Скачать или смотреть Child Tax Credit Rally @ The Wilson Building with CM Zachary Parker | February 18 | Tax the rich! 🗣️

Recording of 2.18.26 livestream from @fairbudgetdc on Instagram.

**Viewer Note: Due to nearby construction, there is significant background noise. Please enable 'captions' if you are having trouble hearing the speakers.

On Wednesday, February 18, DC Councilmember Zachary Parker, alongside various DC-based organizations and community members came together on the steps of the John A. Wilson building to hold a rally to save the Child Tax Credit (CTC).

The proposed Child Tax Credit legislations was passed by CM Parker last year, and would serve to lift many of DC's most vulnerable neighbors out of poverty. The CTC is a well-established social safety net that decreases rates of child poverty and lifts the economic floor for everyone.

Read this article from DC Fiscal Policy Institute on the projected benefits of Council's proposed tax credits, including decreasing child poverty by 20%:

https://www.dcfpi.org/all/dc-tax-cred...

Learn more about the critical role Child Tax Credits have played in maintaining economic stability nationally:

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal...

Timestamped list of speakers in order of appearance:

(00:06) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action
(03:45) Richard Benjumea, SPACEs in Action
(07:22) Jamal Berry, EduCare DC
(10:51) Rachelle Ellison, Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid
(14:09) Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker
(18:48) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action
(20:32) George Jones, Bread for the City
(23:50) Tishiana Phrophet, SPACEs in Action
(27:05) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action
(28:15) Charnal Chaney, Fair Budget Coalition
(32:21) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action
(35:30) Neils Ribeiro-Yemofio, ED LIFT-DC
(39:05) Tazra Mitchell, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
(44:07) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action
(45:15) Charnal Chaney, Fair Budget Coalition
(46:18) Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker
(48:36) Fari Ghamina Tumpe, SPACEs in Action