Fair Budget Coalition

First, They Came for DC - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly National Guard occupation of the nation’s capital is being used as a test case for authoritarianism. Local residents are mobilizing, but they need national support.

"What’s happening in the nation’s capital is a harbinger of worsening political repression." nonprofitquarterly.org/first-they-c... @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social @economicdemocracy.us

First, They Came for DC - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly National Guard occupation of the nation’s capital is being used as a test case for authoritarianism. Local residents are mobilizing, but they need national support.

Read more in our recently released and co-written op-ed with Center For Economic Democracy in @npquarterly.bsky.social:

nonprofitquarterly.org/first-they-c...

Have you seen federal troops in your communities even after they're *technically* supposed to be gone?

You can thank @mayorbowser.dc.gov for that.

Swipe through ➡️to learn how DC's local leadership paved the way for indefinite occupation and what that means for DC residents.

Fair Budget Coalition is hiring!

We’re growing our team with two Deputy Directors who will help sustain our collective work for budget justice in DC.

View listings and apply here: fairbudget.org/job-opportun...

Our Constituent Leadership Program (CLP) fellows are headed to the Wilson building next Thursday October 16 to make sure @councilofdc knows what the people want out of the upcoming FY 27 DC budget 🗣️💰

Learn more about our CLP and its role as an accountability tool for FBC:

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

OPINION | In @nytimes.com, @stevevladeck.bsky.social
examines the constitutional and factual limits on a president’s power to deploy the military within the United States and the role of the courts in testing those limits.

#GeorgetownLaw

Our FY 26 Council Accountability Report (CAR) is now live!

Our report aims to support you in being active, engaged residents, voters, and leaders in the fight for better policy for the people and a racially equitable budget for DC!

Read the full report here: bit.ly/FBCFY26CAR

We're expanding the Fair Budget Coalition team, and encourage you to share these opportunities widely with your networks!

Deputy Director of People & Operations: bit.ly/FBCPOP2025

Deputy Director of Development & Partnerships: bit.ly/FBCDEV2025

A full room during a presentation on DC budget 101.

Hard to believe we’re entering a new budget cycle here in DC. Thankful for @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social’s People’s Budget Forum where we’re learning and advocating collaboratively and proactively to meet people’s basic needs as rights.

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There’s still time to sign up for today’s People Budget Forum!

Meet us at Convene in Hamilton Square today starting at noon—

Let us know you’re coming: bit.ly/BudgetForum2025

What are some benefits of becoming a Fair Budget Coalition member?

Help us grow our movement! Please share widely with your networks:

bit.ly/FBCFY27Member

Hey Fair Budget Fam, it's time to renew your membership!

Our membership dues play a large role in allowing us to continue our fight for a racially just DC budget, something our community wants AND deserves

Renew your membership: bit.ly/FBCFY27Member

I'll be at Fair Budget Coalition's People's Budget Forum on Saturday. It's an opportunity to share your budget priorities and build some collective power in fighting for our government to support basic needs as rights. Hope to see you there!

Share this graphic with your networks and help us tell Council to center community in the RFK deal!

bit.ly/RFKFinalVote

The @councilofdc.bsky.social is voting on the final RFK legislation this Wednesday September 17

Help us ensure that the Commanders’ homecoming benefits local community members:

bit.ly/RFKFinalVote

The deal for a new NFL stadium in DC isn’t just about football. It must deliver for District residents. That means:

🏘️ Affordable housing delivered on time
🌳 The greenest standards for a US stadium
🚇 Metro > parking lots
💼 Jobs + small biz wins

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The People's Budget Forum The Fair Budget Coalition is hosting our People's Budget Forum this fall! Join us in community on Saturday, September 20th, from 1-4 pm to enjoy refreshments, share knowledge, and begin to co-create t...

Shouldn't our taxpayer money fund programs we ACTUALLY want implemented?

Shouldn't our elected officials account for the needs of DC residents?

Shouldn't the people have a say?

RSVP to attend our second annual People's Budget Forum: bit.ly/BudgetForum2025

The budget is everybody’s business, which means we need to hear from as many community members as possible about their priorities.

What topics do you hope to cover or raise at this year's Forum?

The People's Budget Forum The Fair Budget Coalition is hosting our People's Budget Forum this fall! Join us in community on Saturday, September 20th, from 1-4 pm to enjoy refreshments, share knowledge, and begin to co-create t...

📢You're Invited:

Join us on Saturday, September 20 for our annual People's Budget Forum! 👥

DC deserves a racially equitable and economically inclusive DC budget that represents the needs and dreams of our most impacted communities

RSVP today: actionnetwork.org/events/the-p...

Text of post on X from @miguelforDC reads: Last night, as my partner and I walked home, we witnessed a plainly excessive local & federal police operation to apprehend ONE (1) elderly unhoused woman who, as far as we could tell, was doing nothing more than sitting on a stoop. Not only MPD, but also FBI, USSS, IRS (?!), and of course our favorite mystery personnel in “federal agent” vests. Neighbors were absolutely panicked. The apprehended woman has been a neighbor for decades. The massive response was terrifying and deeply unnecessary. We need better leadership on these issues and we need the correct responses to various situations. Police should be involved where a crime has taken place. A phalanx of armed officers to bundle away one elderly woman is not what we mean by public safety. SW corner of 14th St & Spring Rd NW @jesserbnwtz @homeless_law @BrianneKNadeau @SafeDC @MayorBowser" full post here: https://x.com/miguelforDC/status/1962923336490504586

We should not be arresting our unhoused neighbors. What we're witnessing on our streets is cruel, counterproductive, and unacceptable.

Federal agents should not be patrolling our streets, terrifying our residents, and taking people away. The federal surge needs to end.

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.

It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.

It means arresting children.

These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

DC leaders should not be praising federal intrusion that is terrorizing neighbors.

We are asking our leaders to:

1. Denounce the takeover
2. Insist on an end to federal surge
3. Defend residents from abuse by ICE & Police
4. Enforce Sanctuary Values Act."

We are extremely proud to sign on to a letter sent to @mayorbowser.bsky.social
this morning condemning the positive sentiments towards the federal intrusion into DC that she expressed at last week's press conference

Her words have done more harm than good 🔽🔽🔽

A modest, targeted cap gains tax on 1% of DC residents would have helped folks make ends meet as other essential programs were slashed in the budget.
Thank you @cmzparker5.bsky.social @brianneknadeau.bsky.social @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @robertwhitedc.bsky.social❣️❣️

@win-dc.bsky.social @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social @rfk4community.bsky.social

We mourn the passing of David Schwartzman, beloved FBC Steering Committee member & lifelong activist for human rights, peace, racial and economic justice.

David was a force to be reckoned with and always, always showed up to fight for liberation.

His passing is a great loss.

We'll be there! We never miss a party, um, we mean, a budget work session.

On Tuesday at 9:30AM, we’ll hold a second budget work session, continuing the ongoing work of today’s marathon day-plus-evening effort.

Watch video of today’s session:
www.youtube.com/live/WSscrmw...

Info on viewing Tuesday’s session:
dccouncil.gov/notice-of-bu...

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen says he doesn't buy the mayor's argument that hard economics require cutting social service programs. On the Politics Hour, he says it's balancing the budget on the backs of the District's most vulnerable, and "it's not fair."

Ways, you ask? We got ways to reverse cuts! @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social we'd love to talk about some ways we can get this done!
We'll reach out, with our partners at @justrecoverydc.bsky.social too. Together, we truly can make a better DC where all can thrive!
#ChooseDC #TaxJusticeforRacialJustice