Author Archives: Christina Sturdivant

Amid a budget cut and a pending legislation, D.C. leaders are gearing up to ensure that this year’s Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is the most impactful, yet. For nearly four decades, the program has offered jobs to D.C. youth, many of whom live in neighborhoods with the city’s highest rates of […]

Isango Ensemble at the Shakespeare Theatre Washingtonians were treated to the dynamic skill and talent of performers who took to the stage with rhythmic adaptations of Western theatre classics, Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” – Impempe Yomlingo and Shakespeare’s epic love poem “Venus and Adonis.” Opening weekend, Sept. 12 and 13, for the Isango Ensemble […]

Jermaine Shirley receives National Letter Carrier of the Year Award for rescuing family from burning building. On Sept. 10 the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) celebrated everyday workers who performed extraordinary acts over the past year at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  Honorees were recognized for heroic deeds such as rescuing a […]

With Washington, D.C. among four U.S. cities in contention to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, a leadership team was announced Sept. 4 to further the city’s bid with the United States Olympic Committee. The announcement was made by the founders of Washington 2024, a nonprofit organization dedicated to moving the 2024 Olympic […]

Around noon Aug. 30, there was a wait to be seated at the Florida Avenue Grill in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C. At the counter, friends David Levy and Latrice Johnson met for breakfast. He lives nearby and has visited the restaurant three times this year – “not nearly enough,” he says. She remembers […]

Washington, D.C. millennials worked in small groups to strategize issues of racial, social, and economic injustices at panel discussion. Over 50 millennials in Washington, D.C. – educators, non-profit professionals, government workers, and students – spent Sunday afternoon creating strategies for civic awareness and engagement in communities of color across the nation. The “Moving from Outrage […]

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) On Aug. 12, District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) hosted a press conference to endorse Democrat Muriel Bowser for D.C. mayor. Bowser secured Council 20’s support after meeting with the leadership for nearly an hour, answering questions and […]

Mentor and mentee have been paired for two months. Busloads of families from across the city gathered for games, prizes, and entertainment, Aug. 9, as part of Concerned Black Men National’s fifth annual Back to School Bash. “The turnout was awesome, it seems like one of the biggest I’ve seen,” Brenda Arnold said. Arnold is […]