D.C Trip

During April 11-14 the Central District Organization (CDO) went to Washington DC to the annual NPA National Peoples action conference. The whole purpose was to go to different workshops that they offered and learn about what we could do as a community organization to better our cause and even our community.The first day we got there we went to our hotel which was the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel which was very nice. At the hotel we got right into the fun, there were people there from many places to come and share in what NPA had to offer. They held a very big meeting in one of the ball rooms to greet everybody and to discuss what we were going to to do. Then Sunday we had a very busy day. We attended two workshops our choices ranged from housing, health care, worker's rights and human rights. The second set workshops were equal education, immigration, and justice.We talked about our values. This was followed by two action. We went to protest the White house and Ben Bernanke on the housing crisis. A lot of people are loosing their homes due to the Federal Reserve and bad loans. After a very long day there were two parties. One for the teens and one for the adults which was not that good. On Monday we ended the conference with three actions. We went to the federal reserves, HUD (Housing and Urban Development), and Homeland Security. Then we headed to Gary Indiana. To sum up what it was like for me, it was fun. I learned a lot about the government and the people who are affected the most, like us.