Author Archives: Valencia Mohammed

The Association of Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington plans to file a lawsuit against the District government for requirements to increase the percentage of DC residents for large construction projects. The organization claimed the hiring goals laid out in the current and revised DC First Source law are completely unrealistic and unattainable. “The goals […]

Dozens of expectant mothers and parents of newborns celebrated life and healthy pregnancies at the Ninth Annual Healthy DC Mom Baby Shower on May 4, at United Medical Center in southeast Washington. The event hosted by the D.C. Department of Health (DOH) Healthy Start project and the United Medical Center, was part of a campaign […]

After being struck by a vehicle across from his school, the life of young Teone Lancaster, 8, will never, at least in his mind, be the same. The second grade student at LaSalle Elementary School in northwest Washington, was tossed in the air, hit the concrete, knocked unconscious and almost lost his life. The accident […]

They came by wheelchair, crutches, motorized wheelchairs, buses from high schools around the country, bicycles, on foot and from their jobs, to send a message that the spirit of peace still lives. The onlookers assembled at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial for a candlelight vigil, April 4, to commemorate the 44th anniversary of […]

It was a lack luster day in the District of Columbia as voters took to the polls in the April 3 Primary Election. The results – incumbents overwhelmingly held onto their seats. It was a great night for Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) who ran unopposed. Evans has been in […]

About 400 seniors attended the first “Mature Workers Job Fair” hosted by the DC Department of Employment Services to attract resident 55 and over seeking employment opportunities. The event, held at the Martin Luther King Library on March 29, was filled with seniors, dressed in business attire, with briefcases and laptops, eagerly seeking jobs. “We […]

One of the best kept secrets among incarcerated people who are incarcerated is that they have the right to vote if they are pre-trialed or sentenced for a misdemeanor. Once inmates are classified and found eligible to vote, they should be given the opportunity to register. But as advocates for voting rights report these rights […]

School Without Walls students, faculty and supporters marched to the White House in peaceful protest on March 27 to call for justice for Trayvon Martin. Martin, a Florida teenager was shot to death in February while walking unarmed through a gated community in Sanford, Fla. About 300 students marched in circular motion in front of […]

A coalition of churches, community groups and labor organizations committed to ensure that District residents receive their fair share of construction jobs in the District has filed a claim with the D.C. Human Rights against one of the largest contractors in the District, alleging discriminatory hiring practices. According to the claim filed Jan. 28, by […]

The founders of a ministry with a focus on building a church with the “least of these” as described in Biblical scripture directed a play about the lives of homeless men and women. The play is a riveting story of men and women living on the streets of the District as they become untangled from […]