They want us to celebrate 250 years. We remember what those 250 years have meant: stolen land, the enslavement of Black people, the genocide of Indigenous communities, and an empire sustained by violence. We don't need another 250 years of the same. Join Day 1. day1movement.org ✊🏾

Closing an SYEP site after a traumatic act of violence is the wrong response. TRIGGER Project serves 150+ DC youth through the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Young people are calling on DOES to reverse its decision & keep the site open. Sign the petition: bit.ly/Protect-Trigger

🚨 Applications for our PAID Freedom Summer Fellowship close TONIGHT at 11:59 PM! For Black girls & fems ages 14–17 in the DMV. Apply now: bit.ly/freedomsummer26

Don't forget to vote, DC. When Fannie Lou Hamer attempted to register to vote, she was fired, evicted, jailed, and brutally beaten. Voting rights were not handed to us. They were won through struggle & organizing. Honor that legacy by voting #ElectionDay

2/ According to attorneys for Deon Kay's family, the DC Attorney General's Office told the judge: "We see this case as nuisance value." Deon Kay's life was not a nuisance. His family's pursuit of justice is not a nuisance. #RespectTheVerdict

1/ We're outside the DC Attorney General's Office demanding that Brian Schwalb drop the appeal in the Deon Kay case and respect the verdict reached by both a jury and a judge. #RespectTheVerdict

Tonight we’re gathering at Harriet’s House for the @freedcproject.bsky.social Chocolate City Campaign Orientation. Join us for political education, strategy, and community conversation as we organize for a Free DC. May 28th @ 6:30PM Bit.ly/freedc_cc

A jury found MPD Officer Alexander Alvarez responsible for killing Deon Kay. A judge upheld the verdict. Brian Schwalb’s office is appealing the case using taxpayer dollars while interest on the judgment grows. Tell Schwalb: withdraw the appeal: bit.ly/RespectTheVe...

Black families are routinely harmed by policing, prosecution, and pretrial punishment. Jury service is one of the few places ordinary people can directly interrupt that harm. Join us for our Juror Information Project teach-in. Monday, May 11 @ 6:30 PM Sign up: bit.ly/JURORPROJECT

Black working-class communities have been at the forefront of countless labor struggles. Today we're holding the line by gathering together and continuing their fight to build working class power. #MAYDAY

The labor of Black people has long been used & abused by the wealthy, from centuries of slavery to corporations today still doing everything they can to compensate us as little as possible for our work. Join us today as we say no more: NO WORK. NO. SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. bit.ly/MAYDAY-CC

We're 2 days out from May Day. This system depends on our labor. So, we're taking it back. Join the Chocolate City contingent. NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. bit.ly/MAYDAY-CC

Juneteenth on the porch. Pull up to Harriet’s House for an evening performance by Freedom Futures Collective + reflection and community. Light food and beverages provided. RSVP: bit.ly/HWD-JUN19

We're at the Council hearing awaiting the Juvenile Curfew vote. Less than 30 minutes left in the hearing & Phil Mendelson suggests postponing the curfew vote. Anita Bonds: no more delays. Stay until midnight if needed. This issue matters to the community. Take it seriously. #JuvenileCurfewZones

80% of incarcerated women are parents. Let’s reunite these Black mamas and caregivers with their families so they can return home in time for #MothersDay. Help us raise $500K to #FreeBlackMamas! bit.ly/FREEBLACKMAMAS2026

We've officially launched the 2026 Free Black Mamas campaign. We’re raising $30K to bring mamas back to their children + community. Tap in. Give what you can. bit.ly/FREEBLACKMAMAS2026

1 day. We’re opening Harriet’s House. Our new home. A space to gather, train, heal and just be. Pull up: music. food. dancing. community. RSVP for the address: bit.ly/HWD5YEARS

3 days. we’re opening the doors. celebrate 5 years of harriet’s wildest dreams + the launch of harriet’s house. pull up. bring somebody. bit.ly/HWD5YEARS april 11 | 5–9pm rsvp for address

Update: The vote didn’t move forward. Councilmember Brooke Pinto’s youth curfew proposal was tabled 8–5 after Phil Mendelson proposed postponing the vote. The law is still set to sunset on April 15. They did not succeed in making it permanent. This is a temporary win. Now we make sure it ends.

We appreciate you covering this but this is a misrepresentation of the conversation between HWD & CM Henderson, for whom we have deep respect. What you’re describing as a “heated debate” was a direct conversation about policy. Black women speaking with clarity and conviction is not aggression.

Groups opposed to Trump’s intervention in DC (like @freedcproject.bsky.social @harrietsdreams.bsky.social) are at the Wilson Building rallying support for the veto override (and opposition to youth curfews). The mother of Phillip Brown (the man shot at by HSI) is among the speakers.

A curfew update: Ward 5 CM Zachary Parker says he does NOT think the extension has the votes to pass, so it’ll be pulled from the agenda. Something similar happened last fall and it ultimately passed. Henderson also got into a heated debate with @harrietsdreams.bsky.social on this.

We’re at the DC Council hearing awaiting their vote to override the mayor’s veto and pass the FAAR Act again. And to tell them to vote "NO" on expanding youth curfew

Join us for a Chocolate City Meetup + Ward 8 Meeting this TONIGHT at 7:30PM! Black community members are invited to this space to get to know one another and learn more about organizing with Free DC Sign up here: bit.ly/freedc_cc

Tonight at 6:30PM (virtual) w/ @notechforapartheid.bsky.social and @claudiajonesschool.bsky.social Surveillance has long been used to monitor, criminalize, and control our communities. Join us for a teach-in on how these systems operate and how we can protect ourselves. Join: bit.ly/BLOCKISHOTDC

The Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (Bill 26-614) received a unanimous vote and a show of excitement from FREE DC!

NEWS: D.C. CFO Glen Lee has spoken! In a letter to @mayorbowser.dc.gov and D.C. Council, Lee says that tax-filing season *will continue* and that the council's decoupling bill is the law of the land.

We’re at the Wilson Building awaiting the DC Council vote on the Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting (FAAR) Amendment Act. Introduced by Robert White, this bill would require MPD to document when federal agents are present at arrests, document federal use of force, & release bodycam footage.

Frankie Seabron of @harrietsdreams.bsky.social: “We know that if it was well-off white people being snatched off the street the Council would have a sense of urgency.“

"It's clear who is disposable..." -- Frankie Seabron of @harrietsdreams.bsky.social demanding DC Council legislate to insist all fed agents be identified in MPDC reports. Why did her mic cut out in the midst of her testimony? We still heard her. thank you Frankie and HWD.

AMAZING NEWS. Huge shoutout to the incredible attorneys at ACLU-DC, Amica, NIPNLG, CASA, and WLC litigating this case! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Help us keep this work resourced. Give $20 if you’re able: bit.ly/Giving2HWD

This Giving Tuesday, we need you to hold us up in return. We’ve raised $3,210 of our $15K goal & need your help to substain this work.

Harriet’s Wildest Dreams is a Black-led abolitionist community defense hub in DC. We center Black people most impacted by policing, prosecution, incarceration & state violence. We do this through legal defense, political education, cop watch, crisis response, and community care. 🧵 1/3

Tonight at 7 p.m. we’re hosting an Emergency Youth Curfew Safety Training to share how to keep our youth safe, how to support them during curfew hours, and what to do if you witness police interacting with young people. Register: bit.ly/YOUTHCURFEW

Stand with DC youth. Share this. Contact your councilmember. Full statement and list of partners: bit.ly/KidsB4Cops #FreeDC #WeKeepUsSafe #EndTheCurfew

DC has everything it needs to keep young people safe. We have the resources, the community partners, and the solutions. What is missing is the political courage to choose care instead of control. Our children deserve safety, joy, and a sense of belonging, not curfews and armed soldiers.

We’re demanding real safety rooted in community care: • Remove National Guard & federal agents from youth spaces • Fund late-night rec centers, arts, sports & cultural programs • Community-based crisis response (not police) • Accessible mental health care for youth

“Young people are not failing — the systems meant to support young people are failing.” — Nicole Newman, Critical Exposure

📚 Research from the Campbell Collaboration shows no meaningful decrease in youth crime. Instead, curfews increase police contact, trauma, and surveillance of Black youth. Curfews don’t keep kids safe.

15+ DC organizations including Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, @freedcproject.bsky.social, Black Swan Academy, DC Action & more are calling for: ❌ An end to the extended youth curfew ❌ Removal of the National Guard from youth spaces

Instead of creating safe, well-resourced spaces for youth, DC leaders responded with curfews, soldiers, and fear. Our responsibility is to protect them, not criminalize them.

On Halloween night, when young people should’ve been celebrating, Black teens in DC were chased by the National Guard. Ella Baker taught us: “The children are always ours, every single one of them.” 🧵