DCNOW Joins Together for DC

By: Miriam Edelman

Press Release

WASHINGTON – In 2026, DCNOW became an inaugural steering committee member of the new Together for DC campaign, which launched on June 5, 2026. Together for DC is a District of Columbia-based initiative that activates Americans outside of D.C. for D.C. statehood and defends D.C. from federal government micromanagement. As DCNOW wrote in its blog piece, entitled “Non-D.C. Residents Are Especially Needed for D.C. Statehood,” “Residents around the U.S., please help D.C. become a state. As your Members of Congress and other state and local elected officials want to hear from you, you could be pivotal.” Unlike D.C. residents, non-residents are represented by voting Members of Congress, who have the power to make D.C. a state and who can help protect D.C. autonomy.

We encourage organizations and individuals to support Together for DC by becoming a Champion on https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4ZJHRkzvztESOKtcRMvuK8ybjR91UpRar9q2rt2aZYvG5ag/viewform. Together for DC’s platform is on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOJ0j6yWmUsCyswlBkKHVfG5G8VIDP8a/view.

DCNOW looks forward to continuing to collaborate with this coalition of more than 50 organizations on local Washington, D.C., issues. D.C. must become a state; nothing else makes D.C. residents full citizens.