Category: D.C. Community

On July 10, Spoiled Rotten Kids Boutique and Spa and Wylie K & Friends will join forces to host the All-White Family Affair and Kid’s Fashion Show, a family friendly event where attendees will don white from head to toe. Children will participate in a runway walk to display their all-white fashions while also enjoying […]

Contrary to recent assertions by District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton that high HIV/AIDS rates continue to plunder African-American communities, a new surveillance data report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention which mirrors the city’s own findings in 2009, reveals that HIV testing is up (from 15 percent in 2005 to 19 […]

As an outreach ministry for sick children in the HSC Pediatric Center (formerly the Hospital for Sick Children), The Carolina Club of New Southern Rock Baptist Church held its annual baby shower recently at the church located at 750 Buchanan St. N.W. The club served a delectable meal to the members and friends of the […]

The Rev. Dr. Cain Hope Felder, author, educator and scholar, will be the guest preacher during the 9 a.m. service on July 11 at the historic Metropolitan AME Church located at 1518 M St. N.W. The service is being held in connection with the 172nd anniversary of the church, which is also known as the […]

Four Washington, D.C. metro area schools were recently honored by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation for battling childhood obesity and raising awareness of nutrition. The Alliance recognized 179 schools from across the country for transforming their campuses into healthier places for their students and staff. Despite two-thirds of the schools honored being located in […]

Family members of the victims affected by D.C.’s mass shooting in March met with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on June 18 to prevent the loosening of gun laws in the District. According to political leaders, the victims’ relatives are worried about the Second Amendment Enforcement Act—a proposed bill that could make the purchase of […]

Pamela Richardson, left, director of marketing for Glory Foods; Shirley Strawberry, co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show and Jacqueline Neal, president of Glory Foods; stand together against breast cancer at the recent Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Glory Foods, the category leader in Southern-style, […]

Air Force Airman Sherry L. Ward recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Ward completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward […]

During a morning worship service at Peoples Congregational UCC in Northwest Washington, the Scholarship Committee awarded $45,000 in scholarships to students who had graduated from area high schools. Of the amount, $14,500 went to 29 community scholars and the balance went to 13 church scholars. The community scholarships were based on need, the student’s high […]

According to a report issued by the American Cancer Society, the District of Columbia now has one of the lowest smoking rates in the nation at 15.2 percent. The numbers represent a drop of fiver percentage points from 24.3 percent between 2005-2009. The American Cancer Society estimates there are 23, 500 fewer adult smokers in […]

Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation (DYRS), the District’s cabinet level juvenile justice agency, recently celebrated the graduation of several resident students from the Maya Angelou Academy at the DYRS – New Beginnings Youth Development Center in Laurel, Md. Commencement exercises honored students who’ve earned their high school […]