Who We Are

The COS-DC Coalition

Our Mission

The COS-DC Coalition works to ensure that DC communities, especially Black people and others  most impacted by surveillance, have a say in what and how surveillance technology is acquired and used in the District. The COS-DC Coalition centers racial justice in our long-term efforts to end the invasive, unlawful, and/or unchecked surveillance of DC communities by District agencies, including local law enforcement.

Our Values

  • Self-determination

  • Centering racial justice + impacted communities 

  • Honesty, integrity, love for community

  • Being intentional with our time

  • Healthy Coalition Space

  • Community // The Collective

  • Government Accountability

  • Centering Lived Experience

  • Equitable distribution of labor