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DC for Reasonable Development is a network of DC residents and groups who work against modern day colonialism (displacement) at the hands of banks, developers, and unethical government actors.  We are proactive in the struggle to uplift justice and inclusive access across all basic needs (housing, healthcare, food, energy, justice) for working-families and individuals in the District of Columbia.

DC Activist Energy Update

1) PEPCO MERGER: Exelon Not Needed or Wanted in DC–GET INVOLVED TODAY!
Public hearings are to be held this coming Tuesday (11/17) and Wednesday (11/18).  Email to sign up to testify or email your testimony to: Psc-CommissionSecretary@dc.gov
 FMI, see these links:
* http://washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/16188
* http://www.opc-dc.gov/index.php/consumer-topics-a-z/whats-hot

2) ZONING REGULATIONS REWRITE (ZRR)
Public Dissent Rises Against the Unequal Treatment & Lack of Engagement >>   http://www.dcfeedback.com/fit2print/citywide/109

3) MCMILLAN PARK Update
First, DC’s Independent Auditor calls out the bad deal, then so does Councilmember Elissa Silverman >>  http://savemcmillan.org/calendar/


SPECIAL EVENTS & OTHER RESOURCES

4) This Monday, November 16, Protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): The TPP is Fundamentally Against the People. 4:30 pm –MASS ACTION/MARCH for TRADE JUSTICE!  Meet at the Chamber of Commerce 1615 H St., NW for Mass Action/March and Rally to stop the TPP >> http://washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/16183

4) Also Monday, November 16, 2015 for those watching the New Communities program, the Deputy Mayor’s Office for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) will be hosting a meeting regarding *privatizing* the Park Morton housing development >> http://dcnewcommunities.org/?post_type=events&p=1291

5) November 21, 2015, Shapeshifters Book Event & Author Talk with Aimee Meredith Cox, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Potters House in Adams Morgan, FMI >> https://www.facebook.com/events/527806154067858/

6) TAKING ACTION — Every Tuesday at 1:00pm on WPFW,  Empower DC hosts a one-hour radio to talk about critical issues facing DC’s low-income communities of color. Listen to the archives here >> http://tinyurl.com/empower-dc-taking-action

7) Massive Calendar of Progressive Events at the Washington Peace Center Website >>  http://washingtonpeacecenter.org/calendar/month

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Opponents of Pepco-Exelon merger call for ethics investigation of Bowser >> http://tinyurl.com/wapo-exelon-investigation

The process to choose the developer for McMillan was flawed, D.C. auditor says >> http://tinyurl.com/wapo-mcmillan-process-flawed

WAPO Opinions — Why Bowser’s crime bill won’t reduce crime >> http://tinyurl.com/wapo-op-dc-crime-bill-nov-2015

Report: D.C.’s Black Unemployment Rate Is The Highest In Country >> http://dcist.com/2015/11/report_dcs_black_unemployment_rate.php

Hine Partner/SuperPAC Donor Buwa Binitie Travels to China with Bowser >> http://capitolhillcorner.org/2015/11/10/hine-partnersuperpac-donor-buwa-binitie-travels-to-china-with-bowser/

D.C. mayor’s allies reluctantly shut down controversial PAC >> http://tinyurl.com/wapo-freshpac-shutdown

Muriel Bowser vows to ensure D.C. has its fair shot at major economic development deals >> http://tinyurl.com/wbj-bowser-deals

DC Council Votes to Lower the Legal Standard for new Family Shelters: “What’s wrong with us?” >> http://www.legalclinic.org/dc-council-votes-to-lower-the-legal-standard-for-new-family-shelters-whats-wrong-with-us/

You Now Need A $2 Million House To Live Luxuriously In D.C. >> http://dcist.com/2015/11/report_you_need_more_than_1_million.php

38 Percent of DC One-Bedrooms Rent for Above $2,000 >>
http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_third_of_dc_one-bedrooms_rent_for_2000_or_more/10515

Regeneration NOT gentrification: being black in gentrified D.C. >> http://blavity.com/regeneration-not-gentrification-being-black-in-gentrified-d-c/

200 000 year old city found in Southern Africa may rewrite history >> http://www.thesouthafrican.com/200-000-year-old-city-found-in-southern-africa-set-to-re-write-history/

China probably doesn’t want you looking at these photos >> http://www.globalpost.com/article/6685724/2015/11/11/these-photos-will-turn-heat-china-paris-climate-change-talks

Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant >>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8565020/Nuclear-fuel-has-melted-through-base-of-Fukushima-plant.html

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DC for Reasonable Development is a network of DC residents and groups who work against modern day colonialism (displacement) at the hands of banks, developers, and unethical government actors.  We are proactive in the struggle to uplift justice and inclusive access across all basic needs (housing, healthcare, food, energy, justice) for working-families and individuals in the District of Columbia.

Facebook >> https://www.facebook.com/dc4reality
Twitter >>  @dc4reality
Web >> www.dc4reason.org
Phone >> 202-810-2768

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