GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY TRAINING & LOBBY DAY

March 7 - 8, 2010 · Washington, DC

Directions and Maps
Click here for a schedule of events

The following information provides directions and maps to each location at which Grassroots Advocacy Training and Lobby Day events will take place.

Many of these links are also featured in the schedule of events.

Sunday, March 7

Events will take place at:

American University - Ward Building, Room 2
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016

and

Guapos Restaurant
4515 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

 

DIRECTIONS TO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (all March 7 daytime events):

NOTE: If traveling via public transportation, please leave ample time to arrive at the Ward Building by 9:30 AM on Sunday, March 7.

For an American University Campus Map, click here (The Ward Building is on the southeastern corner of campus near Ward Circle and the corner of Nebraska Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue).

Public Transportation:
American University is accessible via the Washington DC Metrorail and university shuttle services. Detailed information on accessing American University by Metro or by car is available below or and here.

Metrorail:
American University is served by the Metrorail Red Line (American University-Tenleytown Station). Travel Times from downtown DC range from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. For a metro map and train times see www.wmata.com.

American University Shuttle Service:
American University operates a free shuttle service to the main campus from the American University-Tenleytown Metrorail Station (the stop is located adjacent to the Metrorail station beside the Sears Home Appliance storefront and is marked by signs inside the station). Travel time to the main AU Campus is approximately 15 minutes. On Sunday, shuttles run every 15 minutes beginning at 8:00 AM.

Metrobus:
American University is served by Metrobus. Travel Times from downtown DC can vary/ Check weekend schedules and your specific itinerary at www.wmata.com.

Driving:
Detailed information on accessing American University by car is available here.

Parking is free on weekends and ample parking is available in the Nebraska Lot directly across Nebraska Avenue from the Ward Building (see map).

SOCIAL EVENT AND FUNDRAISER:
The location of Sunday evening's Social Event and Fundraiser (7:30 - 9:30 PM) is:

Guapos Restaurant
4515 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

Guapos is one block north of the Tenleytown/American University Metro Station. Take the university shuttle to the metro station and walk north on Wisconsin Avenue. For walking/driving directions from American University click here.

Monday, March 8

Events will take place at Capitol Hill (Methodist Building)
Washington, DC

The Methodist Building - Meeting Room
100 Maryland Avenue NE (Capitol Hill)
Washington, DC 20002

Event: Lobby Day Evaluation Session, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM the meeting room at the Methodist Building will be available for registrants to use for meeting, resting, and storing bags.

The Methodist Building is accessible by Metrorail from Union Station (Red Line). Click here for a google map of location and here for directions to/from Union Station. Check schedules and your specific itinerary at www.wmata.com.

Map of Capitol Hill (from www.aoc.gov/cc/cc_map.cfm)
The Methodist Building is in pink between the Dirksen Senate Office Building and the US Supreme Court.

 

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This event is sponsored by:
Interfaith Peace-Builders and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

Endorsed by:
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, The American Friends Service Committee - Chicago, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Holy Land Trust, the Islamic Circle of North America, ICNA Council for Social Justice, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions - USA, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Middle East Research and Information Project, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, Progressive Democrats of America, the Washington Peace Center.

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