August 27, 2024

CONTACT:
Darryl Hairston, (202) 361-3466, dah.bb99@yahoo.com
Alletha Ballard, (202) 597-3296, allethaballard2016@gmail.com
Glynda Dansby, (202) 270-4773, glyndadansby46@gmail.com

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Ward 2, “DC Circulator Lives Matter” Employee Protest at Freedom Plaza 1325 Pennsylvania Ave., NW – August 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM.

DC Circulator employees with the support of the Healthy DC & Me Leadership Coalition, along with community leaders and stakeholders are speaking out against what they believe to be an injustice and lack of appropriate union representations regarding their ongoing concerns and frustrations with losing their employment due to the recent DC budget cuts.

Hundreds of DC Circulator workers feel betrayed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), and their employer RATP Dev USA. Employees are asking the DC Council to schedule a special hearing, and an audit to help them with gaining transparent understandings of why nine months after RATP DEV 5-year contract extension by DDOT was reversed, and why the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 Director of Communications, Matthew Girardi says that the mayor and District Department of Transportation blindsided them with much of their recent actions. Matthew says, “what has been done to our members at Circulator by DDOT and Mayor Bowser is outrageous and we will be fighting back”.

DC Circulator Employees are scrambling to make sense of how they have become the latest casualties in the District’s ongoing violation of citizen and employee human and civil rights. Many of the DC Circulator employees have expressed distress and extreme anxiety over having the rug pulled out from under them and their families. The latest closedown agreement that has been reached between ATU local 689, and the Professional Employees
International Union (OPEIU) local 2 was done so without the inclusion or approval of many of the DC Circulator employees, who pay dues for protections from the union, that they say are not acceptable or reassuring.

DC CIRCULATOR EMPLOYEES DEMAND THAT DC GOVERNMENT & RATP DEV USA,
• Provide a guarantee that All DC Circulator employees will retain their current pay grade/rate, and not be subject to a lesser pay rate/grade if transitioned under WMATA.
• Provide a five (5) year transitional financial plan that will allow all DC Circulator employees to properly be made whole.
• Rescind the current closedown letter and allow DC Circulator employees to renegotiate terms that are less imposing on their mental and financial well-being.
• Participate in a mandatory DC Council special hearing to be held accountable to DC Circulator employees, and DC citizens who are seeking answers regarding the mayor and DC governments’ mishandling and failure to protect its workers and citizens from harmful and cruel mismanagement of the city’s contract awards and budget allocations.

Show up this Thursday, 8/29/24 at 11AM and support DC Circulator employees who are fighting back against misrepresentation, underrepresentation, false representation, and what they believe to be the violation of their human and civil rights. Help them to hold the DC mayor, government, RATP Dev, union leaders, and the DC transportation committee accountable for actions that have contributed to their unhealthy employment outcomes.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Capital City Emergency “Level II” Trauma & Wellness Center will house a “state of the art” Outreach Community Resource Center, that will provide case management, mental health community advocacy, and oversight from the M.I. Mother’s Keeper mental health advocates. 
 
The Capital City Emergency “Level II” Trauma & Wellness Center will offer patrons access to immediate coverage by general surgeons as well as coverage by the specialties of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology and critical care.
 
Our goal is to help people in the best way possible in an effort to preserve and to save more lives in the Nation’s Capital and beyond.

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Emergency

Code Red
Gunshot Victim
Life Threatening Wounds
Physical Assault Victim
Severely Injured Auto Accident Victim
Burn Victim
Epilepsy/Seizures
Cardiovascular
Choking & Breathing Obstructions
and more…

trauma

Child Sex Assault Victim
Domestic Violence Victim
Drug Overdose
Rape/Sex Crime Victim
Suicide Watch
Trafficking Victim
Nervous Breakdown
and more…

Mental Health

At Capital City Emergency Trauma & Wellness Center patrons with mental health emergencies that include life threatening situations in which an individual is imminently threatening harm to self or others, severely disoriented or out of touch with reality, has a severe inability to function or is otherwise distraught and out of control, will have access to quality and psychiatric emergency services and referrals.

Physical Health

Whether your life threatening medical emergency involves excessive or uncontrollable bleeding, head injury. difficulty with breathing, severe pain, heart attack, vision impairments, stroke, physically collapsing, or seizure related, rest assured that our professionals will properly assess and evaluate the level of response that will be most needed to help provide stabilized care solutions and minimize complications as well as reduce early mortality.

Holistic Healthcare

We offer healthcare solutions that will support the whole person which includes their physical, psychological, emotional, social, & spiritual wellbeing. Research supports that because your mental state can affect your overall health we support and offer the inclusion of complimentary and alternative medicine(CAM) practitioners and naturopathic doctor recommendations and referrals as a part of our Outreach Community Resource Center’s care regimen and support.

Rehabilitative

Emergency care can typically result in traumatic injuries for which rehabilitation becomes an essential component of care in trying to achieve the best long-term outcomes for the patient. In addition to speeding up recovery times and helping to prevent further complications, rehabilitative care also helps to support a patient’s self-managed recovery once discharged from our facility. Our Outreach Community Resource Center works closely with our trauma center’s discharge department to assure that patrons requiring these services are linked with qualified professionals who will be accountable to the standard of care required to help the patron be successful in their recovery.

Social Services

Our “state of the art” Outreach Community Resource Center intends to promote “expansive” beneficial community enriching services, programs, case management, & linkage to “approved” partner resources and supports in all of the following intended areas and more:

Social Services

  • Clothing
  • Food Pantry
  • Housing/Shelter
  • I.D. Credentials
  • Senior Wellness Check
  • Toiletries
  • Transportation
  • Etc.

Extended Family Services

  • Child Care
  • Credit Counseling
  • Family Court Services
  • Legal Aide

Career Training

  • Apprenticeship programs
  • Computer/Graphics Training
  • Culinary Program  
  • GED Courses
  • Hospitality Training
  • Job Etiquette & Grooming
  • Resume’ Prep
  • Sales Training
  • Software/Technology workshops
  • Small Business Training

Return Citizen
Program Partner
(Bridging the Gap)

  • Case Management
  • Temporary Boarding/Housing
  • Transitional Program Registration

Prevention/Intervention Outreach,
Workshops, & Programs

  • After-school Behavioral Health Program
  • Civic Engagement / Volunteer Sign-up
  • Fatherhood Rites of Passage
  • Gun Violence Town Hall Forum
  • Life Coaching & Coping Strategies
  • Marriage Counseling Workshops
  • Medicare Informational Workshops
  • Mentorship Training
  • Parental Classes
  • Support Groups
  • Town Hall Discussions
  • Violence De-Escalation Training
  • Voter Registration

Nutritional Outreach

  • Cooking Demonstrations
  • Dietary Programs
  • Exercise Classes
  • Recipe Sharing Workshops
  • Meal Prep

Community Outreach

The Healthy DC & Me Leadership Coalition is partnering with the M.I. Mother’s Keeper Mental Health advocacy organization to provide outreach services on the community level as an aid in reducing the existent health inequities that many District citizens are facing as a direct result of the presence of debilitating social determinants and the lack of culturally appropriate care choices and realities for community members residing in marginalized and lower-income communities.

It is the vision and intentions of the M.I. Mother’s Keeper Mental Health Advocates organization to help improve the quality of living for citizens living in our Nation’s Capital and beyond by overseeing the delicate linkage to services and by maintaining higher standards of care accountability for deserving citizens of the Nation’s Capital.

For more information or to enroll as one of our service providers, please email us at:
info@healthydcandme.org