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It’s hard to believe, but the days are cooling down and the leaves are starting to change color—that means it’s time for our Fall Mixer at Metrobar! This casual event is the biggest gathering of transit fans and housing advocates around and you will have the chance to connect with hundreds of like-minded people. Bring your friends and family and join GGWash on Wednesday, September 27 for a night of fun in the fresh air—no SmarTrip card required! If the $30 ticket price doesn’t seem doable, you can [use this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJO5ngNDNFqdetoCUTqlmtSCa1Sjx4UEgkbMBoEQVZxT7hXQ/viewform?usp=sharing) to request one of our pay-it-forward tickets or to sign up to volunteer. [Learn more & RSVP here.](https://ggwash.org/event/ggwash-fall-mixer-2023)
- Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
- Time: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Metrobar
**Volunteer to clean up our waterways: **Anacostia Riverkeeper and Washington Gas are hosting a cleanup from the Stadium-Armory Metro to Kingman Island. At Kingman Island you will sort and weigh the trash that was picked up along the way. The goal is to stop trash on the ground from entering the river. All necessary equipment will be provided. They recommend that you wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and closed-toe shoes. The cleanup happens rain or shine. All ages welcome. Learn more & RSVP here.
- Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
- Time: 3:45 pm - 6:30 pm
- Location: Stadium-Armory Metro Station, 100 19th Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
**Celebrate the new Crystal City Bike Network with a bike ride: **The People Before Cars Coalition, a partnership of local stakeholders established by the National Landing Business Improvement District (BID), works to create safer and more accessible transit networks around National Landing. They want to celebrate the newly implemented Crystal City Bike Network (CCBN), and for you to join them! The CCBN is an initiative in Arlington County to decrease the number of bicycle facilities in Crystal City by ensuring the bicycle lanes are protected and buffered. The ride starts at Conte’s Bike Shop and ends at The Freshman for a happy hour. They will be providing complimentary bike valet at the happy hour. Learn more & RSVP here.
- Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
- Time: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Location: Conte’s Bike Shop, 1350 S Eads St, Arlington, VA 22202
**Attend a webinar on reducing roadway injuries and death in Fairfax: **George Mason University’s Regional Elected Leaders Initiative (RELI) is hosting a webinar on how Fairfax County can work towards reducing roadway injuries and deaths. There will be a panel with four experts answering questions like: How are enforcement, engineering, and education strategies being utilized to reduce risk of injury or death to roadway users around popular gathering places (libraries, parks, schools) in Fairfax? How can those specific locations be evaluated and what implications are there for similar locations? Who gets to choose what short and long term mitigations are the most appropriate? And, what local- or state-level policy changes could make the roads safer for everyone in Northern Virginia? Learn more & RSVP here.
- Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
- Location: Virtual via Zoom
**Learn about climate change’s connection to household financial wellbeing: **Climate change fueled events, such as heat waves and floods, have been shown to impose significant financial costs on households across the US. In order to help understand the importance of this connection, the Urban Institute is hosting a hybrid webinar on understanding risk and building resilience when it comes to climate change and household financial wellbeing.
The webinar will explore the causes and consequences of climate-related financial stress, including a discussion with the assistant secretary of the US Department of the Treasury. The panel section of the webinar will feature several professionals who will expand on that discussion by discussing the opportunities that households, policymakers, and communities have to prepare and respond to these climate driven financial burdens. Learn more & RSVP here.
- Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
- Location: Urban Institute, 500 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024 (in-person) or Virtually
**Join the citywide Hunt: **It’s a food and housing puzzle hunt and you’re invited to join! Local non-profit Game Genius is hosting their annual citywide puzzle hunt, and this year’s theme is Food and Housing. Form your team, solve puzzles, and learn about local organizations and changemakers in the process! The games begin when the first clue is dropped on Friday, September 29 and can be played until the evening of Monday, October 9. You can either compete against the clock for a grand prize that is awarded based on speed and accuracy or you can solve the puzzle at your own pace. Learn more & buy tickets here.
- Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
- Time: 6:00 pm
- Location: Within the Washington, DC, boundary
**Take a community ride to an ice cream shop: **Hill Family Biking is back with another community ride. Join them on Saturday, September 30 to ride your bike around Navy Yard: past Audi Field, Nationals Park, and the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. The route includes a block of the new M St SE two-way protected bike lanes!
The ride ends at Ice Cream Jubilee at Yards Park. There will be volunteer marshals and an MPD bike team participating in the ride to make sure no one gets separated from the group. Additionally, there will be tools available for you to use for bike maintenance if you arrive fifteen minutes early, as well as experienced amateur bike mechanics on site to assist you. Learn more & RSVP here.
- Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
- Location: Garfield Park, 3rd & G St SE, Washington, DC 20003 (meet on the 3rd St SE side by the tennis courts)
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