Washington, DC

My students did not come to me from nowhere on that first day of school. I was not their first teacher. Families told me tales of a patchwork of child care and early childhood services, cobbled [...]

Babies and toddlers learn best from face-to-face interactions with caring adults. Parent education and quality center-based care help kids learn language, and language skills help kids succeed in [...]

The costs of child care in DC are the highest in the country yet educators who work with infants and toddlers are among the lowest paid workers in the District. Funding the Birth to Three For All [...]

I do not have kids and I have no plans to have kids. I am here today because I am seeing my Ward 7 neighbors who do have families hurting and being pushed out of DC because they cannot choose [...]

I believe, and most people in our society believe, everyone should have a fair chance in life, a say in democracy, a decent place to live. But in our city, Black and brown people have less [...]

I have lived in DC for nearly 15 years but until last month I had no idea that individual residents could testify before the Council. In fact, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit this, I had [...]

Email the DC Council to let them know that our budget should help all DC kids thrive!

Hello! I’m Ariana, I’m 17, I’m an intern at Jews United For Justice and I’ve been working here since September. Before I started working at JUFJ I had school, a job, and various things going on [...]

Councilmember Evans' behavior is unethical and unacceptable. Tell the Council: A reprimand is not enough. Evans can't run our government's ethics and finances.

We blocked a regressive tax cut for the wealthy!! Now what happens?