Ward 7 DC Council Candidate Ebony Payne Releases New Campaign Video

In the new video, Payne notes the catalyst for her run is the escalating violence in Ward 7. She emphasizes the need for safer streets for her family and neighbors, promising to vigorously advocate for policies that improve community safety.

Below is a transcript of the video:

My name is Ebony Payne, and my story begins right here in Washington D.C., where I was born and raised, just like my father and his family before me.

Raised in Kingman Park in Ward 7, I will never forget the moment I became inspired to get involved. It was this tree, littered with old plastic bags, that spurred me as a high school student to testify before our city council to help clean up our environment and our schools.

My seventeen-year-old self would be astonished to learn that I am now an ANC commissioner and serve on the board of Friends of Kingman Park.

This city raised me and revealed to me the best and worst of myself. Yet now, the very streets where I grew up are not safe for my family or yours, between the daily violence and carjackings, I declare enough is enough.

My name is Ebony Payne and I am running for the D.C. Ward 7 City Council to ensure our neighborhoods are safe for all our families.

I am campaigning to ensure all D.C. kids, like I once was, get the chance to attend the best schools, regardless of which side of the river they live on.

I am seeking a seat on the city council because it's time for the next generation of leadership at City Hall.

I'm not your typical politician. I was a troubled teenager, yet, I refused to let this define me. I went to vocational school and started my first business at the age of twenty helping people achieve greater health and wellbeing.

I am running for the Ward 7 City Council to show all the kids in Ward 7 that you don't have to be perfect in order to make a difference and that if I can do it, so can they!

Together, we can make our communities safe again, and create a future where all of our children have a safe place to learn, play, and expand their minds. Let’s bring some common sense back to the D.C. government.

Join my campaign and visit my website at EbonyPayneForWard7.com to sign up as a volunteer and to donate.

Washington, D.C.— Candidate to represent Ward 7 on the D.C. Council, Ebony Payne today released a new video highlighting her inspiration to represent the neighborhood where she was raised and her compelling story as a dedicated community leader, third-generation Washingtonian, small business owner and current ANC commissioner. Hours after launching her campaign last week, Payne announced that she qualified for public financing under the District’s Fair Elections program by raising over $7,000 from over 150 donors.

In the new video, Payne notes the catalyst for her run is the escalating violence in Ward 7. She emphasizes the need for safer streets for her family and neighbors, promising to vigorously advocate for policies that improve community safety.

Below is a transcript of the video:

My name is Ebony Payne, and my story begins right here in Washington D.C., where I was born and raised, just like my father and his family before me.

Raised in Kingman Park in Ward 7, I will never forget the moment I became inspired to get involved. It was this tree, littered with old plastic bags, that spurred me as a high school student to testify before our city council to help clean up our environment and our schools.

My seventeen-year-old self would be astonished to learn that I am now an ANC commissioner and serve on the board of Friends of Kingman Park.

This city raised me and revealed to me the best and worst of myself. Yet now, the very streets where I grew up are not safe for my family or yours, between the daily violence and carjackings, I declare enough is enough.

My name is Ebony Payne and I am running for the D.C. Ward 7 City Council to ensure our neighborhoods are safe for all our families.

I am campaigning to ensure all D.C. kids, like I once was, get the chance to attend the best schools, regardless of which side of the river they live on.

I am seeking a seat on the city council because it's time for the next generation of leadership at City Hall.

I'm not your typical politician. I was a troubled teenager, yet, I refused to let this define me. I went to vocational school and started my first business at the age of twenty helping people achieve greater health and wellbeing.

I am running for the Ward 7 City Council to show all the kids in Ward 7 that you don't have to be perfect in order to make a difference and that if I can do it, so can they!

Together, we can make our communities safe again, and create a future where all of our children have a safe place to learn, play, and expand their minds. Let’s bring some common sense back to the D.C. government.

Join my campaign and visit my website at EbonyPayneForWard7.com to sign up as a volunteer and to donate.

ABOUT EBONY PAYNE

Ebony Payne, a native of Washington D.C.'s Kingman Park in Ward 7, is an ANC commissioner and a board member of Friends of Kingman Park. As ANC Commissioner, Payne has focused on neighborhood safety, improving local transportation and infrastructure needs for pedestrians, bikers, and drivers, advocating for green spaces, and making local voices heard as the community grapples with developments around RFK Stadium. Motivated by recent incidents of violence in the community, she is now running for the Ward 7 DC Council.

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