@gnd4dc.bsky.social
We are a coalition of organizations that advocate for a Green New Deal for DC on issues including green social housing, lead-free water, transportation, renewable energy, and more. More: www.gndfordc.org ☀️
“Don’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who carried this city through decades of change,” Petworth homeowner Cerise Turner said. “We believed in this city before it was booming. So don’t leave us out.”
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thank you @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social 👏👏👏
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7660...
We are outside council demanding the city to protect climate investments in the Budget. Keep Climate Investments in the Budget! #GreenBudgetDay
16.06.2025 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0thanks to @dcmigrantmutualaid.org for the leadership 💞🦋
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🚨URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to keep their hands off DC’s sanctuary laws!
Residents of DC do not have representation. We need help to stop these attacks. Email and call TODAY:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
@dcjwj.bsky.social well said!
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ready to join us? see you at our volunteer meeting on Tuesday June 3rd at 7 pm at the Festival Center.
We will discuss our coalition’s response to the Mayor’s Budget release and prepare testimony 📝
RSVP! bit.ly/gndjune
As temperatures rise, the Mayor has proposed rollbacks of Building Energy Performance Standards and allowed Capitol One Arena to skirt a gas phase-out.
We envision something different: a DC where workers are paid fairly to build & retrofit the infrastructure we need to weather the climate crisis.
this is an attack on workers. and it's also in the budget.
DC voters approved I-82 with a stunning margin. Council Members are ignoring the 74% of Washingtonians who voted for a livable wage for restaurant workers.
racial justice is climate justice is public health justice 📣
www.washingtoninformer.com/indoor-air-q...
the failures of our transit system are based in and perpetuate racism and must be solved with a racial justice lens. the impacts are severe and impact District residents now.
one way to improve our transit system? Council should fund the already-law Metro for DC to make our buses free.
cc: @homesnotstadiums.bsky.social 🙏
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A black and white image of RFK stadium is the background. At the bottom right, text credits the photo to Duane Lempke. A small Green New Deal logo is in the bottom left corner. The top of the image reads, “The RFK Stadium Dilemma” in all caps red letters. In the top third of the photo, a red semi transparent box underlays text which reads, “Mayor Bowser has proposed spending $1,140,000,000 in public funding to build a new stadium for the Washington Commanders at the RFK site in Ward 7.” in white and yellow text
A black and white image of RFK stadium is the background. At the bottom right, text credits the photo to Duane Lempke. A small Green New Deal logo is in the bottom left corner. The top of the image reads, “The RFK Stadium Dilemma” in all caps red letters. In the top third of the photo, a red semi transparent box underlays text which reads, “The Mayor negotiated with the Commanders privately without consulting the community or DC Council. This is not fair. The community deserves a say in what is built at RFK.” in white and yellow text.
A black and white image of RFK stadium is the background. At the bottom right, text credits the photo to Duane Lempke. A small Green New Deal logo is in the bottom left corner. The top of the image reads, “The RFK Stadium Dilemma” in all caps red letters. In the top third of the photo, a red semi transparent box underlays white and yellow text which reads, “The Mayor said that public funding for RFK will appear in her 2026 budget, which she sent to DC Council almost two months late. Rushing the RFK deal in the budget creates false urgency and bypasses community input.”
A black and white image of RFK stadium is the background. At the bottom right, text credits the photo to Duane Lempke. A small Green New Deal logo is in the bottom left corner. The top of the image reads, “The RFK Stadium Dilemma” in all caps red letters. In the top third of the photo, a red semi transparent box underlays white and yellow text which reads, “Communities need affordable housing, food justice, and good jobs. Residents deserve a participatory, transparent process to decide RFK’s future. Adding a billion-dollar giveaway into a budget that is facing severe cuts to social services does a disservice to DC.”
we're riled up about the $1,140,000,000 RFK stadium giveaway. are you?
Join our Volunteer Meeting on June 3 at 7 pm to demand a budget for the people, not the billionaires.
RSVP: bit.ly/gndjune
thx to @atulocal689.bsky.social & @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social for your leadership on this campaign!
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Light green background with Green New Deal for DC banner logo at the bottom. Green text at the top reads “Budget Priorities 2025”. Under that text, a graphic of a spotlight points onto green text reading, “Spotlight on Public Transit”. Large Black text reads, “Our Priority” Large Red text reads, “Metro for DC” Black text in bullet points reads: "DC Council passed a bill in 2022 to make Metrobuses free of charge in DC / The Mayor and Council have yet to fund Metro for DC in the city budget / With free bus service, a daily commuter would save $1300 annually / ATU Local 689, the Union representing most of WMATA’s workers, strongly supports fare free buses"
Light green background with Green New Deal for DC banner logo at the bottom. Green text at the top reads “Budget Priorities 2025”. Under that text, a graphic of a spotlight points onto green text reading, “Spotlight on Public Transit”. Large Black text reads, “Who benefits from Metro for DC?” Black text in bullet points reads: All DC Residents! / Bus riders: / 84% of bus riders in D.C. are residents / 36% of District households do not have access to a car / 60% of D.C. residents who ride the bus are Black / 68% of D.C. residents who take the bus have household incomes below $50,000 Metro for DC will support transit access for DC’s most vulnerable communities.
Light green background with Green New Deal for DC banner logo at the bottom. Green text at the top reads “Budget Priorities 2025”. Under that text, a graphic of a spotlight points onto green text reading, “Spotlight on Public Transit”. Large Black text reads, “Why else should I care?” Black text in bullet points reads: Reliable, affordable public transit is part of the infrastructure we need to weather the climate crisis / Making public transit more affordable and accessible gets polluting cars off the road / Fewer cars means less congestion and faster trips for those who do drive / Free transit eliminates the excuse for policing to enact fare enforcement” “Metro for DC will advance critical climate action in the District.”
![Light green background with Green New Deal for DC banner logo at the bottom. Green text at the top reads “Budget Priorities 2025”. Under that text, a graphic of a spotlight points onto green text reading, “Spotlight on Public Transit”.
Large Black text reads, “Ready to tell Council to fund Metro for DC this year?”
Black and green text reads,
“Write your own testimony at the
GND May Volunteer Meeting
May 6th @ 7 pm
[pin emoji] Festival Center (1640 Columbia Rd NW)
RSVP: https://bit.ly/maymeetinggnd”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzddsd3w5ncfteqzot3xacko/bafkreidzpvfspsfcd2twxqm2ie5eb4wenysdfug4srkkjbaiolb2uiwmhy@jpeg)
Light green background with Green New Deal for DC banner logo at the bottom. Green text at the top reads “Budget Priorities 2025”. Under that text, a graphic of a spotlight points onto green text reading, “Spotlight on Public Transit”. Large Black text reads, “Ready to tell Council to fund Metro for DC this year?” Black and green text reads, “Write your own testimony at the GND May Volunteer Meeting May 6th @ 7 pm [pin emoji] Festival Center (1640 Columbia Rd NW) RSVP: https://bit.ly/maymeetinggnd”
we're highlighting our priorities as we anticipate DC's draft budget. this week: public transit and Metro for DC! 🚏🚍🚨💸
We're ready to advocate for a city budget that prioritizes people and communities. Join us: bit.ly/maymeetinggnd
Tax Justice for All!
Last week, we gathered with friends and partners to demand a tax code that treats all of us fairly and doesn't prioritize cuts for billionaires over the services and support that our city needs.
El grupo Defend DC se complace en anunciar una convocatoria masiva.En este evento virtual tocaremos sobre la organización ambiental en DC, el nuevo contexto político y cómo participar en la organización climática en DC.
-UNETE
-Fecha: Miércoles 19 de Marzo
-Hora: 8pm
-Registrate: bit.ly/ClimateDDC
Defend DC Environmental group is excited to announce a Mass call! In this virtual event we will talk about DC Environmental organizing, the new political context, and how to get involved in DC climate organizing.
-JOIN US
-Date: Wednesday March 19th
-Time: 8pm
-RSVP: bit.ly/ClimateDDC
Light green background with red text reading “breaking news” across the top. In the bottom left corner are the logos for Green New Deal for DC and Metro DC DSA. In the bottom right corner there are a series of black arrows pointing to the right. text reads in black “seattle voters approve funding for social housing!”. Small red text above the black arrows reads, “let’s make DC next” A green line drawn image of seattle’s skyline is in the middle of the image.
Light green background with red text reading “breaking news” across the top. In the bottom left corner are the logos for Green New Deal for DC and Metro DC DSA. In the bottom right corner there are a series of black arrows pointing to the right. text reads in black, “funding social housing” followed by two bullet points: “1. Seattle voters approved the creation of a social housing developer via ballot measure in 2023. 2. On the Feb 11th, 2025 Special Election ballot, they were asked to approve the funding of social housing and to choose its mechanism.” Below the text are green and teal line images of a hand holding a coin and two apartment buildings.
Light green background with red text reading “breaking news” across the top. In the bottom left corner are the logos for Green New Deal for DC and Metro DC DSA. In the bottom right corner there are a series of black arrows pointing to the right. text reads in black, “The details of Prop 1A” followed by three bullet points: “1. Prop 1A, which won voter approval with 58% as of 2/12, is an excessive compensation tax. 2. Any business compensating an employee with $1 million ore more per year will pay a 5% tax on each dollar over $1 million in total compensation (including bonuses and stocks). 3. This tax will generate ~$50 million for social housing!” To the right of the text is a line drawing of a piece of paper, pencil, and % in red, black, and yellow.
Light green background with red text reading “breaking news” across the top. In the bottom left corner are the logos for Green New Deal for DC and Metro DC DSA. In the bottom right corner there are a series of black arrows pointing to the right. text reads in black, “Seattle’s social housing model”. A teal line drawing of an apartment building and two leaves is surrounded by five text boxes reading, “mixed-income (no one pays more than 30% of their income toward rent) / publicly-owned / permanently affordable / buildings are renter-run / new buildings meet the highest green standards”
seattle is building social housing! let's make DC next ☀️🏢🔨
Tell DC Council: we need green social housing now! publicly owned, mixed-income, permanently affordable, tenant-run, green housing is our future. bit.ly/gndsocialhousing
cc @mdcdsa.bsky.social + congrats @houseourneighbors.bsky.social !
We are hiring Junior Research Fellows for the summer of 2025! We are looking for outstanding graduate students to join us for the summer to make meaningful contributions to our transformative research and policy work across geographies and economic sectors. Applications due March 3.
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