Want to participate? See our toolkit at tinyurl.com/DNPbudget2025! There are instructions for signing up to testify, talking points, board member contact info, and more. Fairfax County is hearing testimony tomorrow and Thursday as well.

Let’s fund care not cops! #defundnovapd Defund NoVA Police NoVa DSA LaColectiVA703 VA Student Power Network

Many speakers have already highlighted the need for affordable housing, childcare, and Long Covid treatment. Fairfax should fund these resources instead of cops!

Defund FCPD. More safety, less cops! #defundnovapd #defundnovapolice

Fairfax County NAACP requesting expansion of civilian review panel and police auditor, as well as increased funding for legal counsel for citizens and families, affordable housing, and support and retention for Black teachers. Fund all these things instead of more cops!

Current speaker protesting increased membership fees for a senior center in Lincolnia. Our elders deserve care, safety, and community #carenotcops

SURJ NoVa lifting up the names of Natasha McKenna, Aaron Lynch, Giovanny Martinez, and Timothy Johnson, all killed by cops in Fairfax County Government 🇺🇸. Defund FCPD and fund programs that create safety!

🛑🌎STOP THE WORLD FOR PALESTINE: A WEEK OF SOLIDARITY! April 15-21 2024 Join us in taking action for Palestine ❤️ Together with our community, we are continuing to support the 9 youth who were arrested following an occupation on Interstate 95 last month. #VAI9ForPalestine

Today, we continued to make clear that our communities demand #ICEoutofArlington! County officials and ICE collaborators like ACPD gathered at the Army Navy Country Club to “celebrate public safety” but we showed up to make it clear that polICE is a threat to our communities.

I fear the point is still being lost— the genocide against Palestinians isn’t a separate issue from police killing Black people at the highest rates in 10 years

On Monday night at 11:35 pm, Alexandria Police responded to a wellness check on a person experiencing a mental health crisis by shooting and killing the person in crisis (1/11). wusa9.com/article/news/c…

STATEMENT on August 2024 police killings in Northern Virginia This past month, two Northern Virginia community members were killed by the police while experiencing mental health crises.

Cops don’t keep our communities safe; they terrorize and brutalize them. Let’s get serious about REAL public safety. #DefundNovaPolice patch.com/virginia/resto…

Horrible police brutality right here in Fairfax County. Police don’t keep us safe.