Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP)
@denverbip.bsky.social
DBIP is studying the impact of providing direct cash, with no strings attached, to unhoused people living in Denver.
Important links: https://linktr.ee/denverbasicincomeproject
Important links: https://linktr.ee/denverbasicincomeproject
We’re SO excited to announce that we will be featured in a two-episode series on the @elevateddenver.bsky.social podcast! We discuss our upcoming doc, premiering in Spring 2026, and outline what basic income really means.
Listen to episode 1 TOMORROW, November 25th, wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen to episode 1 TOMORROW, November 25th, wherever you get your podcasts.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We’re SO excited to announce that we will be featured in a two-episode series on the @elevateddenver.bsky.social podcast! We discuss our upcoming doc, premiering in Spring 2026, and outline what basic income really means.
Listen to episode 1 TOMORROW, November 25th, wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen to episode 1 TOMORROW, November 25th, wherever you get your podcasts.
Meet Eleanor Cepero-Percy, DBIP participant and 13-year Army veteran. Before receiving direct cash from DBIP, Eleanor was homeless for three years.
Today, she has an apartment and can buy food for herself. Direct cash allows Army vets like Eleanor the chance to rebuild their life.
#VeteransDay
Today, she has an apartment and can buy food for herself. Direct cash allows Army vets like Eleanor the chance to rebuild their life.
#VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Meet Eleanor Cepero-Percy, DBIP participant and 13-year Army veteran. Before receiving direct cash from DBIP, Eleanor was homeless for three years.
Today, she has an apartment and can buy food for herself. Direct cash allows Army vets like Eleanor the chance to rebuild their life.
#VeteransDay
Today, she has an apartment and can buy food for herself. Direct cash allows Army vets like Eleanor the chance to rebuild their life.
#VeteransDay
On Monday, Nov 3, Denver City Council voted not to pass the 25-1778 Amendment No. 3 to the Mayor's 2026 budget that would have provided $2M to fund another cohort of the Denver Basic Income Project.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
On Monday, Nov 3, Denver City Council voted not to pass the 25-1778 Amendment No. 3 to the Mayor's 2026 budget that would have provided $2M to fund another cohort of the Denver Basic Income Project.
(1/3) 🧵
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Join us for a FREE presentation by the Union of Basic Income Pilot Participants (UBIP), a national org for pilot participants interested in getting involved in advocacy for the GI movement. Mark G, DBIP participant, will be speaking at the event!
SIGN UP LINK: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
SIGN UP LINK: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Join us for a FREE presentation by the Union of Basic Income Pilot Participants (UBIP), a national org for pilot participants interested in getting involved in advocacy for the GI movement. Mark G, DBIP participant, will be speaking at the event!
SIGN UP LINK: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
SIGN UP LINK: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Thank you for the shoutout on Threads @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social! 🥳
Making Sense of Science posted a Thread featuring our research and guaranteed income study. Thank you for noticing the impact guaranteed income can have on our unhoused communities.
Screenshots of the post below. 👇
Making Sense of Science posted a Thread featuring our research and guaranteed income study. Thank you for noticing the impact guaranteed income can have on our unhoused communities.
Screenshots of the post below. 👇
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you for the shoutout on Threads @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social! 🥳
Making Sense of Science posted a Thread featuring our research and guaranteed income study. Thank you for noticing the impact guaranteed income can have on our unhoused communities.
Screenshots of the post below. 👇
Making Sense of Science posted a Thread featuring our research and guaranteed income study. Thank you for noticing the impact guaranteed income can have on our unhoused communities.
Screenshots of the post below. 👇
Trump just signed an executive order to combat homelessness in America. Here are our thoughts: 🧵
📸: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
📸: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
July 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump just signed an executive order to combat homelessness in America. Here are our thoughts: 🧵
📸: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
📸: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
3. And just last week, we went back to D.C. for the @naehomelessness.bsky.social Conference. We brought Mark Gaskin, one of our participants, Moriah Rodriguez, a DBIP board member, and Hunter Ambrose, our Community Power Lead, to share participant stories and our transformative program results. 🗣️
July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
3. And just last week, we went back to D.C. for the @naehomelessness.bsky.social Conference. We brought Mark Gaskin, one of our participants, Moriah Rodriguez, a DBIP board member, and Hunter Ambrose, our Community Power Lead, to share participant stories and our transformative program results. 🗣️
2. A couple of weeks later, we traveled to Washington D.C. for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference, where we connected with other basic income community leaders about shaping the next chapter of our movement. 📶
July 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
2. A couple of weeks later, we traveled to Washington D.C. for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference, where we connected with other basic income community leaders about shaping the next chapter of our movement. 📶
1. In early June, our Project Manager, Gwen Battis M.A., traveled to Bozeman, MT to speak at the Feedback + Bozeman conference. We learned best practices for community listening, and networked with likeminded organizations. 🫂
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1. In early June, our Project Manager, Gwen Battis M.A., traveled to Bozeman, MT to speak at the Feedback + Bozeman conference. We learned best practices for community listening, and networked with likeminded organizations. 🫂
DBIP’s in DC this week! 🏛️
We’re here for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference. This national conference brings together the basic income community, as we gather to shape the next chapter of our movement.
We can’t wait to share more content and takeaways from the event. More to come!
We’re here for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference. This national conference brings together the basic income community, as we gather to shape the next chapter of our movement.
We can’t wait to share more content and takeaways from the event. More to come!
June 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DBIP’s in DC this week! 🏛️
We’re here for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference. This national conference brings together the basic income community, as we gather to shape the next chapter of our movement.
We can’t wait to share more content and takeaways from the event. More to come!
We’re here for the BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) Conference. This national conference brings together the basic income community, as we gather to shape the next chapter of our movement.
We can’t wait to share more content and takeaways from the event. More to come!
We’re heading to Montana this week! ⛰️
DBIP Project Manager, Gwen Battis, will be speaking at the “Power of Listening: Building Effective Basic Income Programs with Community” workshop at the Feedback + Bozeman conference.
We can’t wait to share our program’s powerful results. 🙏🏻
DBIP Project Manager, Gwen Battis, will be speaking at the “Power of Listening: Building Effective Basic Income Programs with Community” workshop at the Feedback + Bozeman conference.
We can’t wait to share our program’s powerful results. 🙏🏻
June 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re heading to Montana this week! ⛰️
DBIP Project Manager, Gwen Battis, will be speaking at the “Power of Listening: Building Effective Basic Income Programs with Community” workshop at the Feedback + Bozeman conference.
We can’t wait to share our program’s powerful results. 🙏🏻
DBIP Project Manager, Gwen Battis, will be speaking at the “Power of Listening: Building Effective Basic Income Programs with Community” workshop at the Feedback + Bozeman conference.
We can’t wait to share our program’s powerful results. 🙏🏻
We had a fantastic participant picnic last week at Wash Park in Denver. This gathering was created to connect our participants with one another and celebrate the milestones of our program.
Thank you to everyone for coming!
P.S., the food was top notch 👌🏼
Thank you to everyone for coming!
P.S., the food was top notch 👌🏼
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We had a fantastic participant picnic last week at Wash Park in Denver. This gathering was created to connect our participants with one another and celebrate the milestones of our program.
Thank you to everyone for coming!
P.S., the food was top notch 👌🏼
Thank you to everyone for coming!
P.S., the food was top notch 👌🏼
Doc shoot day 2! 🎥
Today we’re filming a segment with L McAlpin, DBIP participant and solar panel installer at Grid Alternatives. More updates to come! 🎬
Today we’re filming a segment with L McAlpin, DBIP participant and solar panel installer at Grid Alternatives. More updates to come! 🎬
May 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Doc shoot day 2! 🎥
Today we’re filming a segment with L McAlpin, DBIP participant and solar panel installer at Grid Alternatives. More updates to come! 🎬
Today we’re filming a segment with L McAlpin, DBIP participant and solar panel installer at Grid Alternatives. More updates to come! 🎬
#BTS photos from our documentary shoot with @denvervoice.bsky.social and Elevating Denver. We interviewed Hunter Ambrose, Community Power Building Lead at DBIP and former project participant, about her experience being unhoused and finding hope through guaranteed income.
More info to come! #film
More info to come! #film
April 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#BTS photos from our documentary shoot with @denvervoice.bsky.social and Elevating Denver. We interviewed Hunter Ambrose, Community Power Building Lead at DBIP and former project participant, about her experience being unhoused and finding hope through guaranteed income.
More info to come! #film
More info to come! #film
#TBT to our 2024 Guaranteed Income Rally last September, where we marched at the Colorado State Capitol to push for guaranteed income in Denver.
📸: Armando Geneyro Jr.
📸: Armando Geneyro Jr.
April 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#TBT to our 2024 Guaranteed Income Rally last September, where we marched at the Colorado State Capitol to push for guaranteed income in Denver.
📸: Armando Geneyro Jr.
📸: Armando Geneyro Jr.
💬 Some of our favorite quotes from the letters:
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
💬 Some of our favorite quotes from the letters:
Written from all walks of life, this letter-writing campaign showcased the diversity of those who support basic income. From either side of the aisle to high and low income workers, thousands came together to voice their belief in a better future for Canadians.
April 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Written from all walks of life, this letter-writing campaign showcased the diversity of those who support basic income. From either side of the aisle to high and low income workers, thousands came together to voice their belief in a better future for Canadians.
@ubiworks.bsky.social, Canada’s largest basic income advocacy network, sent over 1,000 letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office and candidates for Liberal Leadership, urging them to support basic income. 🧵
April 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@ubiworks.bsky.social, Canada’s largest basic income advocacy network, sent over 1,000 letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office and candidates for Liberal Leadership, urging them to support basic income. 🧵
We can’t wait to attend more rallies like this one :) 📣 @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We can’t wait to attend more rallies like this one :) 📣 @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
Snippet of @aoc.bsky.social’s speech at the rally—powerful words from the US representative!
March 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Snippet of @aoc.bsky.social’s speech at the rally—powerful words from the US representative!
Members of our team, as well as DBIP participant April, attended Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour in Denver’s Civic Center Park, which amassed a crowd of over 34,000 (!!). It was a powerful rally filled with hopeful speeches and passionate leadership!
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Members of our team, as well as DBIP participant April, attended Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour in Denver’s Civic Center Park, which amassed a crowd of over 34,000 (!!). It was a powerful rally filled with hopeful speeches and passionate leadership!
A partner of ours and champion in the basic income space, @income-movement.bsky.social, is running a social media campaign that aims to debunk the myth of meritocracy in the US.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
March 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A partner of ours and champion in the basic income space, @income-movement.bsky.social, is running a social media campaign that aims to debunk the myth of meritocracy in the US.
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
🫂 As Community Power-Building Lead, Hunter will work with DBIP participants, policymakers, and the public to amplify guaranteed income’s impact. She’ll elevate participant voices and strengthen advocacy, ensuring those most affected by economic insecurity lead the movement.
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🫂 As Community Power-Building Lead, Hunter will work with DBIP participants, policymakers, and the public to amplify guaranteed income’s impact. She’ll elevate participant voices and strengthen advocacy, ensuring those most affected by economic insecurity lead the movement.
You might recognize Hunter from her captivating speech at our 2024 Guaranteed Income Rally:
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You might recognize Hunter from her captivating speech at our 2024 Guaranteed Income Rally:
We’re thrilled to announce that Hunter Ambrose has joined DBIP as our new Community Power-Building Lead! 🎉
Many know Hunter from her incredible journey—from DBIP Group C participant to fierce advocate for guaranteed income, and now stepping into a full-time role to advance our shared mission. 🧵
Many know Hunter from her incredible journey—from DBIP Group C participant to fierce advocate for guaranteed income, and now stepping into a full-time role to advance our shared mission. 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Hunter Ambrose has joined DBIP as our new Community Power-Building Lead! 🎉
Many know Hunter from her incredible journey—from DBIP Group C participant to fierce advocate for guaranteed income, and now stepping into a full-time role to advance our shared mission. 🧵
Many know Hunter from her incredible journey—from DBIP Group C participant to fierce advocate for guaranteed income, and now stepping into a full-time role to advance our shared mission. 🧵