Category: D.C. Community

On Nov. 6, numerous students, alumni, neighbors, and volunteers pulled together for the Legacy Project Build-it Day to plant the foundation for an environmentally conscious future at Calvin Coolidge High School in northwest Washington, D.C. The D.C. Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) united with several other local and national organizations to help the […]

Air Force Airman 1st Class Curtis T. Banks graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The airman 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 […]

Days before thousands of revelers descended on the District for Fannie Mae’s Help the Homeless Walkathon – the nation’s largest campaign against homelessness – members of Alexandria’s Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Nu Xi Zeta (NXZ) chapter busied themselves with last-minute planning efforts to ensure two area programs benefit from the fundraising initiative. The sorority chapter […]

Local politicians, including former Mayors Marion Barry and Anthony Williams, Mayor-elect Vincent Gray, Chairman for the Committee on Libraries, Parks and Recreation and Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr., Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander and At-Large Councilman Kwame Brown, joined tennis celebrity Zina Garrison, area youth and their families for the 12th Annual Heart to […]

Kraft Foods’ three-city HBCU Football Classic tour in support of its largest branded initiative ever to fight hunger in America, Huddle to Fight Hunger, made its final stop at the Howard University Homecoming game. Celebrity chefs Pat and Gina Neely are champions for the campaign and participated in the Homecoming pre-game and hosted a meet […]

The Friends of Old Westview Cemetery and the Africana Studies Department at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte is entering a memorandum of understanding to finalize their partnership, which will develop goals and plans towards the restoration of the Old Westview Cemetery in Wadesboro, N.C. At 150 years old, the all-Black burial ground is a […]

Air Force Airman Samson E. Lawrence graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman 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 […]

Glory Foods, the category leader in Southern-style, heat-and-serve products, will promote healthy holiday eating to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore residents during For Sisters Only presented by WPGC/95.5FM on Nov. 6. Private Chef Khalil Wyche, president/executive chef of The Executive Chef™, will prepare a sampling of Glory Foods® Sensibly Seasoned™ 4 Bean Chili while company representatives […]

Bowie State University associate professor Tewodross Melchishua, a faculty member in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, recently worked as lead producer on a video aimed at encouraging voting, particularly among young people as part of the “Respect My Vote” campaign through the Hip Hop Caucus organization. Targeting the hip-hop generation, the video is […]

Target, The Heart of America Foundation and HGTV designer Sabrina Soto are supporting the military in addition to their ongoing education initiatives by unveiling a completely renovated school library and Teachers’ Resource Room at Manor View. The renovation includes redesigned spaces, new technology, art and books for the school and even books for students to […]

On Oct. 23 at 8:30 a.m., more than 500 volunteers from the White House, the Corporation for National and Community Service and KaBOOM! National Partners converged on an open field beside the future home of Hyde Leadership Public Charter School. They gathered to build a playground for the 500 students that will be moving into […]

Girls Inc. of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, an organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, joined Girls Inc. organizations across the United States in celebrating the inaugural Dove Self-Esteem Weekend. From Oct. 22-24, the Dove Self-Esteem Weekend united individuals and girls organizations to host self-esteem building events for the girls […]