Raise your voice this week to support the DCGIC platform and advance our goals! As the budget oversight hearings wrap up this week, we encourage you to register for our upcoming meeting and register to testify to make your voice heard!
- Join us at our monthly planning meeting this Thursday, May 2nd, from 5-6pm: Discuss the upcoming budget hearing and prepare your testimony!
- Testify at the Committee of the Whole this Friday, May 3rd from 9:30am-3pm: Your testimony here can shape policy in significant ways. We urge you to advocate for DCTC support in the Budget Support Act during your Committee of the Whole testimony. Register to testify here. See the DCGIC platform below!
Your advocacy matters, and together, we can create meaningful change. Thank you for your dedication and support in advancing our community’s well-being. Let’s make our voices heard loud and clear!
In Solidarity,
Melody
Melody Webb
Founder and Executive Director
Mother’s Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition
DCGIC Platform
DC Council Budget Oversight Hearings continue this week! We urge you to register to testify here at the Committee of the Whole, this Friday, May 3rd from 9:30am-3pm.
See the links below for background on the budget process and the legislation involved.
Upcoming DCGIC Meetings
MAY 2ND
Drop in to our May 2nd planning session to discuss the hearing and receive last minute tips on your testimony. Join us this Thursday, May 2nd at 5:00 p.m. for our planning meeting, which will continue via Zoom! Register here: bit.ly/DCGICMayPlanning.
Have any questions? Send us an email at info@dcgicoalition.org.
MAY 16TH
Please mark your calendars for May 16th at 5:00 p.m. and plan to join us at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 400 I St SW, Washington, DC for our first in-person meeting. We look forward to seeing you there and continuing our important work together. Refreshments will be provided, but please feel free to bring along your own delectable treats to share! We will also have a Zoom option for those who are unable to attend in person. Register here to join by Zoom: bit.ly/DCGIMay
May 16th Meeting Agenda
- Budget Actions and Updates
- Presentation by Janna M. Parker, Executive Director of PG ChangeMakers. PG ChangeMakers is a people-led movement and organization that works on issues around police brutality, poverty, housing discrimination, food insecurity, mental health and wellness, and economic injustices, creating space for impacted people to speak their truth and assist them in building a platform to amplify their voices as well as seek practical solutions for injustices imposed upon them. This will be a great conversation, so please plan to join!
If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Upcoming Canvasses
Join us for a special event on Thursday, May 9th, from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm at MLK Library. We’ll be hosting a canvass alongside the screening of the film “Storming Caesars Palace,” presented by the National Women’s History Museum. The film highlights the visionary leadership of low-income grassroots organizers.This canvass is in support of our guaranteed income priorities including the DCTC.
Please sign up using the links below to register for the canvass and secure your spot for the film screening. We welcome all members of the community to this enriching and engaging event.
We look forward to seeing you there!
