Key Resources & Contacts

Capital Area Food Bank (DC region)

Website: capitalareafoodbank.org/find-food-assistance
Call: (202)-644-9807
Capital Area Food Bank

 

DC Food Project

Website: dcfoodproject.org/emergency-food-access
Contact: dcfoodproject@gmail.com

Maryland Food Bank

Website: mdfoodbank.org/find-food/

Feeding America: Use the "Find Food" tool to locate local food assistance programs across the US, including the DMV area.

findhelp.org (formerly Aunt Bertha): This website allows you to enter your zip code to find a wide range of local food assistance programs and other social services.

National Hunger Hotline: Call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) for information on food assistance in your area. 

 

Nov 3-25: FREE Holiday Meals for DC families in need (including furloughed federal employees and contractors)  https://breadforthecity.org/holidayhelpings/

    •    World Central Kitchen's Relief Team is providing FREE meals to federal employees and their families (location is in DC)  https://wck.org/news/distro-sites-govt-shutdown

    •    Moby Dick House of Kabobs - FREE lunch sandwiches for federal employees every weekday from 11 am to 2 pm (any location)  https://www.popville.com/2025/10/dc-free-lunch-option-for-furloughed-feds/

    •    Capital Area Food Bank - Free food distribution for federal workers and contractors https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/dmv-help/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

    •    Columbia Community Care - Food Bank in Columbia, MD (no ID needed) https://columbiacommunitycare.org/what-we-do/hunger-relief/

    •    Nourish Now - works with local churches to provide food assistance https://nourishnow.org/receive-food-assistance/

    •    Free Food at Ekiben in Baltimore (any location) for furloughed employees (must show ID) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQIB2BlkQTn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    •    Free IKEA breakfast for furloughed government employees and contractors (College Park & Woodbridge locations) https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/events/ikea-college-park-md/shut-down-got-you-down--946526a5-fa5f-4f69-a7c9-1c90e3ea1927/

 •    Answers to Common Questions about Food Assistance and Other Benefits https://mdfoodbank.org/news/federal-government-shutdown-information-for-our-neighbors/

    •    Greater Baltimore Area Food Banks and Schedules https://mdfoodbank.org/find-food/

    •    FREE In-Home Oil Change & Service - Federal employees who own a Ford, Lincoln, or Mazda https://koonsmotors.com/federal-employee-assistance

    •    Free MARC and Commuter Bus for Federal employees working during shutdown https://www.wfmd.com/2025/10/17/free-rides-for-federal-worker-on-the-marc-train-commuter-bus-service-in-maryland-during-government-shutdown/

    •    The Lewis Museum (Baltimore) - Free Admission for Federal Workers https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3o1jQkSLs/

    •    The José Andrés Group: free dine-in lunch (11:30 am – 3:00 pm, Mon–Fri) https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/jose-andres-restaurants-in-dc-offer-free-lunch-to-federal-workers-during-government-shutdown/

    •    State of Maryland - Maryland Workers Impacted by Recent Federal Actions https://response.maryland.gov/federalpublicservants/shutdown

    •    Navy Federal Government Shutdown Assistance  https://www.navyfederal.org/about/government-shutdown.html

    •    Free Pet Exams - Palisades Vet Clinic https://www.palisadesvetclinic.com/ 

 

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ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED READING

1.   TO BE FREE

2.   UP FROM SLAVERY

3.     SLAVE AND CITIZEN

4.     FREDERICK DOUGLASS – NARRATIVES OF A SLAVE
5.     CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY
6.     DAVID WALKER’S APPEAL
7.     JOHN BROWN
8.     FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR OF NEW ORLEANS
9.     NEGRO IRONWORKERS OF LOUISIANA, 1718-1900
10.     SOJOURNER TRUTH – AIN’T I A WOMAN?
11.     WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR 1861-1865
12.     FIFTY DAYS ABOARD A SLAVE VESSEL
13.     NAT TURNER SLAVE REVOLT LEADER
14.     THE SLAVEHOLDERS’ DILEMMA
15.     BREAKING THE CHAINS: AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE RESISTANCE
16.     GET ON BOARD – THE STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
17.     SLAVERY IN THE ARAB WORLD
18.     AMERICAN NEGRO SLAVE REVOLTS
19.     SLAVERY AND THE FOUNDERS: RACE AND LIBERTY IN THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
20.     CRITICAL LESSONS IN SLAVERY AND THE SLAVETRADE
21.     A BLACK WOMAN’S CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS: SUSIE KING TAYLOR
22.     THE AMERICAN NEGRO HIS HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTI-NEGRO RIOTS IN THE NORTH 1863
23.     BLACK REBELLION: FIVE SLAVE REVOLTS
24.     KEN BURNS THE CIVIL WAR: HISTORIANS RESPOND
25.     THE SECOND CRUCIFIXION OF NAT TURNER
26.     THE SLAVE TRADE
27.     THE NEGRO IN THE CIVIL WAR
28.     THADDEUS STEVENS: NINETEENTH-CENTURY EGALITARIAN
29.     THE SOUTH VS. THE SOUTH
30.     THE LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS: THE BLACK MILITARY EXPERIENCE DURING THE CIVIL WAR
31.     SLAVES, SAILORS, CITIZENS: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNION NAVY
32.     SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD VIRGINIA BEFORE THE WAR
33.     BLACK, COPPER, & BRIGHT: THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S BLACK CIVIL WAR REGIMENT
34.     COLONIAL TRIANGULAR TRADE: AN ECONOMY BASED ON HUMAN MISERY
35.     “NEGRO PRESiDIENT” JEFFERSON AND THE SLAVE POWER
36.     DISLOYALTY IN THE CONFEDERACY
37.     SLAVE NATION: HOW SLAVERY UNITED THE COLONIES & SPARKED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
38.     THE PLANTATION MISTRESS
39.     DARK BARGAIN: SLAVERY, PROFITS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CONSTITUTION
40.     CHARLES SUMNER: THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
41.     FREDERICK DOUGLASS
42.     AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL SLAVE INSURRECTIONS
43.     THE WORLD THAT MADE NEW ORLEANS: FROM SPANISH SILVER TO CONGO SQUARE
44.     SLAVERY: CAUSE AND CATALYST OF THE CIVIL WAR
45.     THE DEVIL’S OWN WORK: THE CIVIL WAR DRAFT RIOTS AND THE FIGHT TO RECONSTRUCT AMERICA
46.     NIGHT RIDERS IN BLACK FOLK HISTORY
47.     DRAWN WITH THE SWORD: REFLECTIONS ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
48.     STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF RACIST IDEAS IN AMERICA
49.     PRELUDE TO CIVIL WAR: THE NULLIFICATION CONTROVERSY IN SOUTH CAROLINA 1816-1836
50..     THE MYTH OF THE LOST CAUSE AND CIVIL WAR HISTORY
51.     A SCRIPTURAL EXAMINATION OF THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES; WITH ITS OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.
52.     THE FORGOTTEN LEGACY: BLACK SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1862-1866
53.     GENERAL HARRIET TUBMAN
54.     ROBERT E. LEE AND ME: A SOUTHERNER’S RECKONING WITH THE MYTH OF THE LOST CAUSE
55.     THE BREEDING OF AMERICAN SLAVES FROM THE SLAVE NARRATIVES: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICAN SLAVE BREEDING AND SLAVE BABIES
56.     THE BLACK CODES, 1865-1867 – THESIS
57.     CREOLE: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF LOUISIANA’S FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR
58.     HOW THE WORD IS PASSED: A RECKONING WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA
59.     HARRIET TUBMAN: THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE
60.     DEFENDING SLAVERY, PROSLAVERY THOUGHT IN THE OLD SOUTH: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS
61.     DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT: A FAMILY’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM