a referendum on the school takeover) meet her for a strategy meeting this Thursday evening, May 24, from 6-7:30pm, at DC ACORN, a few blocks from the Eastern Market Metro, at 739 8th Street SE.

We will need HUNDREDS of volunteers helping, working hard over a very short period -- a true sprint. If you can help, please visit http://LetMeVOTE.org, and/or come to the meeting

FORUM EXAMINES USEFULNESS, IMPEDIMENTS TO SECTION
8 HOUSING VOUCHERS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING

The District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project (EmpowerDC), a community based membership organization, will
hold its regular Affordable Housing Forum, Thursday, May 24, 2007, 6:30 pm at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church located at 19 "Eye" Street, NW, Washington, DC.

The Forum, entitled, "Section 8 Housing Vouchers: Are They Useful? Can They Be Fixed and Preserved?", will address several major issues threatening the effectiveness and future prospect of the federally subsidized housing voucher program.