Deep Roots, Grow Power: ROC-DC's 2026 Relaunch & Fundraiser

Please join us on Wednesday, May 20th at 5 p.m. at the Festival Center in Adams Morgan for our Deep Roots Grow Power event, a special celebration of worker power and organizing as we enter a new season for ROC DC. As the District’s only worker center wholly dedicated to fighting for a more equitable restaurant industry, we’re committed to ensuring that worker voices are at the center of who we are and what we do. Last year, ROC DC members voted overwhelmingly to change our name as part of our transition to independence. We are now the Restaurant Organizing Collective.

This new name is an affirmation of what has always been true: ROC’s commitment to organizing, building, and sharing the power of D.C.’s restaurant workers.

We can’t wait to raise a glass, and a fist, to our new future together! Come prepared for an evening of springtime activities, good food and music, and warm hospitality. Along the way, we’ll be celebrating our hard-won wins, honoring community leaders who are fighting to make the D.C.’s hospitality industry more just and sustainable for workers and envisioning the future or the restaurant industry and workers rights, together.

Space is limited, so purchase your tickets today! Sponsorship opportunities are still available!

Funds raised through this event are a critical resource to power ROC’s organizing work throughout the year.

Thank you for your support and solidarity during a time when community and power building is essential.

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To help us meet our fundraising goal of $25,000, we invite local partners, businesses, and community allies to stand with restaurant workers by sponsoring this event.

Your sponsorship directly supports worker organizing, leadership development, and ongoing efforts to build a more just restaurant industry in Washington, D.C.

See Sponsorship Levels below! Also please consider becoming a Bud (sustainting donor!)

Bud

Be a Bud! Support the steady, ongoing work of organizing that sustains worker power year-round. Donate or stay connected (no ticket included).

Petal— $35 (Single Ticket)

Be part of a powerful night celebrating worker organizing and community.

Seed— $250+

Change starts with people coming together. Your support helps plant the seeds of worker power and collective action.

Sprout — $500+

Your support helps worker voices grow stronger and brings critical issues into the spotlight.

Blossom — $1,000+

You help worker power flourish in the fight for dignity, equity, and fair workplaces.

Roots — $2,500+

You help lay the roots for a stronger, worker-led future grounded in dignity, equity, and collective power.

Sponsorships can be made via card, check or ACH! You can pay via ACH or card at every.org/roc-dc. Contact [email protected] for more info or questions on sponsorships or to make a pledge!

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