Can you believe DC's current criminal code was written in 1901?
100 years later, these laws still have not been updated. The current criminal code reference outhouses, steamboats, and mules.
We need these outdated laws to change and we need the CCRC to change them. 10 years of expert research will be lost if Mayor Bowser abolishes the CCRC.
Mayor Bowser's FY24 budget would cut funding by 60%, stripping access to critical resources from thousands of DC tenants, low-wage workers, people with disabilities, and many more. These funds are essential to the communities of DC.
This year, the BOP proposed a rule that will disproportionately harm Black and brown communities by increasing garnishments. The Justice Department can stop this from becoming a reality. Join us in telling AG Merrick Garland to abandon this rule!
Join us June 26th in downtown DC to celebrate civil rights victories and pro bono leaders at the Wiley A. Branton Awards Luncheon. Please join us for this inspiring event. RSVP and Sponsor Today!
What's Coming Down the Pike?
📅April 27
Know Your Workers' Rights trainings at Briya Charter School in English and Spanish, for parents of the charter school students.
📅May 10 & 13
Workers' Rights Workshops for Dancers and Strip Club Workers hosted together with HIPS DC and the Sex Worker Advocates Coalition. Tune in May 10 @ 1pm and May 13 @ 1pm.
Reach Out to Us
Kaitlin Banner ✉Disability Rights / Education Justice Catherine Cone ✉Housing Justice Jacqueline Kutnik-Bauder ✉Prisoners' Rights / Police Abuse Joanna Wasik ✉Workers' Rights Joanne Lin ✉All Other Matters
