Hello DC Youth Advocates!
Ramina here, and welcome to week 2! Here's where our advocacy wheels hit the budget pavement.
Friendly reminder: each mailing will be broken up into 3+ sections:
- Now; covers what's happening this week
- How; highlights ways you can take action
- This week; a reminder of what we prepared you for last week
- Other upcoming hearings; hearings which we may not have direct advocacy asks for, but which may still be relevant to your work
- Next; provides a preview of the following week
And each mailing will include a downloadable PDF of all the content in each email. Whether you share that or simply forward this email, we need your help to spread the call to action.
We need you to stand up and speak out for and with our youth!
Now let's get to it.
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Now
The Ask: We need 25 million dollars to fund afterschool and summer programming for all students at risk of academic failure due to poverty.
The Need: In October, the DC Policy Center released a Needs Assessment of Out-of-School Time Programs in the District of Columbia. The Needs Assessment showed that we are 5,900 slots short of providing afterschool programming and 25,600 slots short of providing summer programming for DC young people at risk of academic failure due to poverty.
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How
Sign up to provide testimony (this week) at a Budget Hearing (the week after next)! We've actually got a bit of a lull next week, the week of April 2, with no budget hearings, so we're taking this opportunity to leapfrog to the following week!
- District Department of Transportation
Monday, April 9, at 10am
To testify, email abenjamin@dccouncil.us or call 202.724.8062
- Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Wednesday, April 11, at 10am
To testify, email sloy@dccouncil.us or call 202.724.8058
- Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education & District of Columbia Public School Board
Wednesday, April 11, at 10am
To testify, go to to bit.do/educationhearings or call 202.724.8061
- Department of Human Services
Thursday, April 12, at 10am
To testify, email humanservices@dccouncil.us or call 202-724-8017
- Can't make the hearing? Email, call, and/or tweet your Councilmember(s).
You can find their info on our website at Contact Your Legislators.
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Reminder of hearings this week:
Can’t Testify? Call, Email and Tweet your support!
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Other upcoming hearings to note:
- Department of Disability Services and Office of Disability Rights
Wednesday, March 28, at 10am
To testify, email humanservices@dccouncil.us or call 202-724-8017
- University of the District of Columbia
Wednesday, March 28, at 10am
To testify, email cow@dccouncil.us or by calling 202-724-8196
- State Board of Education & Office of the Student Advocate
Thursday, March 29, at 10am
To testify, go to bit.do/educationhearings or by call 202-724-8061
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Next
We have an event coming up this week we hope you can join us at!
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Advocacy Mid-Season Rally - Mar 28
On Wednesday, March 28, we will be having an Advocacy Mid-Season Rally, as FY2019 Budget Hearings get started. Come join us, hang out, and get a debrief on our main advocacy asks this Advocacy season.
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That's it for Week 2! As always, let us know if you have any questions. We need you to stand up and speak out for our youth, now more than ever.
- Ramina Davidson, Director of Housing Stability & Youth Initiatives
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