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Hello DC Youth Advocates!

Today is the first of our weekly mailing of action items, during the next month or so of Council Hearings for DC's FY2019 Budget.

Each mailing will be broken up into 3 sections:

Now; covers what's happening this week
How; highlights ways you can take action
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.

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.

How

DC Public Schools
Wednesday, March 28, at 10 am
The ask: $25 million for OST
To testify: bit.do/educationhearings or call 202.724.8061
Can't make the hearing? Email, call, and/or tweet your Councilmember(s).
Email, Call, & Tweet Scripts will be included in next weeks Advocacy toolkit
Scripts will include Councilmember info, which you can also find on our website; bookmark Contact Your Legislators.

We have a couple of events coming up over the next week or so that we would love for you to join us at.

Youth Advocacy Day - Mar 22

This Thursday, we will be DC Council from 12 to 5pm, walking around with youth advocates and visiting Councilmembers' offices. More specifically, these are the blocks of time in which we are dedicating to specific issue areas:

Noon to 2pm - Out-of-School Time
2 to 3:30pm - Youth Workforce Development/Disconnected Youth
3:30 to 5pm - Youth Homelessness

So please RSVP at the link below.

RSVP Now

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.

RSVP Now

That's it for Week 1! 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.

- Maggie Riden, Executive Director

Hello DC Youth Advocates!

Now

How

Next

Youth Advocacy Day - Mar 22

Advocacy Mid-Season Rally - Mar 28