# Event Details - **Event Name**: DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 12 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 12 Sep, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: General Election to General Strike: the history of the fight for self-determination & Josephine Butler co- founder of DC Statehood PartyAbout this EventJosephine Butler was an active volunteer with the local Democratic Party. However, she was disenchanted with the police violence at the 1968 DNC in Chicago and decided "there was something better I could be doing with my time politically". That was the DC Statehood Party which Butler co-founded in 1971 with Julius Hobson. They not only challenged the community's lack of congressional representation but successfully fought a major highway and an interstate that would have ran through Northeast DC. These plans would have displaced thousands of families in the area.Butler was co-chair of Friends of Meridian Hill, a group dedicated to rehabilitating Malcolm X Park. This was rooted in efforts to create safe, beautiful spaces for community gathering and family and children enjoyment. In 1994, she introduced President Clinton at an Earth Day speech in the park. Clinton later awarded Butler the National Partnership-Leadership Award. The following year, she organized an Earth Day parade of 4,000 people to the US Capitol where she addressed a crowd of 250,000.Josephine Butler died in 1997, but the lessons from her legacy of self-determination still echoes in the face of a rogue, authoritarian regime today.Introductions by Sam PK Collins of the Washington InformerClosing Remarks by Kymone Freeman DC Delegate Candidate of the DC Statehood Party https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/32e6b880-a899-11f1-a4a1-eb59356bc08b-rimg-w592-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/dc-statehood-townhall-dr-c-r-gibbs-lecture-w-freeman4congresscom/100001997053628161 - **Event Categories**: parties, entertainment, parades - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - door_time: 2026-09-12T16:30:00Z - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Busboys and Poets - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: Busboys and Poets - **lat**: 38.9022371 - **long**: -77.0180877 - **full address**: Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street Northwest, Washington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/1f3074b6269bcdb92f8530ccdee01deeeb29deda545da3f4bb978ab2995ccb89-rimg-w1080-h1350-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1786054642 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com being held? - **A:** DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com takes place on Sat, 12 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 12 Sep, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street Northwest, Washington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com? - **A:** DC Statehood Townhall: Dr. C R Gibbs lecture w/ freeman4congress.com is organized by We Act Radio. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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