Thank you CM Janeese Lewis George for reversing cuts to DC CFSA ⁣ home visiting programs. $400K added in committee markup will ensure our dedicated #WashingtonDC home visitors receive fair pay & sustainable case loads so families receive the best possible support. 1/3

We're so glad to see Committee on Health funding for $400K down payment toward Medicaid reimbursement of home visiting programs and $100K enhancement for Nurse-Family Partnership®. Thank you CM Christina Henderson and Brianne K. Nadeau for making this happen! 1/3

How do Movements for Justice for Blacks & Gaza Connect? 6/1/2024 Busboys and Poets #Anacostia Get your free ticket eventbrite.com/e/how-do-movem…

As our Senior Counsel says, 'This victory reaffirms that students' rights do not vanish at the school's door.'

Freedom of speech is CRITICAL to our democracy – especially for students. More here: acludc.org/en/press-relea…

BREAKING: We've reached an interim agreement with Jackson Reed High School in the case challenging the unlawful censorship of the Arab Student Union's pro-Palestinian speech.

The high school administration agrees to uphold the ASU students' rights and advocacy efforts by: 👇

Did you see this in the District? SPACEs In Action LIT up the city urging to restore the Early Childhood Educators Pay Equity Fund. An important reminder that child care is everyone's business.

In reacting to Mathematica's new findings about the #WashingtonDC Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, DC Action early childhood director Ruqiyyah has a few things to say. 🧵
mathematica.org/blogs/washingt… #Under3DC

🤰🏾Kickoff Mother’s Day weekend with us at the Black Mamas Wellness Community Day. We’re giving away car seats for 2 families this Saturday! There will also be a Safe Sleeping workshop. Join us at Sycamore & Oak from 12-2pm.

It was great to talk to councilmember offices last week w/ our partners in the Strengthening Families Through Behavioral Health Coalition. We must continue to invest in the School-Based Behavioral Health Program, which is a critical resource for DC children and teens.

This morning, Scott Goldstein, Eboni-Rose Thompson, Brianne K. Nadeau and others are rallying to restore funding for community schools and truancy reduction.

Mayor Muriel Bowser's FY25 budget proposal cuts these two programs.

📢Don't miss these upcoming Youth Town Halls!

At-Large Candidates Forum:
   - Date: May 7th, 2024
   - Time: 6:30PM - 8PM
   - Location: Zoom

Ward 7 Candidates Forum:
   - Date: May 9th, 2024
   - Time: 5PM - 7:30PM
   - Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens

🔔🔔Please Join Us for our virtual At-Large Candidate forum on May 7th and our in-person Ward 7 Candidate forum on May 9th. Any young person in Attendance will receive a $25 stipend!! link to register: bit.ly/4aUwmE2

The WTU @wtuteacher stands with early childhood educators in the Rally to Save Childcare Under 3 DC from budget cuts! #redfored

Our food access leader LaMonika Jones of DC Hunger Solutions gave a powerful testimony about the urgent need to Give SNAP a Raise.

People are hungry! No such thing as true community safety without investments in wellbeing for the people
#StopTheCuts #InvestInUs

I'm testifying from 2 perspectives: decades as a national child care advocate, and a DC resident, former Director of DC CFSA ⁣ and committed to equity & success for DC families. My full testimony here: docs.google.com/document/d/1Sa… CLASP National Women's Law Center EJ Dionne Catherine Rampell

I’m not just standing in solidarity with our early childhood educators, but I'm in the fight — for our children, our educators, and our families. I'm moved by the sea of people in front of the Wilson Building calling on the Council to protect this program.

But when public $ shrink and child care salaries slide, caregivers are forced out of the field, programs shrink, parents cut hours, and the economy contracts because employers can't keep staff. DC's Fund is a national leader in countering this danger. DC Action Jonathan Cohn

“I want my kids to be taught by a work force that is well paid!” -Dorian Warren, Parent Leader from SPACEs In Action
#Under3DC

“We’ve come to fight for our right to pay equity.” Hundreds of early childhood educators gathered outside the Wilson Building right now, protesting budget cuts to early childhood education in DC. WUSA9

On Metro Forward to rally with Under 3 DC for #payequityfund at DC Council with K. Travis Ballie #moms4childcare