1 year ago today Councilmember McDuffie held a public hearing on the Go Go Official Music of The District of Columbia Designation Act.
CM McDuffie took things a step further this summer by securing $3 million in funding for Go GO artist and preserving the culture in FY21.
You can’t mute our music!
Councilmember McDuffie congratulates Dance place on 40 years of creating, innovating and performing. #OurWard5
DC Board of Elections Town Hall
DC Board of Elections Town Hall
Councilmember McDuffie spoke with Anna-Lysa Gayle on his introduction of the The Reparations Task Force Establishment Act of 2020. ABC 7 News - WJLA
Councilmember McDuffie on the importance of supporting minority and women owned businesses in the District and some of the concrete investments he championed in the FY21 budget to support Black businesses. #RacialEquityNow
Councilmember McDuffie spoke with Maureen Umeh FOX 5 DC on the impact of last weeks flooding.
Stating very clearly “Residents don’t need a long drawn out process, they need immediate relief now.”
Message from Councilmember McDuffie following today’s shooting incident that ended at Brookland Metro station.
CM McDuffie in November of 2019 on the importance of racial equity and economic justice.
Fast Forward to June 2020, CM McDuffie leads the charge on passing the FY21 budget that focuses on advancing racial equity and economic justice by -
Funding the Racial Equity Achieves Results Act of 2019 (REACH Act) to establish the Office of Racial Equity and require all Council legislation undergo a racial equity assessment to score it for its impact on racial equity goals.
• Funding a new disparity study that will provide the data-driven evidence needed to establish public policy goals that benefit Black and Brown people in their quest for equitable contract procurement.
• Creating an Equity Impact Fund to provide access to capital for minority and women owned businesses, who often lack access to conventional financing options. The Equity Impact Fund will be managed by a third-party Fund Manager, outside the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
• Establishing a new Certified Business Enterprise designation, Equity Impact Enterprises, to address structural impediments to opportunities faced by many women and minority owned businesses.
• Allocating $2 million to establish a Go-Go music archive and for Go-Go creative economy development and support.
• Expands funding to equity impact enterprises in Wards 5, 7, and 8, which have the three highest death tolls in the District as a result of COVID-19. Due to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19, disadvantaged businesses in these Wards need additional support.
Committee on Business & Economic Development
Committee on Business & Economic Development Meeting
Committee on Business and Economic Development Public Roundtable.
Committee on Business and Economic Development Public Roundtable.
Committee on Business and Economic Development Hearing.
Committee on Business and Economic Development Meeting and Public Roundtable.
Budget Overisght Hearing: Committee on Business and Economic Development
Budget Oversight Hearing
Committee on Business and Economic Development
Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Covering the following agencies:
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of Lottery and Gaming
McDuffie speaks with Fox5 from site of Trump visit to Ward 5
CM McDuffie spoke with Fox5 today at the site of the protest of President Trump's visit to the Shrine of Saint John Paul II in Ward 5.
Rough transcript:
It has been hard to articulate and put into words my thoughts. On the one hand, I'm deeply saddened by the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, but the list goes on.
What happened to Mr. Floyd demands justice, for his family and for his community.
I am deeply disappointed at the president. At his antics last night, and that he has chosen Ward 5 and this sacred grounds in this area of our city to use as a backdrop for his production.
This is not what justice looks like, this is what politics looks like.
People here want justice. And until they get justice, I hope that these protest continue peacefully.
And until they get justice, I hope these protests continue peacefully in cities like the District of Columbia and across America.
I'm frustrated, I'm angry. And, frankly, as I'm sure a lot of people are around this city, they are trying to make sure they control the rage that's inside right now.
To be able to watch a video a black man's life is taken from him at the hands of law enforcement. Not once, but you see it happening to people across the country, year after year after year. People want real change, not simply rhetoric and lip service.
To say that you're with us in solidarity is not enough to address these issues fundamentally and systemically in law enforcement departments across the country should be everybody's priority not just in places where these things actually happen.
...As people know I've led the way on criminal justice reform here in the District of Columbia. We passed a comprehensive bill to reform the police department here in the District of Columbia. Sadly, the reforms didn't come as quickly as we would have liked and we've still got some ways to go, clearly.
I will tell you, I have seen a distinction between how MPD has handled peaceful protests like this,
Budget Oversight Hearing: Committee on Business & Economic Development
Budget Oversight Hearing: Committee on Business & Economic Development
Budget Oversight Hearing
Monday, June 1, 2020, 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Covering the following agencies:
Destination DC
Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
Public Service Commission
Office of People’s Counsel
Eight years ago today, Councilmember McDuffie was sworn in to represent Ward 5 on the DC Council.
Thanks to all the friends and supporters who took part in wishing him congratulations here and elsewhere!
DC Council Committee on Business and Economic Development - Budget Oversight Hearing
Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Business and Economic Development
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chair
Budget Oversight Hearing
Wednesday, May 27, 2020,
3:00 - 6:00 PM
Covering the following agencies:
Department of Small and Local Business Development
Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
Department of For-Hire Vehicles
Live Conversation on Violence Prevention
Councilmember McDuffie is hosting a live conversation on violence prevention in the District of Columbia during COVID-19.
McDuffie on Structural Inequities in DC's Recovery
Councilmember McDuffie at the Council Legislative Meeting on May 19. 2020, as the Council was passing additional emergency legislation in response to COVID-19:
"Until we can get to those structural inequities and really put in place policies that are going to drastically change some of the conditions that exist in communities across the District, then, I don't think we will have done enough.
The effects of this virus are going to be long-lasting, well beyond when we reopen the District of Columbia, and they are going to touch every aspect of our lives, health, loss of life, unemployment, food insecurity, and education.
I hope we can work together to put some real, serious, meaningful structural changes in place that are going to get resources, not simply for folks to limp across the finish line, but to be able to thrive.
Real equity and capital into small businesses that are owned by black and brown people in the District of Columbia. Real access to healthy foods in parts of the city that have not seen it in decades. That's the measure that we should be utilizing to judge whether or not we have been successful. Not simply getting back to normal... We should be looking far beyond that and really trying to help in a significant way."
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