ADVOCACY INITIATIVES
At Roosevelt Institute at GWU, we seek to combine innovative policy ideas with strategic, well-planned advocacy to make them happen. Every semester, we embark on a variety of campaigns to implement our member ideas for local change. We believe that the best advocacy campaigns are rooted in well-researched policy; likewise, we believe that policy is made best relevant when actively advocated for implementation. A core tenant of our organization's mission, we also believe that our policy ideas should incorporate the proposals of the community in which we live in, so we seek to build relationships and alliances with local community organizations to enhance our work.
This semester's campaigns include:
- Rethink Justice
Past initiatives include:
-Care for GW Coalition Work (2017-2018) (Facebook)
-Accountable To All -Registering People Experiencing Homelessness To Vote (2016-2017)
- Buy Local GW (2016-2017)
- GW for Financial Transparency (Facebook)
- Colonials for Paid Leave (2015-2017)
- Bank on DC (Fall 2014)
- Anchor Institutions Challenge (Spring 2014)
- Rethink TFA (Spring 2014)
This semester's campaigns include:
- Rethink Justice
- We are a member of the ReThink Justice, a DC-area coalition dedicated to pursuing criminal justice reform, including reentry, recidivism, and district jail policy. We serve primarily as a source of research, resources, and manpower.
- We are providing a space for debate and analyzing the effects of Initiative 77, a Washington D.C. ballot measure that was passed to phase out the minimum wage exemption for tipped employees, as well as its possible repeal.
- We are partnering with the KLM Carpenters’ Union to address wage theift and fair employment practices for the University. Locally, we are engaged in fights for better pay and training for blue collar workers.
- We are reigniting the fight for the expansion of voter rights in College Park, Maryland, hoping to parter with other Roosevelt Institute chapters as well as with immigrant and immigrant adjacent organizations on campus.
- We are excited to partner with the Commuters Student Association in an effort to bring universal metro passes for all GW students.
Past initiatives include:
-Care for GW Coalition Work (2017-2018) (Facebook)
-Accountable To All -Registering People Experiencing Homelessness To Vote (2016-2017)
- Buy Local GW (2016-2017)
- GW for Financial Transparency (Facebook)
- Colonials for Paid Leave (2015-2017)
- Bank on DC (Fall 2014)
- Anchor Institutions Challenge (Spring 2014)
- Rethink TFA (Spring 2014)
