By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The District of Columbia has lost a history making and barrier breaking politician, as the first Chair of the Home Rule D.C. Council, Sterling Tucker, 95, has passed away. According to The Washington Post, Tucker died on Sunday, July 14, however, the D.C. Council took to Twitter to announce […]
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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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Lead Prevention Plans Underway
By Tyra Wilkes, Special to the AFRO Ward 6 Council member, Charles Allen, is set to re-introduce a bill in favor of D.C. residents by tightening the laws around toxic lead-based paint in rental units. More specifically, the proposed law will focus on the associated health risks facing mothers and children. The Lead Hazard Prevention and […]
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Marion S. Barry SYEP Turns 40
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO New York-based actress/writer/producer/curator/dancer Chelsea Harrison may have completed the beloved Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program more than a decade ago, but she credits it with teaching her how to research historic figures she portrays in her one-woman shows. The program placed Harrison, 28, at the National […]
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Bill Introduced to Improve Maternal Healthcare
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Expectant mothers face challenges when seeking quality prenatal care in the District of Columbia. Economic and transportation barriers contribute to the District’s infant mortality rate which is amongst the worst in the nation. In 2018 there were an average of 36.1 deaths for every 100,000 live births […]
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D.C. Council Members Participate in Rally for ‘Justice for Janitors’ Day
By WI Web Staff WASHINGTON INFORMER — Honoring the 29th anniversary of “Justice for Janitors Day,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmember Elissa Silverman readied to join hundreds of 32BJ SEIU janitors to march downtown during Wednesday afternoon rush hour to protest a non-union cleaning contractor under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
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Made in DC Pop-Up Comes to Reagan Airport
By WI Web Staff WASHINGTON INFORMER — Kristi Whitfield, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development and Rahama Wright, the founder and CEO of Shea Yeleen Health and Beauty, celebrated the grand opening of the Made in DC retail pop-up at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on June 13. The Made […]
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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. Public Housing Gets Funding
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Public housing in the District got a boost from the City Council who passed it’s $15.5 billion budget June 18 after the Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S. DeWitt initially said he would not certify its budget since it was initially ruled funds had been improperly diverted from Events […]
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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 […]