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!

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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ROC-DC

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Por favor, acompáñenos el miércoles 20 de mayo a las 5 p. m. en el Festival Center de Adams Morgan para nuestro evento «Deep Roots Grow Power» (Raíces profundas generan poder), una celebración especial del poder de los trabajadores y de la organización, en un momento en que ROC-DC inicia una nueva etapa. Como el único centro de trabajadores del Distrito dedicado enteramente a luchar por una industria restaurantera más equitativa, estamos comprometidos a garantizar que las voces de los trabajadores ocupen un lugar central en nuestra identidad y en nuestra labor. El año pasado, los miembros de ROC-DC votaron de manera abrumadora a favor de cambiar nuestro nombre como parte de nuestra transición hacia la independencia. Ahora somos el Restaurant Organizing Collective.

Su nuevo nombre es una afirmación de lo que siempre ha sido cierto: el compromiso de ROC de organizar, construir y compartir el poder de los trabajadores de los restaurantes de D.C.

¡Estamos impacientes por alzar una copa —y un puño— por nuestro nuevo futuro juntos! Vengan preparados para disfrutar de una velada repleta de actividades primaverales, buena comida y música, y una cálida hospitalidad. En el transcurso de la noche, celebraremos nuestras victorias, arduamente conquistadas; rendiremos homenaje a los líderes comunitarios que luchan por hacer que la industria de la hospitalidad de D.C. sea más justa y sostenible para los trabajadores; y, juntos, visualizaremos el futuro de la industria restaurantera y de los derechos laborales.

El cupo es limitado, ¡así que adquiera sus entradas hoy mismo!

Los fondos recaudados a través de este evento constituyen un recurso fundamental para impulsar la labor organizativa de ROC a lo largo de todo el año.

Gracias por su apoyo y solidaridad en un momento en el que la construcción de comunidad y de poder resulta esencial.

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ROC-DC

Thank you to our incredible sponsors:

Roots

Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC

iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility

Blossoms

The Festival Center

MainStreet Bank

Sprouts

Amalgamated Bank

DC Jobs with Justice

Ed Lazere

Movement Matters

United We Dream

Seeds

Anonymous

Beloved Community Incubator

CARECEN

Fair Budget Coalition

Occupation Free DC

Open Goal Project

Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

8th Day Faith Community

Sponsorship Levels

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— $50 (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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