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Building a Comprehensive Youth Development System
- Universal, high-quality afterschool programs so that all young people can engage in meaningful activities outside of school
- Increased access to credit-recovery programs so that all high-school students are on track to graduate
- DC Dream Act so that the children of immigrants are on the path to college and career success
- Investments in college-access and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
- Promise Neighborhood in Ward 4 so that government, businesses, non-profits, and the faith community can collaborate on the full spectrum of youth needs
- Dedicated, transparent, and competitive funding stream for youth development programming
- Year-round youth employment plan that focuses on employability training
- Increased anti-bullying, diversity, and conflict resolution programming
- Teacher, parent, and youth-driven school reform that provides for open community schools and turns our classrooms into laboratories of excellence. No more teaching to the test.
- Enlarged role for the Youth Mayor and the Youth Advisory Council, including “great weight” consideration for legislation and agency rulings
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Generating Jobs and Supporting Small Businesses
- Business incubators and financing programs to provide resources for our next generation of entrepreneurs
- Increased investment in the Georgia Avenue Great Streets Project and expanded business opportunities along Kennedy Street
- Comprehensive and enforceable community benefits agreement with Wal-Mart
- Neighborhood-serving development at the Walter Reed site
- Investment in community kitchens, neighborhood gardens, and central processing facilities in order to construct a sustainable food delivery system in the District
- Increase in minimum and living wages
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Fighting for an Open, Fair, and Honest Government
- Wide-ranging ethics and campaign finance reform and stronger enforcement mechanisms
- Review of contracting processes and agency performance to reduce waste, inefficiency, and fraud
- Civic X-Prizes to encourage local innovation through grant competitions
- Participatory budgeting so that all residents can help set funding priorities
- Aggressive push for DC Statehood, budget autonomy, and a State Constitutional Convention
- Term limits for DC Councilmembers
- Repeal of iGaming
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