Michael Mann on "Show events with start dates after today (Custom Post Type)"

I am trying to get events to show with a start date either today or in the future. I have the following code:

$today = getdate();
$args = array(
	'posts_per_page' => 15,
	'post_type' => $type,
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'meta_key'=>'event_start_date',
	'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
	'order' => 'DESC',
	'date_query' => array(
		'meta_key' => 'event_end_date',
		'column' => 'event_end_date',
		'after'  => array(
			'meta_key' => 'event_end_date',
			'year'  => $today['year'],
			'month' => $today['mon'],
			'day'   => $today['mday'],
		),
	'inclusive' => true,
	)
);

Yet it shows nothing. Any help is appreciated.