By Neruda Williams, Special to the AFRO DMV native, celebrated comedian, and now the newly minted Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor awardee gave back in a big way on Monday, Oct. 28, when he surprised his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, for a day of workshops with some of his special […]
Category: Mayor Muriel Bowser
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Bowser, Council Break Ground
By AFRO Staff Earlier this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) broke ground on two 100 percent affordable housing communities. Providence Place and the Strand Residences will deliver 179 affordable units in the Deanwood neighborhood of Ward 7, including […]
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New School Year, New Facilities
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration were busy throughout the city cutting ribbons and welcoming teachers and students to new facilities on the first day of school. The mayor began the day leading a “Slow Down” campaign at Lincoln Park, encouraging motorists to take heed to […]
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Mayor Pushes for Permanent Free Circulator
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com With the high cost of living, rising Metro prices and demand for reliable transportation in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is on a campaign to offer a permanent free option to get around the city- The Circulator. Currently free to riders through a special program offered by the Mayor’s Office, […]
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PRESS RELEASE: While the Federal Government Aims to Warehouse Children, Mayor Bowser Displays Model for Short-Term Family Housing
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) – (202) 727-5011; latoya.foster@dc.gov Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS) – (202) 374-9473; dora.taylor-lowe@dc.gov While the Federal Government Aims to Warehouse Children, Mayor Bowser Displays Model for Short-Term Family Housing (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon on The Sterling, the District’s short-term family housing site […]
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Bowser, Todd Push back Against Migrant Holding Facility
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd are on the political front line standing against President Donald J. Trump, whose assault on immigration is spilling into the nation’s capital. The Trump administration reportedly awarded a contract to Dynamic Service Solutions, a company […]
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Straight Crankin’ Featured at Home
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO The District of Columbia Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment (OCTFME) recently had their original production and documentary, “Straight Crankin’ A Go-Go Documentary” selected for a second major film festival, but this time right at home. This year’s DC Black Film Festival is being held from August […]
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Mayor Bowser Tackles Measles
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is giving residents easier access to vaccination in an effort to combat the nation wide measles outbreak before it has the chance to hit the area. On July 15 the mayor launched her “Don’t Wait, Vaccinate” campaign and announced she will be providing […]
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Annual Women’s E3 Summit at NMAAHC
By Nyame-Kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO The annual, “Women’s E3 Summit,” convened at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. on June 13. With the three E’s standing for, “empowerment, entrepreneurship and engagement,” the event features and caters to a broad range of Black womanhood. Bringing together the likes of […]
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D.C. Celebrates Juneteenth
By Nyame-kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO In age of wokeness, annual celebrations of Juneteenth is reawakening as the fourth of July festive occasion for Black people on a national scale. Originating in Texas, the Juneteenth celebration is meant to commemorate the day the final enslaved Africans were freed from slavery in the South, nearly two […]
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Mayor Calls On Congress, Community
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com This time last year 66 people had been killed in the District of Columbia, D.C. Witness reported. In 2019 there have been 71 homicides in the nation’s capital, and according to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, 48 of them have been due to guns. “When we look at the data […]
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Community Called to Action
By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference urging people who know any information about the murder of Maurice Scott, a 15-year-old high school student, to contact the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “I’m here to ask for the communities assistance regarding the homicide of Maurice Scott,” said Bowser in […]