By Micha Green, AFRO Staff Writer, mgreen@afro.com As the District faces its own escalating homicide rates, the entire nation is seeing a rise in gun violence and the shoe company TOMS held a rally alongside other organizations and activists in hopes of putting an end to the worsening numbers, heal communities and appropriately regulate who’s purchasing the […]
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School Week of Action Brings the Go Go, Education
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer It was overcast outside Thursday afternoon, but a light of enthusiasm brightened the music room at Anacostia High School, 1601 16th Street, S.E. “This is a beat and a culture that comes from our city,” said William “JuJu” House, legendary go-go drummer and musician, as he invited several Anacostia […]
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Efforts to Build National Cathedral of Ghana Underway
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Hundreds of guests gathered in gowns and tuxedos or traditional West African garb for the official, presidential launch to raise funds for the building of the National Cathedral of Ghana, a promise President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made to God and his country if elected. “I made a pledge […]
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Alvin Ailey Brings Nostalgia and Hope for Today
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In a time of division and racial tension in the United States, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought unity and healing through art in their performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest, Washington, D.C. From Feb. 5- 10 audiences packed into the Kennedy […]
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On Patrol With the Enforcer of DC’s Plastic-Straw Ban
By FENIT NIRAPPIL , The Washington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning letters in hand, Zach Rybarczyk patrolled the food court at Union Station, looking for offenders. Past Auntie Anne’s, past Johnny Rockets. At Lotus Express, a Chinese food joint, Rybarczyk peeled the wrapper from a red straw and bent the end — the telltale giveaway. Plastic. […]
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DCYD New Executive Committee Calls for Northam’s Resignation
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com After celebrating the new Executive Committee for D.C. Young Democrats (DCYD) Thursday evening, on Friday the fresh team woke up to controversy surrounding Governor Ralph Northam’s (D-VA) racist yearbook pictures, and launched them into action to address the leader of the District’s neighboring state. Newly elected Executive Committee members […]
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D.C. Council Works to Curb Growing Gun Violence in District
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held a roundtable last week to check in on two efforts to curb the growing gun violence in the District. Officials from the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and the Office of the Attorney General’s community based “Cure […]
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Workers and Legislators Unite to Help Low-Wage Contract Employees
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer A little over a month ago Faye Smith found herself in the Senate Office Building protesting and searching for Senator Mitch McConnell in order to impress upon him how the federal shutdown was impacting her life. Now with the shutdown officially over, and another one looming, Smith is back […]
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Documentary Shows An Old Profession In A New Way
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Last year D.C. made the news when the Economic Policy Institute released a report that stated that unemployment for African Americans in the District was the highest in the nation. Finding gainful employment, let alone a career, in the District can be hard. And returning citizens from the prison […]
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“Stay Fly” Comes to CulturalDC’s Mobile Art Gallery
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Local Artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards will premiere her latest work this Friday at CityCenterDC, as part of CulturalDC’s 10th installation in their Mobile Art Gallery space. “Stay Fly” is a combination of large and small scale collages, and personal designer items, and does a deep dive into the relationship between […]
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Pointer Ridge Accident Claims Lives of Five Children
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A family is in mourning after a single car accident claimed the lives of five children and injured two adults on Saturday morning in Bowie, MD. The children are reportedly extended relatives according to Capital Gazette. A woman, Sarita Johnson-Herald, believed to be the grandmother of many of the […]
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ASALH Recognizes 400 Years of Perseverance
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The Association for the Study of African LIfe and History (ASALH) kicked off the first, of a year long commemoration, of the “Forced migration of Africans to the Virginia Colony in 1619.” The event was held Feb. 1 at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW. ASALH was […]