Fair Budget Coalition

We love being in the #WeGotUsDC movement together with you all @childrenslawcenter.org !

Local 689 stands in lockstep with @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social Together, we're fighting to ensure that DC residents get what they deserve - a racially just and equitable budget. #WeGotUsDC

FY27 Budget Platform - Fair Budget Coalition Current Year (FY27) Budget Platform FBC produces our annual Budget Platform and other accountability and advocacy tools created by our...

@fairbudgetdc.bsky.social has officially launched their FY27 Budget Platform & we are proud to support the call for @mayorbowser.dc.gov + local leaders to develop a budget that invests in care and sustainability🌱
 
Let's build a budget that takes care of DC's children and families!
bit.ly/WeGotUsDC

Love being in the #WeGotUsDC movement together with our sibs at @atulocal689.bsky.social !!

We love the work that @childrenslawcenter.org does to find city-wide solutions that combat the longstanding impacts of poverty, racism and trauma, so that ALL DC children can thrive!

(and are so proud to call you a Coalition member 😉)

Read this year's recommendations: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC ❤️‍🔥

Our FY27 Platform is live! We're calling on our local leaders to rise up and develop a budget that invests in care and sustainability 🌱

@mayorbowser.dc.gov @chmnmendelson.bsky.social: Build a budget that allows DC to take care of our own.

View the platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC

FY27 Budget Platform - Fair Budget Coalition Current Year (FY27) Budget Platform FBC produces our annual Budget Platform and other accountability and advocacy tools created by our...

@fairbudgetdc.bsky.social's FY27 Platform is live! We're calling on our local leaders to rise up and develop a budget that invests in care and sustainability 🌱 bit.ly/WeGotUsDC

And we love having you as part of our crew! #WeGotUsDC

now THIS is a budget i can get behind! proud to be a @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social member as we launch our platform for a budget that takes care of our own. #WeGotUsDC

Read more: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC

Text over a graphic of a person with a microphone a building being built, and a building with "Love, DC, Go-go" painted on the side. The text says "Community Safety: FY 27 Budget Platform"

Text on a red background. The text reads: "Community Safety. Our vision for DC is one rooted in holistic community wellness, where community-centered solutions both prevent and address violence while respecting the lives and dignity of all people. This vision asserts our self-determinatuon and does not rely on law enforcement and carceral punishment logic to achieve its goals.

A graphic shows the cover of the Fair Budget Coalition budget platform for FY27, with the bitly link: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC and the hashtag #WeGotUsDC

Text on a red background says: "Community Safety Recommendation. Reallocate police funds to fund the emergency rental assistance program. Total ask: $100 million to the Department of Human Services, to come from the Metropolitan Police Department."

@fairbudgetdc.bsky.social's FY27 Platform is live! ✨️👀
We're calling on our local leaders to rise up and develop a budget that invests in care and sustainability 🌱💞

@mayorbowser.dc.gov @chmnmendelson.bsky.social: Build a budget that allows DC to take care of our own.

Platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC

FY27 Budget Platform - Fair Budget Coalition Current Year (FY27) Budget Platform FBC produces our annual Budget Platform and other accountability and advocacy tools created by our...

@mayorbowser.dc.gov @chmnmendelson.bsky.social Build a budget that allows DC to take care of own, and be happy to see you around town when you’re out of office, Mayor Bowser. View the platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC #WeGotUsDC

We stand wholeheartedly with @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social in urging the DC Council to pass a budget that ensures genuine public safety and that means stopping entirely the collaboration between ICE and MPD

FY27 Budget Platform - Fair Budget Coalition Current Year (FY27) Budget Platform FBC produces our annual Budget Platform and other accountability and advocacy tools created by our...

@mayorbowser.dc.gov @chmnmendelson.bsky.social: Build a budget that allows DC to take care of our own.
View the platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC
#WeGotUsDC

A slightly transparent photo of an ICE agent overlayed a dark blue background. Dark blue and white text reads: “COMMUNITY UPDATE: ACLU-D.C. Congratulates the D.C. Council on Passing the Federal Agent Arrest Reporting Bill.” The ACLU-D.C. logo is in the top left corner.

A dark blue quote graphic from ACLU-D.C. executive director Monica Hopkins. White and light yellow text reads: “Community policing depends on trust—and that trust disappears when people fear that reporting a crime could lead to deportation, unfounded imprisonment, or racial profiling. We cannot allow anyone in our nation’s capital to be abducted or hurt by federal agents. If agents do this, it should not remain a secret.” The ACLU-D.C. logo is in the bottom left corner.

NEW: The D.C. Council unanimously passed two bills today that shine a light on what federal agents are doing in our nation’s capital. Today’s unanimous vote sends a clear message: if a federal agent arrests or hurts someone, we should know the who, what, when, where, and why.

Transparency and accountability are how we rebuild damaged trust and ensure our local police force is not complicit in the federal government’s inhumane immigration enforcement. I was proud to co-introduce and vote in favor of the FAAR Act.

As you read this year's Budget Platform, we hope that....

#WeGotUsDC #DCBudget

Our newest Budget Platform is live! 🎉🎉🎉

"DC Takes Care of Our Own: A Budget for Care and Sustainability" is a deepening of our commitment to a shared vision of a DC with self-sustaining communities - ones that are TRULY invested in and cared for 🌱

Read the platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC #WeGotUsDC

⚠️Recoupling is bending a knee @anitabondsdc.bsky.social @robertwhitedc.bsky.social @cmchenderson.bsky.social CM Crawford @brianneknadeau.bsky.social @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social @cmfrumin.bsky.social @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social @cmzparker5.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social CM Felder CM T White

This. Any lawmaker telling advocates it's a "tight budget season" while advancing a "recoupling" effort that would simultaneously hurt our budget and set an incredibly dangerous precedent of bowing at the feet of illegal federal interference should think twice about this approach.

We've got an exciting new recommendation from our Food Access Policy Issue Committee (PIC) in this year's platform! We'll be launching next week, so make sure you're signed up for our 'Fair Fridays' newsletter to learn more and get involved:

fairbudget.org/sign-up/

#WeGotUsDC

Radically imagining a world where our food deserts are met with local food options that provide:

✨ Economic opportunities for our community
✨ Gathering spaces to break bread (literally!)
✨ Intergenerational food security with healthy and sustainable options

📍East Capitol Urban Farm

#WeGotUsDC

Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home.

14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.

Interim MPD chief Jefferey Carroll (and fashiest haircut award winner) says during the oversight hearing "We don't want to work with ICE ERO"

Soooo why are the MPD orders permitting officers to share information about DC residents with ICE still in place, Jeff?

Members of our staff testified today before the DC Council's Committee on Human Services. Their testimonies focused on TANF, housing, & SNAP policies, & on how the council can mitigate harm in the upcoming budget. They only spoke for a few minutes, but we have tons of in-depth analysis at dcfpi.org

It was also great how patient @cmfrumin.bsky.social was with folks getting into the Zoom, dealing with the tech - not dinging folks for missing the timing of their testimony when the witness list moved faster than anticipated

👀 Next up, time windows for testifying? We can hope!

Process matters!

Thank you, @cmfrumin.bsky.social for giving so many helpful updates (on the schedule, timing of breaks, the zoom, & more) to the 100+ witnesses for the massive DHS hearing today!

Lack of transparency about the schedule over many hours waiting is a big burden on community witnesses

Bravo!

The youth are not just our future, they're our present!

That's why spaces like this are such a gift 🎁

Please reach out to info@fairbudget.org to access the link to join us virtually!

Due to the snow we have decided that the Power in Action Community Committee Meeting will be virtual to ensure the safety and accessibility of our participants. Although this is disappointing, there will be an in-person space in March, so please stay tuned for updates.

¡Únase a nosotros para disfrutar de un día alegre de comunidad, defensa y presentación de nuestra Plataforma de Presupuesto del Año Fiscal 27 al Concejo de DC!

Regístrate aquí: bit.ly/FBCFY27Walka...