Ambrose Lane Jr. At-Large

Our city needs a strong, progressive leader as its next At-Large DC Councilmember. Someone who will champion the cause of vulnerable residents and work to solve problems at the root. Someone who will not pander to special interests or just address the symptoms while kicking the can down the road.

Thank you DC for Democracy for hosting the At-Large Candidates' Forum this past Wednesday night (2/16). Three key take-aways:

1) As the first At-Large Candidate to advocate for our Marion Barry Jobs Program to provide youth employment opportunities year round, I am happy to be joined by my peers in common cause. By making youth employment supports available year round we can engage our youth in productive activity after school, address more of the financial shortcomings that many of our youth experience, and proactively prepare our future leaders to enter the professional workforce.

2) Universal Basic Income is the beginning of a transformative, systematic approach to help residents heal from poverty as a social determinant. In brief, people talk about teaching a person to fish vs. giving a person a fish, why not and-both? This way, the student is not starving why they learn to use the fishing rod.

3) We cannot have real conversations about Affordable Housing without including discussion around income growth and job creation. Most are now aware that Homelessness is, literally, more costly to our society and economy than Housing. Still, Affordable Housing is not the ends in and of itself but a portion of the comprehensive approach to solving poverty.

For more information, or to support these and other important initiatives, please visit ambroselanejr.com.

At-Large Council Candidate forum DC for Democracy hosted a candidate forum to learn more about the candidates running for DC Council At-Large in the June 21 Democratic primary.The following ...