Dyana Forester
At-Large ምክር ቤት — መደበኛ ምርጫ — የዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ የመጀመሪያ ዙር ምርጫ, ጁን 16፣ 2026
በዲሲ ፍትሃዊ ምርጫ ፕሮግራም (Fair Elections Program) ይሳተፋል ✓Dyana Forester (age 46) grew up in a working-class family in Southeast DC and became a mom at 18. She built a career in labor organizing, starting at Teaching for Change (community schools and parent engagement), then DC Jobs with Justice (fighting for Walmart worker wages), and then as political and community affairs director for UFCW Local 400 — where she helped pass DC's minimum wage increase and paid family leave law. She was elected president of the AFL-CIO's Metropolitan Washington Council before becoming senior director of labor relations to Maryland Governor Wes Moore. A former DC Housing Authority commissioner, housing is a major priority for Forester, particularly workforce housing for teachers, bus drivers, firefighters, and police. She questions whether building faster is the right first answer: "Is this the right solution for the problem we want to fix? And the fix is, how do we create more affordable housing for families?" She frames her candidacy as bringing lived working-class experience to a council that often debates policy without it.
በጉዳዮች ላይ ያሉ አቋሞች
ሁሉም አቋሞች በቀጥታ ከዕጩው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ ቁሳቁሶች፣ ከይፋዊ የመጠይቅ ምላሾች ወይም ከተረጋገጠ የዜና ዘገባ የተገኙ ናቸው። አቋሞች ከበጽኑ ይቃወማል (−2) እስከ በጽኑ ይደግፋል (+2) ባለው ሚዛን ይመዘናሉ። ያልታወቀ አቋም ማለት ምንም ይፋዊ አቋም አልተገኘም ማለት ነው።
ዲሲ የቤት ምርት መተማመኛ ፈንድን (Housing Production Trust Fund) በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ማሳደግ አለባት።
Former DC Housing Authority commissioner; wants to increase investment in affordable housing and workforce housing. Skeptical of fast-build-first approaches; focuses on what families can actually afford. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate she said she will 'always prioritize affordability,' recounting that on the DCHA board she and another commissioner voted against a project when developers asked the board to lower its deep-affordability requirement, because that public land 'belongs to the public housing residents of the District of Columbia.'
ምንጮች፦ [Meet the candidates for an At-Large seat on the DC Council — The 51st], [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ በትናንሽ እና በአካባቢ ንግዶች ላይ ግብርና ክፍያዎችን መቀነስ አለባት — እንደ የትንሽ ችርቻሮ ንብረት ግብር ቅናሽ ያለ እፎይታ መስጠትን ጨምሮ — እንዲከፈቱ፣ እንዲቀጥሉ እና እንዲያድጉ ለመርዳት።
A labor leader and former AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council president whose campaign pillars include 'support for small businesses and job growth.' Emphasizes streamlining permitting and licensing scaled to small businesses, reducing administrative burdens, and commercial rent-stability incentives to keep local operators in their neighborhoods. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate she named small business as the sector to prioritize for displaced federal workers, arguing many have the skills to be entrepreneurs and contractors but DC lacks 'the structure in place to support them.'
ምንጮች፦ [Meet the candidates for an At-Large seat on the DC Council — The 51st], [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ የዲስትሪክቱን የበጀት ክፍተት ለመዝጋት በትላልቅ ኮርፖሬሽኖች እና በሀብታም ነዋሪዎች ላይ ግብር ማሳደግ አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate, asked what she would cut, Forester said DC should 'cut tax loopholes for corporations that have come to DC and not been accountable to the District of Columbia and that are taking our money' — closing corporate tax breaks to recapture revenue, consistent with a progressive-revenue posture.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ ጥቃትን እንደ የሕዝብ ጤና ችግር ልትመለከተውና በጥቃት ማቋረጥ ፕሮግራሞች እና በማህበረሰብ-ተኮር መፍትሄዎች ላይ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester — a survivor of violent crime — emphasized creating opportunities for youth to 'choose a different path,' citing a pre-apprenticeship program she ran, and the power of exposure and of an adult 'believing in' young people (recalling a teacher who believed in her). A prevention-and-opportunity, community-based approach to youth violence.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ የፖሊስ መኮንኖችን ከመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤቶች ውጭ ማድረግ እና በምትኩ በአማካሪዎች፣ በማህበራዊ ሠራተኞች እና በአእምሮ-ጤና ሠራተኞች ላይ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።
Reverse-coded question: keeping armed police out of schools aligns with the statement. In the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate lightning round, Forester answered 'no' to returning armed police to all DC public high schools.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ ትምህርት ቤቶች ከትምህርት ባሻገር የአእምሮ ጤና፣ የቤተሰብ ድጋፍ እና ሌሎች አገልግሎቶችን የሚሰጡ የሰፈር ማዕከላት የሚሆኑበትን 'የማህበረሰብ ትምህርት ቤቶች' (community schools) ሞዴል ማስፋት አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester named 'prioritizing community schools' as a first-year commitment, noting she helped get community-schools legislation passed years ago that 'has never been funded' and that she would fight to fund it. Her career began at Teaching for Change working on community schools and parent engagement — a longstanding, concrete commitment to the model.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ በከተማ አስተዳደር ላይ ለሚደረግ የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ጣልቃ ገብነት ጸጥ ካለ ዲፕሎማሲ ወይም ተግባራዊ ድርድር ይልቅ በቆራጥ፣ ይፋዊ አቋም — ክስ በመመስረት፣ የጥበቃ ሕጎችን በማጽደቅ እና ሕገ-ወጥ የፌደራል ትዕዛዞችን ለመፈጸም በመቃወም — ምላሽ መስጠት አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester said a core reason she is running is that DC's leaders — the Attorney General, Mayor, and Council — have not 'united together to push back against the administration and the attacks' and have not 'worked strategically.' A longtime statehood activist who says she 'got locked up fighting for statehood,' she calls for proactive, coordinated resistance rather than waiting — an assertive posture.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ ለMetro (WMATA) የሚሰጠውን የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ማሳደግ አለባት፣ ሌሎች የከተማ አገልግሎቶችን መቀነስ ቢያስከትልም እንኳ።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester called it 'a hard question' — DC needs to fund Metro equitably and pay its workers, 'but we should not be cutting other services to fund Metro.' Supportive of Metro funding but against the cuts-elsewhere tradeoff; recorded as mixed.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ በዲስትሪክቱ ውስጥ የሚሰሩ ግን በMaryland ወይም Virginia የሚኖሩ ሰዎች ላይ የተጓዥ ግብር (commuter tax) መጣል አለባት (የፌደራል ሕግ ቢፈቅድ)።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester said she 'would consider it with some nuances' — torn between DC families who commute in from Maryland and out-of-state workers who profit in DC and leave. Recorded as mixed.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ሁለቱ ሲጋጩ፣ ዲሲ በእያንዳንዱ ፕሮጀክት ላይ የጥልቅ-ተመጣጣኝነት መስፈርቶችን ከማብዛት ይልቅ ተጨማሪ ቤት በፍጥነት መገንባትን — ገበያ-ዋጋን ጨምሮ — ቅድሚያ መስጠት አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Forester emphatically chose affordability over speed, recounting voting on the DC Housing Authority board against lowering a project's deep-affordability requirement because the public land 'belongs to the public housing residents of the District of Columbia.' Emphatic framing plus concrete action support a strong stance.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ የሠራተኞችን ጥበቃ ማጠናከር አለባት — የሚከፈልበት የቤተሰብ እና የህክምና ዕረፍትን በማስፋት እና ዝቅተኛ ደመወዝን በማሳደግ — ለአሠሪዎች ወጪ ቢያስከትል እንኳ።
As president of the Metro Washington Labor Council, Forester helped lead DC's minimum-wage increase and Paid Family and Medical Leave campaigns and has built her career raising wages and protecting workers. A signature priority — strongly supports.
ምንጮች፦ [About / Proven Results — Dyana Forester for DC Council]
አጠቃላይ ምንጮች
- Meet the candidates for an At-Large seat on the DC Council — The 51st — The 51st. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-27.