As more global challenges collide with urbanist issues, we need your help to cover them
A “Black Lives Matter” Ride for Justice in DC, August 8, 2020 Image by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons.
This has been a hard year. In the past nine months we have borne witness to the outbreak of a global pandemic, a looming economic recession that threatens to be worse than anything our country has ever experienced, and each day, we wake up to new news about the ravages of the climate crisis and additional evidence that American public policy is killing people of color across our county.
It has never been more important for folks who care about the future of our society to have tools at their disposal to advocate for more inclusive, sustainable and equitable communities.
Here at GGWash, while deeply distressing, the last nine months have led us to use our publication to explore a variety of ways that public policy entrenches systemic inequality in our society. Thanks to support from our Neighborhood members, we have been able to publish stories and host events that showcase how the many crises of this year relate to urbanism.
From our coverage of the ways the economic shutdown and social distancing measures have impacted transit, to our coverage about the relationships between systemic racism and public space, police brutality and transit, as well as our ongoing work to highlight the links between land-use, transportation policy and the growing climate crisis, we are committed to helping residents of the Greater Washington region and beyond draw out connections between urbanism, public policy, and the central issues of our time. If you’ve valued our efforts to highlight these intersections this year, please consider joining the Neighborhood in order to ensure we are able to continue and deepen our coverage of these important issues.
One challenge we face as a predominantly volunteer-driven publication is that, in addition to writing for us, our volunteers usually have full-time work commitments and don’t have the flexibility to respond to current events in a timely manner. Your support gives us the ability to pay writers to cover current events that have major implications for urbanism.
We are currently in the process of hiring a new, full time writer and editor who will give us the flexibility we need to adequately respond to current events, but we need to grow our Neighborhood in order to support this new staff member. Can we count on you? Membership starts at just $5 a month, and we are looking for 100 new Neighbors by the end of October.
This year, support from our Neighbors helped us to publish over 1,000 articles that were collectively viewed over 3 million times! By supporting GGWash, you are investing in a Washington region where everyday residents understand the complex intersectional relationships between urbanism, public policy, systemic racism, public health, economic sustainability, and the climate crisis, and are able to more effectively advocate for local solutions. Your support is critical to help us continue this work. Please consider joining our Neighborhood today!