🎉 Meet our second group of 6th–8th grade students who successfully completed our 5-week #DigitalLiberations “Computer Technology and Workforce Development Training Program”! 🎓 With mentorship from #ServeYourCityDC/#Ward6MutualAid organizer Michael Houck, students from @eliothinems_eagles spent the past few weeks mastering essential computer skills—from Google Suite programs to basic coding and website design. 💻 Their final presentations showcased their new skills, made possible with devices provided by SYC/#W6MA. ‼️ The #ServeYourCityDC/#Ward6MutualAid #DigitalLiberations team is excited to keep supporting these scholars as they build on their digital knowledge. 📲 Help us bridge the #DigitalDivide in #WashingtonDC—visit serveyourcitydc.org/donate to support #solidarityNOTcharity. Together, #WeKeepUsSafe!

‼️ SAVE THE DATE ‼️ Join @dcgicoalition for their April General Meeting as we continue the fight for Budget Autonomy and Economic Justice in DC! 📅 Thursday, April 17 | 🕔 5–6:30PM Register: bit.ly/DCGICApril2025 Whether you’re a longtime supporter or brand new to DCGIC, this is your moment to get plugged in: ✨ Reflect on coalition goals ✨ Get trained on GI budget testimony ✨ Hear important community updates ✨ Stay after for Volunteer Orientation—perfect for first-timers! Open to all—bring a friend!

‼️ Thank you to everyone who showed their #solidarityNOTcharity during our February #BlackHistoryMonth #BookDrive in collaboration with @eastcitybookshop! ➡️ Thanks to your support, we’ve distributed 577 Afrocentric books to K-12 students in #WashingtonDC! Recently, #ServeYourCityDC/#Ward6MutualAid provided new books from the drive to students at @jowilsoncardinals, @eliothinems_eagles, and @easternhs. 📚 “Thank you for your generous donation of books to our scholars at J.O. Wilson Elementary! Thank you for providing books that display cultural representation and stories our students can see themselves in. Your kindness helped foster a love for reading while ensuring every child feels valued and represented. It was amazing to see the joy and happiness on our students’ faces when they were selecting their books and the thrill of excitement as they read them. Your support makes a lasting impact on our community!” — Ms. Cierra Barnes, 4th Grade ELA Teacher at @jowilsoncardinals. 📚 “Now more than ever, students need literature that affirms their experiences and sees their full humanity. Watching the excitement on students’ faces as they realized these books were full of Black characters—and that they were for their own home libraries—was truly a sight to behold. Thank you to SYC/W6MA and all donors for helping remind my Eliot-Hine Middle School scholars that they are still seen and loved!” — Ms. Ashleigh Rose, School Librarian at @eliothinems_eagles. 📚 “Thanks to amazing partners like Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid, our Eastern Senior High School students have access to more books from diverse authors that reflect their lives, open their minds, and make the world a more beautiful and accepting place.” — Ms. Olivia Lucas, History & Literature Teacher at @easternhs. 📖 BIG thanks to our community partner, @eastcitybookshop, for supporting our mission to provide #DC’s Black & Brown youth with 🆕 books at no cost to families! 💻 Help #ServeYourCityDC/#Ward6MutualAid close the literacy gap by showing #solidarityNOTcharity! Visit serveyourcitydc.org/donate. 📲 Let’s ensure our scholars see themselves in stories while supporting educators with needed resources.