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The DC Paid Leave Campaign, representing a diverse coalition of local businesses, community institutions, service providers, and advocacy organizations, commends the DC Council’s vote to [...]

Read a leader's reflection on JUFJ and JOIN's "Don't Kvetch, Organize" organizing 101 program!

Listen up, DC: I want you to raise my taxes. Yes, you heard right. I want you to raise my taxes. Why? It’s common sense: when people have access to the basic necessities--affordable housing and [...]

This Tisha B'Av, let us move through mourning into action.

A budget is a moral document that shows where our city's priorities truly lie. As the DC Council votes on the budget for the next year, we need our Councilmembers to put people first and ensure a [...]

In 2016, working people in the District of Columbia won a huge victory to enact paid family and medical leave so that no worker in the District would be forced to choose between meeting their [...]

Read a leader's reflection on our recent Intersession Interest Session, which focused on police-free schools.

Childcare and early childhood education are essential for all children, but even before the pandemic they were out of reach for many DC families, especially Black and brown families. Now, [...]

As a Jewish organization committed to economic, racial and social justice, we strongly support Thrive Montgomery 2050’s intention to make Montgomery County a more inclusive and racially equitable [...]

Mayor Bowser's proposed budget for next year raids hundreds of millions of dollars from paid family and medical leave to cut taxes for DC's wealthiest corporations. Ask your Councilmembers to [...]