DC Jobs with Justice

The District would be nothing without working people, but the District is not taking care of working people in this budget.

DC’s care economy is under threat — and we’re showing up to protect it! Join us @dc_jwj , Under 3 DC, the DC Paid Family Leave coalition & Keep DC Healthy on Wed, May 20 @ 9:30am at the Wilson Building to speak up for child care, paid leave & healthcare! RSVP: bit.ly/20may26

Your Councilmembers need to hear from you today. FIll out the Access to Justice Email Action - Link in Bio D.C. Council is deciding on what programs & services DC will fund in next year's budget and the Access to Justice Initiative is facing a crisis. The Mayor's budget cuts funding from by 86% – from $31.7 million to just $4.487 million. We are calling on the Council to restore funding to ensure that residents facing eviction, domestic violence, the loss of public benefits, and other urgent legal challenges can access legal services. This funding supports our community’s most vulnerable residents. It allows Empower DC to provide direct outreach and education to residents at risk of eviction or displacement.

TENANT ADVOCACY ALERT! Yesterday DCJWJ and a group of Tenant Association presidents and leaders went down to testify at the DC Council budget hearings to demand full funding for Eviction Prevention services. From Shelby, tenant association leader in Ward 1: "A pillar of our Tenant Association is the Eviction Defense Team. We believe that everyone deserves dignified housing, irrespective of how our landlord sees them. Over the last three years, our TA has been made aware that our immigrant neighbors have received the same lease violation notice by our landlord suing for eviction. “We as a TA only have so much capacity to work closely with our neighbors. We provide legal resources, interpretation, and technology help, and other methods of care but face obstacles with time, capacity, or knowledge gaps. We greatly depend on DC Jobs with Justice which also relies on the Access to Justice grant that funds eviction prevention services.”

The DC Jobs With Justice team is honored to have attended @dclabor ’s 2026 #EveningWithLabor Awards Dinner. We are so proud that our Executive Director, Elizabeth Falcon, was recognized with the Outstanding Citizen or Ally Award for her exceptional leadership in supporting DC’s workers and unions over the years. We’re thankful to be a part of the incredible DC Labor community and we look forward to continuing to win together! #SolidarityForever #UnionStrong

Congratulations to this year’s #EveningWithLabor awardees! On Saturday, May 2, we were proud to present this year’s awards to these distinguished honorees: 2026 Organizing Award: Crumbs & Whiskers Cat Cafe Workers, @workers_united_marjb 2026 COPE Suburban Maryland Ward: Tom Clark, IBEW Local 26 2026 Legal Champion Award: Regan Associates, Chartered 2026 Emerging Leaders Award: @drkennyroberson , @afgeunion 2026 Golden Picket Award: @dcnurses Dept of Behavioral Health 2026 Outstanding Citizen or Ally Award: Elizabeth Falcon, Executive Director, @dcjwj 2026 Joslyn N. Williams Vanguard Awards: @leaderhoyer and @congresswomannorton 2026 Thomas M. Bradley Community Services Award: @fundmvhub 2026 JC Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year: Ottis Johnson, @afgeunion District 14 2026 President’s Awards for Solidarity: Patrick Moran of @afscmemaryland and @freedcproject Thank you to everyone who joined us at Evening with Labor to celebrate these exceptional honorees. We look forward to your continued leadership for Union members and working families in the DC region.

DC Council: Fund Access to Justice & Protect Tenants! The Access to Justice Initiative is the DC's largest public investment in legal services for low- and moderate-income residents. It's facing an 86% cut! This puts tens of thousands of D.C. residents at risk of getting no legal help. Please join us in urging the D.C. Council to make the restoration of Access to Justice Initiative funding a top FY27 budget priority. Take Action- link in bio!

Everything you need to know before the Mother’s Day FREE Market: what to donate, how it works, who can shop (spoiler alert: EVERYONE!), and why this magical annual event matters so much. 🌸🍼💕 🚨‼️Reminder: porch donations close Wednesday night, so NOW is the time to clean out those closets, toy bins, and gear pile! You can find: • Porch map + donation info • Volunteer sign-up • Donation links • Event details + FAQs …all via the links in bio!

Mayor Bowser dealt serious cuts to Paid Family Leave in this year's DC budget. We know our Paid Family Leave program is a lifeline that keeps DC families safe, healthy, and gives us all time to care for each other. Want to know more about paid leave and how to fight for it? Join us Friday, May 8th at the Festival Center for a Paid Family Leave Advocacy and Know Your Rights Training: https://bit.ly/8maypfl Do you have a Paid Family Leave story? Share it at jufj.org/dc-leave Are you a medical worker who values Paid Family Leave for yourself and your patients? Sign our letter and share your story at bit.ly/wecaredc

We'll be at tonight's free May Day Celebration concert. Will we see you there? May Day is about showing up for workers, for our communities, and for each other. Right now, tens of thousands of people across the country are joining together for a day to defend our democracy and stand up for our collective rights and freedoms at a time when our futures are under threat. This, of course, is part of a long, storied history of organizing. May Day has been a day of protest, solidarity, and action for over 100 years. As we speak, Rising Organizers like you are hitting the streets as a continuation of this celebrated event. And we're excited to keep the celebration going with you ✨tonight✨ at the May Day Celebration Concert at the AFL-CIO National Headquarters, starting at 5 PM. The Rising Organizers team is excited to be tabling at the event, connecting with folks who care about building people-powered change and sharing ways to get involved in organizing right here in DC. Whether you’ve trained with us before or are just curious about how to take the next step, come say hi! We'll have merch and materials to share, and we'd love to see you in the streets! For all the details and to let organizers know you'll be there tonight, check out maydaydc.org/concert! And we'll see you there for all the festivities.

💚 Tell DC Council to invest in DC residents, parks, transit, affordable energy and healthy housing! These budget cuts definitely affect working class people who are most affected by the climate crisis. 🌿 Join advocates and community members for Green Budget Day of Action on May 4th! Wear Green for 8am rally + grassroots day at the DC Council until 12pm. 📢We’ll be there with 20+ environmental organizations gathering at the Wilson Building to say: Don’t defund our climate this year! RSVP: sc.org/greenbudgetdc

[Español a continuación] ✨LESS THAN ONE WEEK✨ to porch-drop donations for the Mother’s Day FREE Market! Donate kids clothes, shoes, toys, baby gear, furniture, feeding/nursing supplies, diapers, wipes, maternity/postpartum items and more!! 🚙🤰🧸👕 20+ porches are open through May 6. After that, bring donations to Emory United Methodist Church (6100 Georgia Ave NW) on Thurs night –Sat am before noon). Details via the links in bio. We’re preparing to redistribute 30,000–50,000 items, 100% free, to more than 1,000+ families. Bigger and more impactful than EVER! 🍼👶 Want to help? Volunteer or donate to support event costs. Links in bio! Huge thanks to ANC4A, Ward 4 Mutual Aid, and @dcjwj for co-sponsoring, plus to our awesome partners and volunteers from @parentingincommunity , @dcmigrantmutualaid and the wider Ward 4 community! Let’s do this 💛 ////////////////////////////////////////////// ¡MENOS DE UNA SEMANA para donar para el Mercado GRATIS del Día de las Madres! Aceptamos ropa y zapatos para niños, juguetes, artículos para bebés, muebles, pañales, toallitas y artículos de maternidad/posparto. Deja donaciones en porches hasta el 6 de mayo o en Emory UMC, 6100 Georgia Ave NW (jueves a sábado antes del mediodía). Detalles en la bio. Este año: 30,000–50,000 artículos GRATIS para más de 1,000 familias. Más grande que nunca. ¿Quieres ayudar? Haz voluntariado o dona. Enlaces en la bio. Gracias a ANC4A, Ward 4 Mutual Aid, DC Jobs with Justice y a todos los voluntarios y aliados. ¡Vamos con todo!