Grateful for the mayor we have in NYC, even as I oppose some of the budget and policy maneuvers his administration is making right now. Now is the time to be strategic, disciplined, and organized in the interlinked campaigns for #budgetjustice, and to #taxtherich.

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Taxpayer dollars move fast during trafficking stings.
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...

#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice

Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy!

#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy

The budget reveals the priority.Medicare: $13,185 per patient. An incarcerated person: $12,800+. IHS, a trust responsibility: $4,078. This is Congress's math. #IHS#FederalBudget #Medicare #Congress #HealthPolicy #StructuralExclusion #BudgetJustice #TrustResponsibility #PoliticalPriority

Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities

The book vendor at Celina Su's event sold all their copies of #budgetjustice. Order from them here bookshop.org/p/books/budg...

Conversations after the talk w/ friends & colleagues old & new remind me how special the public & community scholarship communities are at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Photo of Celina Su's Budget Justice book launch and livestream of an expert panel on Zohran Mamdani's election to NYC mayor, both at The CUNY Graduate Center.

Double-dipping IRL & on Zoom so I can simultaneously follow Celina Su's book launch talk & the expert panel downstairs about Zohran Mamdani's election victory last week, both occurring at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social #budgetjustice

Kesi Foster talking at Celina Su's "Budget Justice" book launch at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Celina Su #budgetjustice: Kesi Foster (Partners for Dignity & Rights) links budget justice & direct democracy to contemporary struggles against top-down data center development, where massive public $ subsidies & antidemocratic policies fuel resource extraction practices & ecological harms.

Full house at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Skylight Room for this talk! #budgetjustice

A low tax rate means nothing if your neighbors can’t drink the water or afford their medicine.
#CommunityFirst #BudgetJustice

It is not wasteful spending when it feeds kids or keeps elders warm in the winter. That is what government is for.
#HumanNeeds #BudgetJustice

The aquarium will not fix poverty. The budget can.
#BudgetJustice #CNY

#ParticipatoryBudgeting #CivicEngagement #Democracy #SustainableDevelopment #SDGs #CitizenPower #PublicParticipation #InnovativeGovernance #CommunityVoice #BudgetJustice #Transparency #InclusiveGovernance #SocialInnovation #Empowerment #CollectiveDecisionMaking #Georgia

#MedSky #EpiSky #GlobalHealth #HealthJustice #NonprofitJobs #BudgetJustice #FundingEquity #CivilSocietyVoices #HealthAdvocates #NCDPrevention #GlobalSouth #PolicyInPractice #MutualAid #SocialImpact #HealthSovereignty

#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers.
Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts

#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers. Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts

ℹ️ Complete report from the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
🔗https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-33-25/

#TaxSunset
#IndivisibleGulfCoast
#TheMoreWeKnow
#JCX3325 #BudgetJustice

Keep up the pressure! The Senate is now pushing a budget reconciliation bill that slashes student loan forgiveness, Medicaid & SNAP.

Take Action now: tinyurl.com/528tatcn
#DefendSNAP #ProtectMedicaid #StudentDebtRelief #BudgetJustice #SocialWorkAdvocacy
#PeopleOverPolitics #ActNow
#PleaseShare

#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #HealthPolicy #Advocacy #PublicHealth #CallForPublicHealthAction #HealthEquity #PublicHealthAdvocacy #HealthSky #FoodStudies #FoodPolicy #NutritionPolicy #MedSky #EpiSky #GlobalHealth #HealthJustice #NonprofitJobs #BudgetJustice #FundingEquity

A Warning from History: Why We Must Act Now Do we want to become persecuted for our thoughts in the future

🚨 History is calling—will we answer? 🚨
The warnings of Orwell, Atwood, and Snyder aren't just fiction—they're a roadmap to what happens when democracy crumbles.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/navyvete...
#DemocracyMatters #BudgetJustice #ImmigrationReform #ResistAuthoritarianism #SpeakTruthToPower

Oklahoma Policy Institute condemns U.S. House passage of federal budget bill that harms vulnerable Oklahomans - The Oklahoma Policy Institute expresses deep concern over the U.S. House of Representatives' narrow passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which immediately threatens the well-being of countless...

Read the full statement from #OKPolicy.
#BudgetJustice #ProtectMedicaid #DefendSNAP #StopTheCuts #PeopleOverProfits #FundTheFuture #FederalBudget #CongressionalChaos

Image description: Promotional flyer for SEIU Local 1000 event, inviting participants to join a Zoom briefing with legislators and rally for a speak-out session with lawmakers. Features a call to action "REGISTER TODAY" in bold at the bottom.

Our 3% raise is at risk and we need all hands on deck. Governor Newsom’s budget plan threatens to balance the state budget on the backs of workers. SEIU Local 1000 is fighting back, and we need you with us.

Get full event details at bit.ly/3Fq7Q3O

#SEIULocal1000 #UnionStrong #BudgetJustice

Why keep funding Westminster when our own communities are struggling? Maybe it’s time to cut our “foreign aid” to London.
#Westminster #BudgetJustice #ScotlandFirst #MoneyMatters

$2.7T in debt so the rich get tax breaks—while our communities go without basics.

Markets panic, but we’ve been feeling the pain. Budgets are moral choices. This one says: profits > people.

📢 Organize. Speak out. Demand a people’s budget.

#PeopleNotProfits #BudgetJustice #News #USA

Food assistance isn’t waste. Veterans aren’t fraud.

If your budget treats basic dignity like a liability, the problem isn’t the programs — it’s your priorities.

Thank you, Rep. Raskin, for saying it plainly.

#ProtectSNAP #SupportVeterans #BudgetJustice

Our May DWK meeting was fire! Rosa Lopez & Ashe Huang from @ACLU_SoCal gave us a deep dive into budget justice—how city & county budgets work, where $$ really goes, and how we can influence the process.

Also—our Mom Kit Drive? Huge success.
DWK shows up!

#BudgetJustice #ACLU #DWK

The U.S. just greenlit billions in arms while threatening cuts to Medicaid & SNAP. This isn't security—it’s cruelty. @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov, we demand better. Fund people, not war. #PeopleOverPentagon #BudgetJustice #NoMoreArmsDeals

Dorchester community confronts budget cuts and advocates for parent mentoring program Community members demand funding while school leaders plan to launch parent mentor program.

Dorchester community members are passionately fighting against budget cuts that threaten vital resources for marginalized students and advocating for a crucial parent mentoring program.

Learn more here!

#MA #BudgetJustice #EducationEquity #CitizenPortal #BostonSchools #CommunityAdvocacy

Ending the Inuit Child First Initiative is more than a program cut—it’s a symbol of broken promises. Budget expirations without renewal are a recurring theme for Indigenous programs. Let’s unite and demand sustainable funding for our futures. This is our fight. #IndigenousRights #BudgetJustice