Category: D.C. Community

An army veteran, community health director, feminist scholar, aspiring opera singer, multicultural mentor, spoken word poet and an education activist who has completed more than 400 hours of community service are the recipients of The George Washington University’s 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Award. The GW MLK Awards and a special event featuring PBS’ Tavis […]

Giant Food of Landover, Md., with WTTG Fox 5 and CBS Radio Stations WPGC 95.5, 106.7 The Fan, 94.7 Fresh and 99.1 El Zol, hosted the ninth annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive at four Giant Food locations in December. More than 54,360 pounds of food and $126,890 in monetary donations were collected. This year marked the […]

Isabel Wilkerson discusses her critically acclaimed book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Dec. 18, at a holiday party of for the Journalists Roundtable at the Washington, D.C. home of Paul and Anita Delaney. Delaney, a former New York Times senior editor, is the winner of the 2010 Lifetime […]

The Bowie State University College of Business is instituting the first study abroad program to Ethiopia by a University System of Maryland Institution in January 2011, according to a press release issued by the Prince George’s County school. The trip will incorporate visits to private business firms, government agencies, the headquarters of the African Union […]

Beginning Jan. 1, the Equal Benefits Law, also known as the Domestic Partner Benefits Law, becomes effective in Montgomery County. Under the Equal Benefits Law, county contractors or subcontractors who are employers must provide the same benefits to an employee with a domestic partner as those provided to an employee with a spouse. Benefits may […]

Air Force Airman Jazz M. Schools III graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Schools 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 […]

This year, Bowie State University (BSU) commemorates its 145th anniversary as Maryland’s oldest HBCU and one of the oldest in the nation. On Dec. 17, the BSU community celebrated graduates at the winter commencement. Graduates received degrees in more than 40 academic programs administered by the University’s College of Education, Business, Professional Studies, and Arts […]

Housing Counseling Services, a HUD-approved nonprofit, now offers free two-hour pre-purchase orientations every week to help first-time homebuyers navigate the home-purchase process and take advantage of special loan programs offered by the Washington, D.C. government. Attendees will receive a detailed overview of the Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP), which offers 0 percent interest loans of […]

Tournament Calendar   – Individual “C” Regional (1-2-11) 11 a.m. Call Jewel Chapman at 301-686-1489. – Open Pairs “C” Regional (1-6-11) 11 a.m. Call Mary Smith at 301 -336-3130. Tournament Results   Eastern – Open Pairs “C” Regional (12-2-10) 1. Virginia Eggleston-Rachel Moore, 2. Jerrie Thomas-Harold Minus, 3. Reginald Chapman-Louis Garner. Bridgemasters – Grade “B” […]

Each year, the Kwanzaa holiday begins the day after Christmas with umoja, which means unity, and continues for a seven-day period (Dec. 26 – Jan. 1), with each day highlighting a principle that promotes family and community development. Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday and exists to celebrate the legacy, strength and endurance of African Americans. […]

Small Smiles of Washington, D.C., a dental facility focusing on children’s oral health, recently announced the grand opening of their new center on Minnesota Avenue N.E., which will provide professional dental care to children throughout the metropolitan area from low-income families. Across Washington, D.C. more than 85,000 children are eligible for dental care through Medicaid […]

Vera Rolark Abbott was honored recently as the “2010 Mother of the Year” during a celebration at Michigan Park Christian Church located at 1600 Taylor St. N.E. American Mothers is an interfaith, non-political non-profit, that is inclusive of all races organization for women and men who identify with the purpose of strengthening the moral and […]