Join the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition in moving the guaranteed income agenda in Washington DC!
We are so grateful for your support in 2023. Poised to enter the new year, we can already feel the chilly winds of potential budget cuts. For example, promised SNAP raises should not be reversed! See the article here. In a city where 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line, we must work together to protect existing programs, while also forging bold new initiatives that will transform systems that burden marginalized communities. For us, a necessary ingredient is guaranteed income in Washington DC.
A regular payment with no work requirements and no strings attached, guaranteed income seeks to lift individuals above a basic income floor. Let’s keep up the fight and accept nothing less than an economy that centers human needs!
As recently shared, registration is open for the January 24 DC Council Business and Economic Development Committee Hearing on the District Child Tax Credit Amendment Act of 2023! Be sure and testify: We need your voices! Let’s keep building the groundwork for a permanent guaranteed income in Washington DC.
Want to know more about the DCTC or receive tips on drafting testimony? Join one of our 3 teach-in and testimony prep sessions hosted by organizers at Bread for the City, ONE DC, Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid, Mother’s Outreach Network, and other partners of the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition. The sessions will be led by LIFT, Spaces in Action and Mother’s Outreach Network. All are welcome to attend!
In addition, round out your January with us: don’t miss our highly anticipated hybrid event, Guaranteed Income: Black Men Need It Too! Join us at the ONE DC Black Workers and Wellness Center, 2500 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 on January 29 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. We hope you attend in person or on zoom – register now!
With the holiday season upon us, let’s relax, recharge, and return in the new year prepared to move our agenda for racial and economic justice in Washington, DC. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and wonderful times with loved ones! We can’t wait to see you in January 2024!
In deep solidarity,
Melody
Melody Webb
Founder and Executive Director
Mother’s Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition
The #DCTC hearing has been scheduled! You can register here to testify. This is your opportunity to share your vision of a city where we slash childhood poverty through the groundwork for a guaranteed income for all. See the DCTC study here.
DC Guaranteed Income Coalition partners and allies send our thanks to DC Councilmember McDuffie for scheduling a hearing on the District Child Tax Credit Amendment Act of 2023. We invite you to join us in organizing joint testimony with individuals and organizations that seek to address poverty!
The hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 24th @ 10:00 AM (ET) in Room 500 at the Wilson Building.
For a helping hand in drafting your testimony, sign up using the links throughout this email and send questions to us at outreach@dcgicoalition.org.
Thank you for your work in advancing the #HoldAHearing campaign, the #DCTC bill, and #guaranteedincome in Washington, DC.
Guaranteed Income: Black Men Need It Too!
Please come join us on January 29th at the Black Workers & Wellness Center! Black Men are needed to support the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition and learn about the benefits of Guaranteed Income to Black men. This political education session will include attendees learning about the framework of the DC GIC and listening to Black men discuss their basic needs and how the Guaranteed Income Coalition can support their basic needs while supporting reparations for all our people. The meeting will take place on Zoom and at ONE DC Black Workers and Wellness Center.
Finally, to learn more about or to get involved with DC Guaranteed Income Coalition:
