This is a first pass plan because this may not be the best plan. So if you have improvements / suggestions, feel free to throw all the rocks you want, whether or not you are coming!
Time: Plan to be there by 8:45 a.m. to head for the starting area promptly at 9:02 a.m. If you miss us, try to text the number in the final diary and we’ll try to help us find you. If you think this is not early enough please let me know in the comments and we’ll adjust. Again, check back on Thursday for the final plan.
Meet Up Location: Outside Starbucks near the Federal Center SW Metro Station at 3rd and D Street. The main crowd will probably exit the station and head North on 3rd to get to the starting point for the march. The Starbucks is on 3rd St. just south of the station. I’m not expecting that we’ll be able to get inside.
Look For: a group outside with a DailyKos sign, probably held by someone with longish red hair (that’d be me). I’ll post a cell phone number you can use to text messages on Thursday evening (not my real cell phone but an alternate phone I use for in-country SIMs when I travel). It would help if you could let me know that you’re coming in Thursday’s diary.
Dress: Warmly and in layers! Right now, Saturday is shaping to be in the low sixties by afternoon but it’s January! The AM temps are down into the low forties.
Bring: very little- basically what you can fit into your pockets. Security’s going to be tight! Please check out the FAQ to see what will be allowed.
We’ll discuss getting together on Sunday for those still in town when we see each other. We have a small enough group that we can probably just pick a brewpub with a table on Sunday.
Please consider going to the We Rise Teach In after the march.
Right now, the Indivisible Team is planning to be there, along with a lot of other great groups. I’m looking forward to this almost as much as the march itself.
You’ll need to register in advance, including registering for the various trainings, etc that afternoon. My two companions and I will be heading there straight from the march.
We hope to see you there, or at one of the dozens of other events around the world!