BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Davis Center for Social Justice - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Davis Center for Social Justice X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.daviscenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Davis Center for Social Justice REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260917T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260917T120000 DTSTAMP:20260709T191913Z CREATED:20260709T181422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T191913Z UID:10000401-1789639200-1789646400@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: A Wider Circle DESCRIPTION:Volunteer at A Wider Circle (9159 Brookville Road in Silver Spring) on the third Thursday of each month\, 10 am – 12 pm with your fellow members – all congregants are invited to join. Lunch is not included in this program but those interested in going to Parkway Deli afterwards are more than welcome! \nIf you have questions\, please contact Jim Jaffe or Ed Cohen. \nRegister URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/a-wider-circle-2/2026-09-17/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T113000 DTSTAMP:20260805T152729Z CREATED:20260729T164915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T152729Z UID:10000414-1789725600-1789731000@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: Food For All Lunch Packing DESCRIPTION:Food For All (FFA) is one of the few programs in Washington\, DC that deliver groceries to homebound individuals citywide.  FFA also distributes bagged lunches to unhoused DC residents each Friday. Join us on Friday\, September 18 to assemble these bagged lunches at Temple Sinai\, alongside your fellow congregants.  We are also looking for volunteers to assist with the grocery shopping beforehand and delivering the lunches that afternoon. You can indicate your availability for these additional activities on the registration form. \nQuestions?  Email Elizabeth Roos \nSpace is limited.  Please REGISTER in advance \n  URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-food-for-all-lunch-packing/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T210000 DTSTAMP:20260820T151201Z CREATED:20260707T193451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T151201Z UID:10000410-1790276400-1790283600@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Don’t Despair\, Prepare: Ensuring Free and Fair Elections DESCRIPTION:With the midterms approaching during an era of heightened political division\, many Americans are understandably worried about threats to free and fair elections. How can we tell what the real dangers are? What steps are needed to ensure that every eligible voter has the opportunity to cast a ballot and make their voice heard? And what changes are needed to ensure the long-term health and stability of American democracy? \nJoin us on Thursday\, September 24\, at 7 pm in person at Temple Sinai\, where we will discuss these and other questions with leading elections experts. \nPanelists include: \n\nDanielle Friedman\, Legal Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative\nAdav Noti\, Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center\nVirginia Kase Solomón\, President and CEO of Common Cause\nModerated by Dan Weiner\, Senior Director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law (and Temple Sinai member)\n\nAdditional panelists to be named soon. \n  \nPlease register in advance URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/dont-despair-prepare-092426/ CATEGORIES:Democracy 250 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260927T063000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260927T093000 DTSTAMP:20260709T191958Z CREATED:20250902T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T191958Z UID:10000392-1790490600-1790501400@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: So Others Might Eat DESCRIPTION:Join other Temple Sinai volunteers in serving breakfast at So Others Might Eat (71 O Street\, NW) on the 4th Sunday of the month from 6:30am – 9:30am – all congregants are invited to join! Please register at least a week in advance. We have a limited number of volunteer slots and they sometimes fill up. *Once signed up\, you will receive instructions for how to register as a volunteer with SOME. \n​If you have questions\, please contact Wendy Kahn at wlkahn44@gmail.com. \nREGISTER URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-so-others-might-eat/2026-09-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260929T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260929T120000 DTSTAMP:20260709T192045Z CREATED:20250924T190555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T192045Z UID:10000407-1790676000-1790683200@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: DC Diaper Bank DESCRIPTION:Volunteer alongside your fellow congregants while repacking and bundling diapers for the DC Diaper Bank’s clients.  You will meet at the DC Diaper Bank warehouse (8860 Monard Drive). \nRegister URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-dc-diaper-bank/2026-09-29/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260820T154910Z CREATED:20260728T180342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T154910Z UID:10000413-1792335600-1792342800@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Antisemitism and Anti-Black Racism: Two Sides of the Same Coin DESCRIPTION:With the midterm elections around the corner\, join us for an afternoon with Eric K. Ward\, a nationally recognized expert on hate-fueled violence\, white nationalism\, and authoritarianism. Drawing on more than thirty years working at the intersection of the Black freedom struggle and the fight against antisemitism\, Ward examines how rising threats against Jewish\, Black\, Muslim\, and other communities are connected—and calls on us to move from anxiety to organized\, coalition-based action to defend our fragile liberal democracy and work towards safety and freedom for all.\nWe will also be hearing from Temple Sinai members who are on the frontlines of this work. \nPlease register in advance.  More information will be available soon. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Eric Ward \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Eric K. Ward is a nationally recognized civil rights leader\, strategist\, and cultural organizer who has spent over three decades on the frontlines of racial justice\, democracy defense\, and resistance to authoritarianism. He serves as Executive Vice President of Race Forward and as a Senior Fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center\, where his work centers the relationship between white nationalism\, antisemitism\, and the struggle for a thriving multiracial democracy. Ward is the only American ever to receive the international Civil Courage Prize and has also been honored with the Peabody–Facebook Futures of Media Award for narrative work that helped shift how the nation understands white nationalist violence. He is co-producer of the documentary White With Fear and appears in acclaimed films including Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations and . He serves on the boards of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy and Auburn Theological Seminary\, and is a founder of States At The Center (STAC)\, CultureGuard\, and Moment Magazine’s Wide River Project. Raised in the punk scene of Southern California and organizing across the Pacific Northwest\, Ward spent years researching and confronting white nationalist movements from the inside\, work that shaped his groundbreaking analysis linking antisemitism and anti-Black racism. He has been quoted in The New Yorker\, New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Washington Post\, ESPN\, CNN\, MSNBC\, Black News Channel\, NPR\, BBC\, Rolling Stone\, and many other media outlets. Wherever he speaks\, Eric K. Ward is known for pairing hard truths with a stubborn belief that belonging\, not fear\, is the foundation of a just society. URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/antisemitism-and-anti-black-racism-eric-ward/ LOCATION:Temple Sinai CATEGORIES:Democracy 250 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261025T063000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261025T093000 DTSTAMP:20260709T191958Z CREATED:20250902T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T191958Z UID:10000393-1792909800-1792920600@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: So Others Might Eat DESCRIPTION:Join other Temple Sinai volunteers in serving breakfast at So Others Might Eat (71 O Street\, NW) on the 4th Sunday of the month from 6:30am – 9:30am – all congregants are invited to join! Please register at least a week in advance. We have a limited number of volunteer slots and they sometimes fill up. *Once signed up\, you will receive instructions for how to register as a volunteer with SOME. \n​If you have questions\, please contact Wendy Kahn at wlkahn44@gmail.com. \nREGISTER URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-so-others-might-eat/2026-10-25/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T180000 DTSTAMP:20260812T185240Z CREATED:20260812T184851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T185240Z UID:10000416-1792933200-1792951200@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Interfaith Council's Annual Unity Walk DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to the 21st annual IFC annual Unity Walk!  The Unity Walk is the largest interfaith public program in the DMV. It brings together over 600 people of all ages for an afternoon of joyful community-building\, experiencing sacred spaces\, and connecting with diverse communities through dialogue\, the arts\, and acts of service. Come by yourself or bring friends and family to celebrate the wonderful diversity that exists in our region. All are welcome!* \nThis year’s walk will take place on Sunday\, October 25th from 1pm-6pm. The Walk will begin at Annunciation Catholic Church (3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW\, Washington\, DC) and end at the Islamic Center of Washington\, DC (2551 Massachusetts Ave NW\, Washington\, DC). \nTickets are $10/$5 (students\, seniors\, and those of limited income). Tickets are $15 at the door. All participants must register. If it is against your religious practice to handle money on Sundays\, you can register for the walk here. For groups of 10 or more\, please email Symi Rom-Rymer (symirr@ifcmw.org) for registration details.  URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/interfaith-councils-annual-unity-walk-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261027T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261027T120000 DTSTAMP:20260709T192045Z CREATED:20250924T190555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T192045Z UID:10000408-1793095200-1793102400@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: DC Diaper Bank DESCRIPTION:Volunteer alongside your fellow congregants while repacking and bundling diapers for the DC Diaper Bank’s clients.  You will meet at the DC Diaper Bank warehouse (8860 Monard Drive). \nRegister URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-dc-diaper-bank/2026-10-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261119T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260820T153323Z CREATED:20260730T164627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T153323Z UID:10000415-1795114800-1795122000@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:WTF: Washington's Totally Fine! Midterms Edition DESCRIPTION:As the country processes the outcome of the midterm elections\, we invite you to come together to learn and engage in thoughtful conversation. \nJoin us as we gather to reflect on the results of the midterm elections and what they may mean for our community\, our country\, and the path ahead. The evening will begin with a panel of Temple Sinai members representing a broad range of perspectives\, offering insights into the election results and discussing their implications for our community and our city. \nPanelists to be named soon. \nThe panel will be followed by pizza\, beer and a chance to keep talking to each other. Join us for an evening of learning\, networking\, and conspiring. \nWhile we hope you can join us in person\, the panel portion of the program can be viewed virtually. Please indicate your preference when you register. \nREGISTER URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/wtf-washingtons-totally-fine-midterms-2026/ CATEGORIES:Democracy 250 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261122T063000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261122T093000 DTSTAMP:20260709T191958Z CREATED:20250902T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T191958Z UID:10000394-1795329000-1795339800@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: So Others Might Eat DESCRIPTION:Join other Temple Sinai volunteers in serving breakfast at So Others Might Eat (71 O Street\, NW) on the 4th Sunday of the month from 6:30am – 9:30am – all congregants are invited to join! Please register at least a week in advance. We have a limited number of volunteer slots and they sometimes fill up. *Once signed up\, you will receive instructions for how to register as a volunteer with SOME. \n​If you have questions\, please contact Wendy Kahn at wlkahn44@gmail.com. \nREGISTER URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-so-others-might-eat/2026-11-22/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261208T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261208T120000 DTSTAMP:20260709T192045Z CREATED:20250924T190555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T192045Z UID:10000409-1796724000-1796731200@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: DC Diaper Bank DESCRIPTION:Volunteer alongside your fellow congregants while repacking and bundling diapers for the DC Diaper Bank’s clients.  You will meet at the DC Diaper Bank warehouse (8860 Monard Drive). \nRegister URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-dc-diaper-bank/2026-12-08/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261227T063000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261227T093000 DTSTAMP:20260709T191958Z CREATED:20250902T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T191958Z UID:10000395-1798353000-1798363800@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Serve with Sinai: So Others Might Eat DESCRIPTION:Join other Temple Sinai volunteers in serving breakfast at So Others Might Eat (71 O Street\, NW) on the 4th Sunday of the month from 6:30am – 9:30am – all congregants are invited to join! Please register at least a week in advance. We have a limited number of volunteer slots and they sometimes fill up. *Once signed up\, you will receive instructions for how to register as a volunteer with SOME. \n​If you have questions\, please contact Wendy Kahn at wlkahn44@gmail.com. \nREGISTER URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/serve-with-sinai-so-others-might-eat/2026-12-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270215 DTSTAMP:20260731T164603Z CREATED:20260709T175420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T164603Z UID:10000411-1802304000-1802649599@www.daviscenter.org SUMMARY:Civil Rights Trip to the South DESCRIPTION:See the full details about the Civil Rights Trip\, including the registration link\, here. URL:https://www.daviscenter.org/event/civil-rights-trip-2027/ CATEGORIES:Democracy 250 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR