Support Office of African American Affairs Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/support-office-of-african-american-affairs.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:48 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Elliott Gibson [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21214255?utm_medium=rss N/A

]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2017 05:27:19 UTC 21214255 Anonymous [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19891506?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:56:13 UTC 19891506 KEVIN Brown [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19886831?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:28:32 UTC 19886831 Kfatimah Woolfolk [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19885994?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Apr 2016 07:03:38 UTC 19885994 Tamara S [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19884628?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Apr 2016 01:40:30 UTC 19884628 Tomeka Gueory [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19884478?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:03:00 UTC 19884478 Willie Reynolds [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19884314?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:16:04 UTC 19884314 Zandra Chestnut [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19883848?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 03:05:22 UTC 19883848 Melody Spriggs [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19883778?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 02:31:45 UTC 19883778 Sheila Cole [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19883616?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:40:15 UTC 19883616 Cam Thames [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19883528?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:32:32 UTC 19883528 Natasha Rozier [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19883313?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:59:06 UTC 19883313 Anonymous [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882922?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 07:27:20 UTC 19882922 Rebecca Davis [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882344?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:34:29 UTC 19882344 Anandi Premlall [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882274?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 11:05:56 UTC 19882274 Akiima Price [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882120?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:36:00 UTC 19882120 Anonymous [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882109?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:27:41 UTC 19882109 Sincere Coles [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882086?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:15:06 UTC 19882086 Anonymous [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19882080?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:09:52 UTC 19882080 Leta Mcdowell [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881987?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:00:02 UTC 19881987 Sophia Waymer [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881986?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:59:40 UTC 19881986 David Jackson-El [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881984?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:59:25 UTC 19881984 Paul Jones [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881961?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:47:15 UTC 19881961 Anonymous [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881918?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:20:41 UTC 19881918 Christa Joyner [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881909?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:10:27 UTC 19881909 John Marlow [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881902?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:05:51 UTC 19881902 Sharita Smith [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881898?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:04:46 UTC 19881898 Anonymous [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881728?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 05:19:03 UTC 19881728 Ruth Rich [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881712?utm_medium=rss Support for the Office of African Americans

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 05:13:13 UTC 19881712 Anonymous [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881552?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 03:59:44 UTC 19881552 Tonya neequaye [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881384?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 02:37:36 UTC 19881384 Anonymous [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881291?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:50:39 UTC 19881291 Melani Douglass [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881146?utm_medium=rss This is unacceptable. Right this wrong by writing a just budget.

2016 FY Budget
Office on Latino Affairs (10%) - $3,177,309, 10 employees
Office on African Affairs (2%) - $367,000, 3 employees
Office of LGBT Affairs (10%) - $209,000, 2 employees
Office of African American Affairs (49%) - $118,900, 1 employee

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 12:53:18 UTC 19881146 Danielle Parsons [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881005?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 12:00:43 UTC 19881005 Tiffany Evans [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880991?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 11:55:01 UTC 19880991 Shaquan Rowe [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880883?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 11:06:50 UTC 19880883 Ron Green [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880837?utm_medium=rss African Americans should have somewhere close to the same budget as any other race . We are all equal .

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 10:51:23 UTC 19880837 Carlotta Khemraj [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880786?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 10:32:40 UTC 19880786 Neta Vaught [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880711?utm_medium=rss We are still chocolate city. Stop trying to do away from our needs as African Americans. We could do alot better in communities of we get more funding to improve

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 10:07:19 UTC 19880711 Tiffany Tyler [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880353?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:19:12 UTC 19880353 Valerie Boykin-Pair [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19880268?utm_medium=rss This couldn't be any more blatant. The numbers ARE CLEAR. We are not being represented fairly. We can not continue to be systematically silenced.

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:57:08 UTC 19880268 Tanisha Hanible [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879883?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 05:47:32 UTC 19879883 Adar Howard [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879831?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 05:32:27 UTC 19879831 Tahneezia Hammond [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879751?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 05:06:29 UTC 19879751 maryam foye [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879629?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 04:09:45 UTC 19879629 Manon Matchett [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879333?utm_medium=rss I wholeheartedly support an increase in the FY17 budget for the Office of African American Affairs.

]]> Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:48:44 UTC 19879333 Teige Jireh [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19879279?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:18:10 UTC 19879279 Brenda Jones [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19878792?utm_medium=rss Please be fair!

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:01:40 UTC 19878792 Lovell Walls [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19878618?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:00:03 UTC 19878618 Adrian Bowens [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19878508?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 07:00:30 UTC 19878508 Walter Garcia [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19878008?utm_medium=rss I have a problem with the budget number especially when it comes to African American affairs why has so little been awarded to the affairs of African Americans.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 04:06:43 UTC 19878008 Michelle Hunt [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877963?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 03:50:36 UTC 19877963 Tamisa Brooks [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877933?utm_medium=rss We are STILL DC
I find is insulting that as the majority of residents in DC are African American and we receive the least in funding for community affairs. We need additional funding or at the very least comparable funding in Five Focal Areas:

•Education
•Housing
•Criminal Justice
•Employment
•and Health

We can increase this capacity by:

•OAAA needs grant-making authority
•OAAA needs to have the ability fundraise (private donors, grants etc.)
•OAAA needs more than a staff of one to carry out the work it is already behind on.

Thank you!

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 03:42:24 UTC 19877933 Anonymous [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877913?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 03:37:38 UTC 19877913 Tia Bell [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877851?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 03:16:10 UTC 19877851 Akela Crawford [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877743?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:48:12 UTC 19877743 Tiffany Branch [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877595?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:09:58 UTC 19877595 Angie Sellers [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877309?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 01:03:45 UTC 19877309 Anonymous [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877130?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:26:44 UTC 19877130 Marc Hines [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877041?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:01:32 UTC 19877041 Edward Wofford [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876810?utm_medium=rss The Office of African American Affairs is grossly under-funded, which significantly undermines its effectiveness and capacity to have an optimal impact on the purpose(s) for which it was established.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 11:07:08 UTC 19876810 David Belt [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876699?utm_medium=rss A noble cause.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 10:41:43 UTC 19876699 Allison Tucker [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876489?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 10:00:56 UTC 19876489 Anonymous [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876353?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:29:40 UTC 19876353 Anonymous [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876332?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:25:22 UTC 19876332 Alice Chandler [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876308?utm_medium=rss Definitely, these numbers need to be reviewed.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:20:35 UTC 19876308 Oforiwa Idawa [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876145?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:51:52 UTC 19876145 Diallo Sumbry [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19876138?utm_medium=rss Thank you for this. That disparity is unacceptable.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:49:33 UTC 19876138 Abby Sondak [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875745?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 07:33:16 UTC 19875745 R Brown [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875737?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 07:29:37 UTC 19875737 Khalil Gill [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875567?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:52:46 UTC 19875567 Rodney Hopson [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875513?utm_medium=rss Definitely not equitable considering the number of people in the city compared to other culturally specific groups. Or, maybe it's the plan...

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:41:09 UTC 19875513 Michael Chambers II [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875460?utm_medium=rss Speaks for itself

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:29:39 UTC 19875460 Bryant Senghor [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875426?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:22:52 UTC 19875426 giovanna jones [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875420?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:22:06 UTC 19875420 brandon felton [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875410?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:21:08 UTC 19875410 William Kelly [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875288?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:01:20 UTC 19875288 Anonymous [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875286?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 06:00:39 UTC 19875286 Mazi Mutafa [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875217?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 05:46:15 UTC 19875217 Timothy Jones [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875149?utm_medium=rss I am signing this petition because for 20 years I have worked serving the older youth and families of the District of Columbia and the way that I have witnessed blacks be treated is becoming more hypercritical everyday

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 05:35:22 UTC 19875149 Sonny Choudhury [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874984?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 05:09:23 UTC 19874984 Janell Proctor [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874800?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 04:31:47 UTC 19874800 Natasha Warsaw [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874340?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:13:38 UTC 19874340 Anonymous [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874275?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:17:48 UTC 19874275 Javin Rudolph [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874238?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:48:04 UTC 19874238 Phina Walker [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874185?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:17:43 UTC 19874185 Nicole Elick-Smith [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874177?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:12:38 UTC 19874177 Seshat Walker [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874170?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:09:04 UTC 19874170 Anonymous [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874169?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:08:59 UTC 19874169 Kenneth Carroll [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874137?utm_medium=rss We need more support for AA Affairs, not less.

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:52:02 UTC 19874137 Brenda Hayes [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874110?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:37:50 UTC 19874110 Judith Cohall [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874085?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:28:11 UTC 19874085 Deborah Bond [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874061?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:19:29 UTC 19874061 Preshona Ghose [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874049?utm_medium=rss It is about time for this kind of petition.

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:13:43 UTC 19874049 Anonymous [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874032?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:07:04 UTC 19874032 Fred Joiner [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874027?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:03:21 UTC 19874027 Anonymous [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19874015?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 08:56:03 UTC 19874015 Shelia Dean [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19873926?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 08:17:39 UTC 19873926 Joseph Rucker [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19873877?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:50:47 UTC 19873877 SHARRETTA Benjamin [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19873795?utm_medium=rss As an African American, single mother, Ward 8 homeowner, and community supporter, I stand firmly behind this request to increase the budget, and staff, of the Office of African American Affairs (OAAA).

While I applaud Mayor Bowser for creating this office to directly serve the District's African American community, it's highly unrealistic for her to think that one individual (Mr. Branch) can properly respond to, and engage with, every constituent that seeks aid from the OAAA. It is also highly unrealistic for Mayor Bowser to expect one individual (Mr. Branch) to handle the planning and outreach required for the OAAA to have any level of positive impact on the quality of life for African Americans living in the District - most notably in Ward 8!

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