A brief on Faith Gibson Hubbard: The candidate of ward 5 for 2022

Doctor Faith Gibson Hubbard is an educator, passionate advocate, and community builder. In April 2019, Dr. Gibson Hubbard was appointed to serve as the first Executive Director Director by Thrive Ward 5 DC, which had leading efforts that ensure every family in the District will be able to know about and is connected to resources and programs. Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard has worked to bloom by Five Coording Council, which was comprised of parents, Government Agencies, and community partners to support the efforts of Thrives by Five DC serving as a liaison, and convener between non-governmental groups, community, and government for giving the total focus and attention on the collaboration action just to improve the outcomes in the early learning and perineal health and development. During her tenure, Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard led the execution and planning for blooming by Five’s signature event, the National Maternal & Infant Health Summit. The Summit is usually held annually in September and focuses on the improvement of the outcomes for perinatal health in the District and beyond.

In early 2021, while still there was leading the work of Thrive by the Five DC. Faith was also been appointed to serve as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. The office of Community Affairs served as the community’s voice in government and is been comprised of 12 affairs offices focused on specific constituency groups.

Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard started her career as a middle school language arts teacher and had continued to be a committed and passionate public servant. She has served in volunteer roles and also a volunteer role focused on community engagement that includes being a President of the Ward 5 Council on Education, a member of the Advisory Committee for conducting Student Assignments and also School Boundaries for Reviewing procedures for the District of Columbia Public School, as the member for the District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees, and also as the board member on the Regional Board of Directors for Reading Partners in DC. Presently, she served as a member of the Education and Child Care Subcommittee for that time Mayor Muriel Bowser’s ReOpen DC Advisory Group; and also as a member of Mayor Bowser’s Commission HealthCre System and Transformation which has focused on strategies and recommendations, investments that were necessary to transform healthcare delivery in the District of Columbia. Presently, Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard is serving as the founding member of the Ujima- The National Center on Violence Against Women of the Black Community.

Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard is a member of the National Association for Family School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), an alumna of Education Pioneers, and ZERO to THREE. Additionally, she is one of the proud members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc; The Linc Inc; and Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

Faith Gibson Hubbard's journey from 2015 to 2019:

April 26th, 2019 was her last day serving in the role of the Chief Student Advocate for the District of Columbia. It was truly an honor for her that lead the work of the Office of the Student Advocate for four years.

She wrote a letter to her Colleagues.

In May 2015, she joined the Office of the Student Advocate and also became the first Chief Student Advocate for the District of Columbia. According to her, the experience was life-changing for her. In her work, they supported families in navigating the complexity of public education and worked on demystifying their city systems to remove the barriers and also provided access to the families. She and her team had partnered with families and other stakeholders who helped them to identify the problems and worked towards the solution. They had worked diligently to equip families with the information, tools, and resources that were required to serve the best for them. Faith Gibson Hubbard and her team collaborated with the offices, agencies, and other partners to advocate and work for the best possible out for the students. She was able to give great work during their tenured years.

The team worked for a more equitable and inclusive system. During her time, she was confident that the work of the office would continue at a higher level and deepen in its reach and scope. According to her the vision of the office was not of her own but was teamwork, she also added that the team which worked with her, would work well under her as that time deputy and the present head Dan Davis. Her thought about Dan was, Dan had a career of 12 years and he will serve as an amazing servant leader and would continue to work as one of the amazing servant leaders.

She wholeheartedly believed that families and students are the foundation pillars of quality public education systems and the catalyst for moving forward to prosperity for everyone which is deserved in a city. According to Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard the office and the members must recognize the value of access, power, and voices of the families as it will help them to make a great city.