Welcome!

You have entered the Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean zone where successful litter and graffiti prevention ideas live.

Do you see litter in your neighborhood? How about graffiti? In the Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean zone, you will meet people just like you who took the pledge and are keeping their communities clean.

So explore the Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean zone. See what the DC Department of Public Works and Connect with Kids produced to help you, your family, and neighbors to keep your community litter- and graffiti-free. We need you to get involved!

This Web site includes:

• The half-hour television program Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean, produced by Connect with Kids for the DC Department of Public Works. Watch this program (in English or Spanish).
• Ten powerful videos about young people and adults who are preventing litter and graffiti – an additional tool to promote discussion about change into discussion to affect change.
• A Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean Resource Guide (in English and Spanish) with a parent tip sheet, fact sheet, discussion questions and age-appropriate activities to help you put into action a plan to prevent litter and graffiti, and an Implementation Guide with ideas on how to use the materials.
• Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep The Capital Clean Public Service Announcements, airing on W*USA 9, to further raise community awareness and direct people to resources.   
• Video footage of recent Not in OUR DC! Pledge to Keep the Capital Clean Youth Empowerment and Community Partners Town Hall events featuring District government leaders, DC youth and community leaders.

Thank you for taking the pledge and joining us to prevent litter and graffiti in our city. Let us know what works in your neighborhood by clicking here.

We look forward to hearing from you.

William O. Howland, Jr.
Director, DC Department of Public Works

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