DC JwJ's "Talkin Justice": A People's Victory

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The campaign to keep the DC's daycare centers open continues! Thanks to emails from hundreds of activists, the DC City Council amended the Budget Support Act to restore funding to the daycare program, and are currently exploring the possibility of initiating a lawsuit against the Executive for defying the law. And last week they refused to confirm DPR Interim Director Ximena Hartsock, who'd been appointed Interim Department of Parks & Recreation Director by Mayor Fenty. Hartsock has defied City Council legislation and closed the doors of 13 childcare centers, destroying the city's high-quality, badly-needed child care services, putting hundreds of kids on the street and union workers out of their jobs. "I have no idea how I will be able to find childcare for my son," says mother Jane Andrews. Help protect these victories by clicking here to thank the City Council. - photo: at the Take Back DC rally outside the DC City Council in September; photo by Adam Wright