Why Statehood ?
Statehood is important to me,
DC Is a City and Growing up that’s all I thought it could be,
Being a city we don’t have a voice,
We are left being disappointed and don’t have a choice,
Why Statehood?
Let me show you
We pay more federal taxes then other states do,
If we become a state, things will change,
More funding, More Programs, Less Violence, Less Pain,
It’s time for the government to right this wrong,
It’s best that I educate you through this Poem,
The Cares Act $755 million that our city was denied, “ Because You aren’t a state”
They Implied.
We don’t have the same voting rights as other states do,
We don’t have a voting member of Congress, Which is a mistake too.
I hope that I can open your eyes to Statehood,
District of Columbia, The place that’s misunderstood.
Nevaeh Andrew-Boggs is the first-place winner of ACC’s East of the River Youth Voices for Statehood. She is a Ward 7 resident and recent graduate of Dunbar High School.
