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Expand Your Information Access to Include Sources beyond DWCNV While DWCNV does its best to keep you well-informed, our limited volunteer capacity limits the number of mailings we can send you. Sometimes information pops up between mailings, too. To be sure you do not miss any late-breaking candidate, voter, or political action-oriented information, you may find it useful to sign up to receive email updates from other groups, as well as through our own social media sources. C

Mark your calendar, June 6, National Day of Action! It is the anniversary of D-Day. We will have a bridge brigade that day – exact message and time TBA. Watch for specifics here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/8744. For a list of other events and/or to sign up for updates from the Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC): sign up with Fairfax Democrats. For a list of other events and/or to sign up for updates from the Loudoun County Democrats: https://www.loudoundem

The Joyful Bridge Brigade is a friendly group of like-minded souls protesting the current regime and its heartless and un-American policies. We give voice to our concerns and express our displeasure by posting messages on the overpass, all the while building community and solidarity. Join us on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Saturdays on the Backlick Rd overpass in Springfield to make new friends and stand up for a better future. For more information, including times and directions

Join The Concerned Citizens Against Gun Violence in the Falls Church City 44th Annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival. Who: The Concerned Citizens Against Gun Violence What: Participation in an eight-block walk starting at West Street at 2 pm and finishing on Park Avenue as a crowd of 12,000+ spectators cheer us on. We also host a Gun Violence Prevention booth offering free trigger locks, postcard signing for legislators, and more. When: Monday, May 25, 2026 Where: See th

Volunteers are still needed at the Polls leading up to and on election day for the August 4th Democratic Primaries. Please fill in for a shift or two wherever it is most convenient for you. Sign up here to volunteer at the polls in Fairfax County: https://www.fairfaxvoter.com/volunteer. Apply here to be an election officer in Fairfax County: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/working-polls Sign up here to volunteer at the polls in Loudoun County: https://www.loudounde

(Click on candidate’s name to open link) Senator Mark Warner * For Additional Information on Candidates before the Virginia Primary: Review your Representative’s or Senator’s voting records on civil rights issues using this link: civilrights.org/voting-record/. Open the link, click on the 2023-2024 Congressional record, and scroll to page 25 of the document to review each individual’s voting record ranking. Use this link if you would like to review congressional-scorecard/mem

Northern Virginia House Districts are listed in BLUE. CD 1 (NoVA): Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs https://www.elizabethforvirginia.com/ Salaam Bhatti https://salaamforva.com/ Tim Cywinski https://www.votetimva.com/ Jason Knapp https://jasonknappforcongress.com/ Ericka Kopp https://erickakopp.com/ James Shea https://www.sheaforcongress.com/ Shannon Taylor https://shannontaylorva.com/ Mel Tull https://meltullforcongress.com/ CD2: Nila Devanath https://niladevanath.com/ Elaine Luria ..

Although Virginia voted YES! on the redistricting referendum, the courts interceded, so the vote has not been certified. In April, a Tazewell County judge blocked certification of the “YES” vote. The Virginia Supreme Court heard the appeal and, in a 4-3 split, ruled that the legislative process leading to the redistricting vote was procedurally flawed. On Friday, May 15th. The Supreme Court ruled that the new, popularly accepted redistricted maps cannot be used.” Setting asi

Virginia’s Primaries for U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and for local offices will be held on August 4, 2026 Register to vote or update an existing registration: Through Friday, July 24, 2026. Register to vote or update an existing registration online using the Citizen Portal. Voters may register and then vote using a provisional ballot In-Person after July 24, 2026, through Election Day. Contact your local registrar’s office for more information. Early, in-person vot

A new data center has been proposed in Chantilly that would rely on fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity. Although the data center would primarily get its electricity from the fuel cells, it would also require additional power from the electrical grid during “higher load periods,” along with diesel generators as a backup power source. Emissions from power plants that feed existing data centers already contribute significantly to air pollution through t

Fairfax Indivisible and Falls Church Indivisible WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES and MUTUAL AID FOR FAMILIES DETAINED BY ICE May Day is a Day of Action to support workers and protest against the Trump administration's policies. We are flexing our economic power as workers to send a message to billionaires. SPEND NO MONEY THAT DAY and, if you can, walk out of school or work. Indivisible is using this as a “structure test” to see the level of participation we can expect when the Trum

In Ariel Lawhon’s novel The Frozen River, Maine midwife Martha Ballard navigates a world where women’s voices are systematically dismissed, their testimonies discounted, and their expertise questioned by men who hold all institutional power. Set against the brutal winter of 1789, the novel follows Martha as she becomes the crucial witness in a rape trial, a case where justice depends on whether the community will believe a woman’s word over a man’s reputation. Sound familiar?

Dear Champions of the EEOB: On May 7, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) will consider a proposal to paint the entire historic granite exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB). While our lawsuit contends that this project is illegally before NCPC at this time, we will provide substantive responses to the proposal and ask experts and members of the public toweigh in on the dangers of this project, which would permanently harm and alter a Nation

Use the link below to view Caroline Gergel's presentation from the April 18, 2026, DWCNV meeting on environmental issues. In particular, you may wish to open and watch the short video on making good water choices that is linked in slide #19. (Sometimes an ad pops up at the start of the water usage video. If one does, please ignore and then select "skip" to skip the ad. DWCNV does not support any product that may show to preface the water usage video. We do, however, endorse l

The question before us now is this: who is the bigger fool, the fool himself or someone who knowingly follows him? Perhaps Trump has pulled the wool over the eyes of his Cabinet and his MAGA followers, or perhaps the MAGA members are joyfully joining in on the deceptions deployed by the Jester-in-Chief as he tramples legal tradition, leaps into war on a whim, and discards democracy, all the while dancing in deceit, restructuring his realm just to retain power, draining his do

While staying informed about the troubling developments under the current administration is important, if you’re in the mood for something more uplifting, a member suggested taking a look at Good Good Good News at https://www.goodgoodgood.co/

Below is a link to Margaret Fisher's presentation. Please consider contacting PRISM (see last slide) to get more information on how to fight invasives and/or to volunteer to help clear invasive plants from Fairfax County. If you would like to start a PRISM program in your county, the Fairfax PRISM group could likely help direct your efforts. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v7mcGoGzELz1TZVnO1S4054GwtTK3HSb/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108527162634774447456&rtpof=true&sd=true

If you missed the April meeting, you could review Dr. Kitchen’s presentation at the link below. If you attended and would like to revisit the material, it’s included here as well. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MbeWL0zUXyxUGffZFVFXXB6jp4Mqpgp2/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1

Below is a link to the presentation by Julie Bolthouse, AICP, Director of Land Use at the Piedmont Environmental Council. If you were unable to attend, we invite you to review the presentation for an overview of these important issues. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HVnpwNJSLrJhrDagt3S9Z1R_jjbqUEtpVWjjQ4kBcks/edit?usp=drivesdk

REMOVE THE DATA CENTER TAX SUBSIDY FROM THE UPCOMING BUDGET BEFORE THE VOTE! Take action right now to end Virginia’s $1.9 billion Data Center Tax Break. Tell your Legislators and the Governor to End the Data Center Tax Subsidy. Rather than funding some of the wealthiest companies on earth, shouldn’t we collect that revenue and invest it back into our communities? Use the link below to access the Piedmont Environmental Council’s information, including talking points to use