Coming together

The DC Fair Budget Coalition, it members, and DC residents have been on the move this budget season speaking up about saving our safety net and the services necessary to continue to revitalize the District and its residents. A recent action was a trip to the Wislon Building, the hub for local DC politics. This trip included a visit to Kwame Brown's office and a couple of council members including Council Member Vincent Orange who was not present when we arrived to his office.

This was a great event and opportunity for residents from all different backgrounds, social siutations, neighborhoods, and ethnicities to come together for a common purpose of supporting the individuals who have the greatest need in our Nation's Capital. It is really exciting to see all of these different individuals come together for a common goal and putting their differences aside. It seems that if more people took the time to figure out what is truly the greatest necessity for the people and were willing to come together with those different than themselves we could overcome many of the battles we face today as a country.

Every day we hear about people arguing over semantics, disagreeing with someone's idea because their parties don't align, or making decisions based on their best interest. If we would all take the time to step back and outside of ourselves we could come together to accomplish great things.


--Krystal