DC Working Families
THE LATEST FROM District Of Columbia:
DCWFP endorses Janeese Lewis George for Ward 4!
We're endorsing Janeese Lewis George for Ward 4 councilmember! Last night at our November membership meeting, we released the results from our first endorsement vote in the 2020 Democratic Primary and our ... More
DC Working Families Party Membership Meeting
D.C. Working Families Party is a progressive organization that fights for racial and economic equity and justice and supports candidates with a bold vision of change. That means creating good jobs at decent wages. Investing in public goods, from public ... More
Working Families Party DCision 2020
Contact us at replydc@workingfamilies.org with any questions, comments, feedback or corrections. The DC Working Families Party will be making endorsements for the 2020 Democratic Primary and later, for the General Election. We invite all candidates to ... More
Fair Elections – a transformative win for D.C.
This week, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed and committed to fund the Fair Elections Act into law, a little over a month after the D.C. Council unanimously voted to pass the bill. Citing grassroots pressure and activism, the Mayor said ... More
Calling for a Fair Budget at the Mayor’s forums
At the Mayor's budget engagement forums last week, DC Working Families joined our allies at the DC Fair Elections and DC Fair Budget Coalitions to call for a budget focused on racial and economic justice and equity. Over the course ... More
Victory on Paid Family Leave!
After years of work from thousands of D.C. residents and dozens of community organizations, the fight to pass and protect Paid Family Leave has been won. As he first announced after being questioned by Paid Family Leave advocates at a ... More
DC Working Families Holds First Candidate Forum of 2018
"The forum was hosted by the D.C. Working Families Party and a constellation of progressive groups — friendly territory for a liberal advocate like Lazere." ... More
Fair Elections Passes! A huge victory for D.C.’s democracy
Victory for Democracy: D.C. Council Approves Fair Elections Act After Landmark Vote, Groups Delivered Petitions to Mayor Urging Her to Support Public Funding of Elections Feb. 6th, WASHINGTON, D.C. – By approving the Fair ... More
Resisting the Trump Agenda
DC Working Families activists have shown up in force to call out Trump's racist, misogynist, xenophobic and corrupt agenda. ... More
Putting DC Voters First
We’re fighting to make our democracy more inclusive by empowering voters. By helping to lead the DC Fair Elections coalition, we are working to create a limited public matching funds program for qualified candidates by passing the “Fair ... More