SPACEs In Action (SIA) is a grassroots membership organization working to impact systems change with our base as we reclaim our power, reclamando nuestro poder.
DC Metro Region
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MUST-WATCH: This moving speech by Senator Raphael Warnock at the Harris campaign rally in Altanta, Georgia, will be remembered and watched for generations to come. Just wow.
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BREAKING: Nearly 100 orcas have emerged from the ocean to shut down Citibank’s HQ, the second biggest financier of fossil fuels.
The orcas won’t take it anymore. They’re taking a stand for all life on earth, orcas and humans alike.
#SummerofHeat
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Here’s what’s important to understand about the Pay Equity Fund - over 95% of the program budget goes to educator salaries and healthcare. Therefore, underfunding the program directly impacts the wages and healthcare educators receive
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Thank you, @BrianneKNadeau, for asking about the PEF & eroding carryover dollars / OSSE's claims. We disagree that $70m is the right level unless, as a policy choice, there's agreement that educators deserve to face a pay cut xitter.cf/AnneTheAnalyst/status/…
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By following through on its commitments and investing enough in proven strategies, DC can be the first major city to end chronic homelessness. Our new report details cost estimates and recommendations from directly impacted people: dcfpi.org/all/bringing-it-al…
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In stating his support for the @CouncilofDC "finding" the money to restore the Pay Equity Fund fully, @CMCharlesAllen makes the critical connection between #childcare and working #WashingtonDC families. #Under3DC
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Did you see this in the District? @SPACEsInAction LIT up the city urging to restore the Early Childhood Educators Pay Equity Fund. An important reminder that child care is everyone's business.
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WATCH: Earlier this week, our friends from @SPACEsInAction sat down with @HFisherWHUR's Daily Drum to talk through what's next for the Early Childhood Pay Equity Fund, budget cuts happening in the District and more. Tune in to the episode here: whur.com/news/dcs-looming-da…
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Still wondering why the proposed end of the #WashingtonDC Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund is such a huge deal? Listen to The Daily Drum on @WHURfm tonight at 7. @CMZParker5 @SPACEsInAction + @ShaeHamCam will explain why it matters to DC’s economic well-being. #Under3DC
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The tax system has allowed the rich to protect & grow their wealth, concentrating it in the hands of the few, widening the gap between them & everybody else.
Sign our petition telling DC lawmakers to tax wealth for shared prosperity. bit.ly/peoplestaxplan
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In 2021, the CFO's office told me DC has spent only about 75% of the Cash Flow reserve at any one point in time. It's our biggest reserve. There is no need to rush to refill the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve based on cash flow fears. The CFO's argument isn't making sense to me
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This claim in the story is wrong: "D.C. officials say Bower's proposed 2025 budget would cut the program, saving the city $70 million a year after the program did not meet its deadline to raise more than $200 million."
The issue is rooted in $ "needed" for the reserves, not PEF.
Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her proposed 2025 budget to DC Council on Wednesday, which prioritizes education, public safety, and downtown D.C. wusa9.com/article/news/local…
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Scoop: The Capital One Arena agreement — while not final — has not been seen by the public or lawmakers who will vote tomorrow on the $515 million deal. Here is a look at the terms, per a copy obtained by @axios. axios.com/local/washington-d…
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This week kicks off FY 2025 Budget season. Below is the updated hearing schedule for the Committee of the Whole.
Make sure to visit the @dccouncilbudget website for updates throughout this budget season: dccouncilbudget.com
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Her budget also refills the reserves, per the CFO's demands, but over the course of the plan, not by FY 2025
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The DC budget threatens to cut essential services for our community, join the fight now @justrecoverydc and @fairbudgetdc
We refuse to stand by while our Mayor cuts her way to a budget that will be unsafe for residents and will destabilize the District
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The Pay Equity Fund is essential: it has raised wages for thousands of hard working early childhood educators, many of whom are Black and Brown women. We must keep our promises to the District’s educators, parents, and children and protect this program in our FY25 budget.
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MD Senators are trying to silence & cut funding from the Mid-Atlantic's biggest immigrant rights org over their calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Their Islamophobia & double standards are clear. Do better @CherylKagan @Senatornjk @cherylckagan #MDPolitics bit.ly/49vHBmx
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The 369th Infantry Regiment, The Harlem Hellfighters.
Though they spent more time in battle than any other regiment and were one of the most decorated, they never got the recognition they deserved. #VeteransDay2023
—THREAD—
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Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND
The officers were acquitted by an all white jury #VeteransDay2023
A THREAD!
