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At first, it might have been funny, or worthy of ridicule, or easy to dismiss the Trump campaign. But now the braggadocios businessman is the presumptive Republican nominee, and some D.C. folks are trying to figure out how they can contribute to his defeat in November.

As the Super Tuesday victories kept rolling in for Trump, Jen Rowland says she and her friends were disturbed by what was happening at his rallies and his rhetoric.

“We were feeling a bit helpless, and concerned that people were still dismissing him,” Rowland says. The crew of mainly twenty-somethings met at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and now work in different non-profits, think tanks, NGOs, and government agencies in D.C.

Annie Connell, a member of the group, describes it as a “wait a minute moment,” when they all realized that Trump’s words had “rippled through our group of friends” and they had the energy and interest to do something about it.

Rowland says 25 people attended a first meeting, which grew into an initiative they’re calling D.C. Unite Against Hate, now boasting around 40 members.

While the initiative is D.C.-based, “there isn’t that much work to be done in D.C. in this sphere,” says Rowland. So instead, they want to bus volunteers across the border to Virginia and potentially Maryland. “We want to work on voter registration, particularly in communities we think would be harmed by the hateful policies and ideas we’ve seen from Trump’s campaign.”

D.C. Unite Against Hate is still in the process of forming and figuring out exactly how it can best organize its efforts. Part of that challenge is that, while its purpose is to defeat a candidate, it doesn’t want to be defined as purely oppositional.

“We consciously didn’t want to have a negative name for the group or a name overtly for progressives or liberal Dems,” says Connell.

The group has no stance on the Democratic primary, for instance. Some of its members are #WithHer, others #FeelTheBern, and still more aren’t Dems at all. “How that works out is a little bit to-be-determined,” says Rowland.

Rowland and Connell both see volunteers eventually plugging into campaigns. “I don’t think we are going to go out and canvass on our own. We don’t want to be replicating efforts,” says Rowland. That could include campaigns for down-ballot races, too.

But first, they want to let people know about D.C. Unite Against Hate’s efforts and get more people involved.

They’re hosting a D.C. Dumps Trump event on May 18 at the Busboys and Poets on 14th Street. The launch event wants to be lighthearted. “We want to get people out and get them excited about the group,” says Connell. Slam poet Julian David Randall will perform, and there’ll be a photo booth, trivia table, and more.

“For all of us it’s been interesting, because each person has a different story for why they feel like Trump is such a threat,” says Rowland. “People have been underestimating him for a year now, and he continues to win. I’d rather do this extra effort and be a part of making a defeat happen than to be on the opposite side.”

D.C. Dumps Trump is taking place on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets (202114th Street NW).