CODEPINK

Here are all the details you need to make plans to come to DC:

• Complete the housing application form and a housing coordinator will be in touch with you soon.
• Join us for a week-long summer training this June or July!  Click here for more info about the DC summer training project.  The housing and training applications are the same online form.   
• Help us make this house comfortable and pink!  Click here for our Pink House Wish List.  Please bring items along with you when you come or send them if you can't make it. 
   
• For urgent questions about the house, contact a housing coordinator at locals[at]codepinkalert.org.  Please allow a few days for us to return your email - we'll be as speedy as possible!

In this photo are the women who stayed at the house during the first week--they're pointing to the space in the middle and asking... will you join us?

Why have a house?

We are taking action every day in Congress and around DC! We're making headline news and we're focused on promptly bringing the US occupation of Iraq to an end. To find out the latest info about our DC actions, visit the blog at http://codepinkdc.blogspot.com.

Who stays at the CODEPINK House?

Women activists who can commit to being in DC for a week or longer and working for peace daily are welcome to stay at the house. There is no cost to stay at the house -thanks to a generous donation to CODEPINK, we are able to offer this housing for free to dedicated activists who can give their time, energy, and creativity to our DC efforts. If you are interested in staying in the house, please fill out an on-line housing application.

We invite you to come to DC for a few days, a week, or longer whenever you can.  Since we're taking daily action in Congress, every day is a great day to be in DC.  

Ret. Col. Ann Wright in a bedroom on the third floor, where she edited the text for her forthcoming book.

Thanks to the round the clock furnishing efforts of CODEPINK DC activist Joan and the wonders of craigslist.org and freecycle, our house has couches, a stocked kitchen, twin beds and futons, bookshelves, a cable tv (so we can watch ourselves on CSPAN!) and we're almost online with wireless internet. We are still in need of some items, so if you're coming to stay at the house or have friends in DC, please check out our house wish list.  If you are driving when you come, please call to see what we still need as new things are being donated daily.

The house has iron steps to the door, a foyer, a small living room (our office media center), a dining room

The basement Peace Room in the DC house--a place for painting banners, blogging, and group meetings.

and a big linen-dishes closet, and a kitchen with refrigerator, gas stove, dishwasher, and ample cabinet space.

There is one step from the kitchen to the back yard with a grass rectangle, a patio with outdoor table and chairs, and a cement pull-in parking space. Desiree brought herb seeds, so one day we may even have a peace garden out back! The bedrooms vary in size and can house 2-4 activists in each; they have big windows that look out on the tree-lined street. Weekender activist guests can stay on the futons in the Peace Room (see photo of the room at right) if the house gets full.

The house is located in the Northeast section of Washington, DC, a 15-30 minute walk from Congress (depending on which building you're headed to), and is about 5 blocks from Union Station (train station and subway stop).  We often have access to one or more vehicles to help us get to and from Congress and other action locations with banners and props.

If you fly into Reagan National Airport (DCA), you can take a cab to the house for about $15 or take the metro to Union Station. From Dulles Airport (IAD), you can take the train in as well. From Baltimore Airport (BWI), you can take a bus to the metro. Click here for more travel tips and airline ideas.

Are there scholarships available?

CODEPINK

We need your help to stop Congress from buying Bush's war! Join us and help build the pink house, bring the mandate for peace to the peoples' House. Plant a seed in our garden, a seed of change in our government, and a seed of hope in your heart!

In the words of CODEPINK DC activist Joan, "You MIGHT want to get your butts into town. By the way, we were in tank tops today. Blue skies. Crocuses popping, daffodils blooming. People out walking. You MIGHT want to head this way. Congress could use some of you slick talkers and peaceful walkers."

CODEPINK DC Resident House Coordinator Desiree writes, "We've scrubbed the floors, aired out all the rooms, plumped up pillows, hung curtains, stocked the pantry, organized banners and ironed the Pink Police uniforms. Now we just need you!!!"

Hope to see you in DC soon!