Board: @homeless_law & @brightbeginDC; @liftcommunities Policy & Advocacy Director; @housingnarrativ Advisory Member; Resident Goofball. She/her. Views my own.
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Want to see what I’ve been up to in my day job for the past year? Check out my blog post!
LIFT's Policy Director @itskhadijah shares insights from her first year! Learn about our groundbreaking advocacy achievements, future vision, and commitment to empowering parents. #LIFT25for25
Discover how LIFT is scaling impact & driving systemic change: bit.ly/3VbDO8O
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“Forum on TANF: A Lifeline for Families That’s at Risk”
Join us
Tues. Feb. 17
9am-12pm
The forum will feature parents, people who work with families, and policy professionals. Bring your voice and speak out!
RSVP: bit.ly/4jOSZzy
#UPOinDC @edlazere @DerekHyra
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Today is a big deal -Council to vote to bring relief to working families! DC EITC & CTC will win big!
THANK YOU @CMZParker5 @CMFrumin @CMBrookePinto @BrianneKNadeau @CMRobertWhiteDC @CMWendellFelder @trayonwhite @CMCharlesAllen @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for seizing a rare opportunity! 💐
I’m joining @TheOpEdProject's #WriteToChangeTheWorld workshop, because this is how we change who writes history. If you’d like to join me, register here (scholarships available): theopedproject.org/seminars
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I often hear folks say, “Donald Trump sent me a check during the pandemic.”
I want to make sure you understand this: Congress sent you a check. By the way, Joe Biden also sent you a check during the pandemic, just like I gave people relief during the Great Recession. The difference is that we didn’t put our names on it – because it wasn’t about feeding our egos or advancing our politics, it was about helping people.
So don’t be giving him credit for that. And don’t give him your vote, either. There’s only one candidate in this election who cares about you, and that’s Kamala Harris.
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Loving this discussion about how we #AddresstheDCBenefitsCliff with our partners @liftcommunities @upoindc. Hearing from great panelists too-Mellie Harris @QueenBzyBplr , a leader in mental health work and @TazraMitchell of @DCFPI, star of policy centering racial equity 🤩🤩🤩
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Childhood poverty is an urgent public health issue and some of our best tools for fighting back are the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and an increased minimum wage. That is why LIFT is increasing our advocacy work across the country.
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What might raising a family look like in a Harris presidency? Look to Flint.
The Michigan city has been experimenting with giving $6,000 to babies and families. The results are promising ✍️ @crampell
Congrats @MonaHannaA @profshaefer @mayorneeley
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LIFT has reached an exciting milestone! Over $1 million in unrestricted cash has been issued to more than 1,400 families through our Family Goal Fund!
Read more from @itskhadijah on this milestone and what’s ahead for LIFT families! bit.ly/3zFAURR
.@LIFTCommunities will launch its first policy agenda! To prepare I want to talk to policy experts in the areas of #cashpolicy , #basicneeds, #childcare /#earlychildhood, and #workforcedevelopment /#livingwage. Read more and connect me with any experts! linkedin.com/posts/williamsk…
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I am working with Industrial Bank, Phi Sigma Chapter in Washington, DC- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. & Koach Keisha to provide financial literacy classes for children in the community.
Children will be provided with grants to open up bank accounts upon completion of the class.
Let’s address poverty and crime in our community by providing constructive alternatives for our children and their families.
Register here: bit.ly/getthebagdc
#WeAreWard8 @PhiSigma1938 @BankIndustrial @DCDISB @MarcC856 @devMmyers @itskhadijah @AngrySince87 @AWainwrightTV @ServeYourCityDC @WashInformer @born2educateu @FranseleneC @TinaB202 @sciISlife @Chris_Roell
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Thrilled to present at the @prosperitynow conference! Join @itskhadijah, @anthony_barrows,@jenna_severson and LIFT member and mental health advocate Mellie Harris to learn how organizations can shape policy with lived experience.
See you at the National Harbor tomorrow at 4pm!
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I can't believe she's gone. She was kind, patient, smart, and had immaculate attention to detail. DC lost a giant, and the fight for fair DCPS school budgets won't be the same without her.
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Noah Bush, 8 years old, was found drowned in Jesup, Georgia in May 2024. He went out to play with neighborhood kids & never came home. After finding his body in a small body of water the sheriff’s office immediately announced it was accidental & for two months they did nothing.
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Join us Saturday, September 14th, for a Community Budget Forum - by us, for us. The budget is everybody's business, and FBC wants to hear from YOU as we create our fiscal year 2026 budget platform
🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/FBCBudgetForum
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D.C. has the chance to become a national model for eliminating family poverty by strengthening the Child Tax Credit. Full story here: bit.ly/3WanFQh
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Dear Democrats:
Many Americans (myself included) will be voting Democrat for the first time in our lives this November.
We’re not doing this because we agree with Democrats on policy; we’re doing it because we understand the need to stop Trump from destroying our Constitution.
If you see us non-Democrat Kamala supporters on Twitter espousing beliefs you disagree with, like on taxes or guns or whatever, try to let it go. Don’t be jerks. Don’t disparage and argue, expecting us to toe the Democrat line, because we won’t. We’re not Democrats. Being hostile to us will backfire and endanger our alliance.
We’ve made common cause with you in this election because our democracy faces an existential threat. We agree Trump is dangerous and we want to work with you to defeat him. Let’s be grateful for this mutual cooperation.
We can go back to arguing and being opponents after November. Until then, we have a country to save.
Check out my op ed by @streetsensedc ! As a formerly homeless person, I love that my op ed is in a paper dedicated to supporting homeless people!
D.C. has the chance to become a national model for eliminating family poverty by strengthening the Child Tax Credit. Full story here: bit.ly/3WanFQh