Budget Advocacy

I am Anita Lampel.  I live in Bethesda and I am active in local advocacy with Jews United for Justice.  Thank you for letting me speak in support of funding for Early Childhood Education in [...]

My name is Marilyn Kresky-Wolff and today I am representing Jews United for Justice. The Jewish tradition of Tikkun Olam, meaning Repairing the World, teaches us that the best way to enable those [...]

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 [...]

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

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

Sign the open letter to DC Council saying that you want to pay your property taxes, not lose nearly $40 million for vital programs!

JUFJer Annie Rosenthal reports back from her first Mayor's Budget Engagement Forums.