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Posts by Nashville People's Budget Coalition
$25 million to guarantee housing and safety for all!
If Mayor O'Connell really wants us to “stay,” he will allocate $10 mil for *permanently* affordable social housing.
If he really believes that “there is more to safety than policing,” he will allocate $15 mil for non-police community safety.
CALLING ALL NASHVILLIANS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN YOUR OWN CITY!
PEOPLE’S TOWN HALL
Saturday, April 11
1:00-3:00 pm
Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church
2708 Jefferson St
Nashville, TN 37208
Register to speak or just attend >>> bit.ly/npbctownhall
>>> www.instagram.com/p/DW3-CxTEshR/
TONIGHT! bit.ly/npbcinterest
HELP US BUILD A PEOPLE’S BUDGET BY MARCH 23!
5-min survey >>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey
Please share!
Tune in tomorrow, March 19, 7-8pm to learn what we're up to, how folks can take action to build power with us, and all about our brand new expanded membership structure!
Register >>> bit.ly/npbcinterest
Tired of unfulfilled promises about “affordable housing”?
Fed up with “public safety” that doesn’t really keep us safe? Want to live in a Nashville that all of us can afford & thrive in? Come tell elected officials why you want housing & safety for all now!
Register to speak: bit.ly/npbctownhall
Learn about our organization, multiple ways to get involved, new membership opportunities, and the latest on our Housing & Safety for All campaign. Join us! bit.ly/npbcinterest
Talk to your neighbors with us! bit.ly/npbcoutreach
Survey closes March 20! bit.ly/npbcsurvey
YOU get an action and YOU get an action and YOU get an action! ⚡
Take your pick:
1. Complete our survey by March 20!
2. Knock doors with us!
3. Attend our virtual General Interest Meeting March 19!
4. Attend and/or speak at our People’s Town Hall April 11!
All links in bio.
This event is a gathering for Middle Tennessee organizations, congregations, or informal associations to (1) develop shared analysis of the housing and safety problems our people face, (2) explore bold solutions to those problems, & (3) establish plans to build the people power to win them. JOIN US!
Members or staff of progressive/left Middle Tennessee organizations, congregations, or informal community associations are invited to join our People's Movement Assembly for Housing & Safety — Sunday, March 8, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.!
Register >>> bit.ly/npbcpma
For every $100 in the General Fund, Metro Nashville Government spends $31 on police, courts, and jails, $1.09 on affordable housing, and 16 cents on non-police community safety.
How do YOU think the city should spend OUR money?
>>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey
Tell us by March 15!
How would high-quality, mixed-income, permanently affordable, community-governed housing impact your community?
What non-police community safety resources would most benefit your community?
+ more questions!
>>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey
LINK IN BIO!
Take 5 min to complete our Housing & Safety for All Survey to help shape our 2026 platform as part of our ongoing Housing & Safety for All campaign!
>>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey
Share with a friend or a neighbor or in your neighborhood listserv!
Complete by March 15, 2026.
SATURDAY!
All are welcome.
Let’s build real people power together.
Join us >>> bit.ly/npbcassembly
Until direct democracy builds the entire city budget — a genuine people’s budget — the mayor and his team should be present, front row, at every public comment / hearing concerning how he and his team will spend our money.
PRE-BUDGET PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, 2/3/26, 6:30pm. Sign up in person 5-6pm.
Warm up & build people power at our Feb 7 Community Assembly! 🔥
REGISTER: bit.ly/npbcassembly
All are welcome to join us at this family-friendly event as we build people power to secure the permanently affordable housing and genuine community safety we all deserve.
Words inspired by Arianna Nason.
There was a time before ICE—2003—and there will be a time after—in our lifetime. Abolish ICE. Abolish olice. Renee Nicole Good & all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.
Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.
Our 2025 was full of new wins & new possibilities for building a Nashville for all of us, by all of us. Check out our 2025 year in review and learn how you can help us keep building & winning in 2026 & beyond! (Hint: become a member and/or a monthly donor!)
Full text: nashvillepeoplesbudget.org
Solidarity with the coalition building power to ensure the $15M state grant funds genuine safety for all not surveillance! The struggle continues—mark your calendars for the evening of Jan 20, when the MOU is scheduled to be considered again. Stay tuned for ways to help support this ongoing effort!
What’s going on with the plan to give the Nashville Downtown Partnership $15M of grant funding for surveillance tech and an armored SWAT vehicle? @iamstevenhale.bsky.social from the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social joins us to talk about the resolution, the backlash, and our unanswered questions.
We want a Nashville for all of us — not a surveillance city for the rich! What the Mayor's Office is trying to sneak through & how we can stop it: www.instagram.com/p/DRvcwqEjY5...
Basics & action steps here: sites.google.com/intelechia.c...
And @truthout.org here: truthout.org/articles/a-n...
Canvassers will receive NPBC swag!
Email or DM us with any questions!
All delegations are led by trained canvassers and volunteers canvass in pairs.
Script / talking points provided.
Each canvassing session will be approximately 2-3 hours long and will consist of:
- Brief training
- 2 hours canvassing in pairs
- A brief debrief after