By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made his first trip to Washington, D.C. memorable. Clad in a pink dress shirt and pocket square, a seeming nod to DC’s popular Cherry Blossom season, the 48-year-old executive from Iran unleashed a series of announcements bound to change the landscape of mobility in […]
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D.C. Publicists Host Nation’s First Conference for Black Millennial Moms
By Christina Sturdivant-Sani, Special to the AFRO After hosting several events to promote #BlackMomMagic in Washington, D.C., Nikki Osei and Simona Noce are in the throes of organizing their largest affair to date. The Momference is the nation’s first all-day conference catering to Black millennial moms, according to the public relations professionals. “We’re setting the […]
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Duke Ellington H.S. Carries on Legacy of Peggy Cooper Cafritz
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Students, faculty and alumni at Duke Ellington School of the Arts performed a collection of show-stopping numbers April 7 in honor of deceased co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz. “Because You Were …We Are” celebrated Cooper Cafritz with an uplifting and emotional program of song, dance, speeches and music on […]
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Bonds Hits Campaign Trail with Surprising Rhetoric
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com “The reason some Black men have problems getting a job is because of drugs being in their system when they’re getting tested,” D.C. Council member Anita Bonds said during her first stop on the re-election campaign trail. She shared these thoughts at the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization’s First […]
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District Attempts to Lower Voting Age
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com D.C. Council member Charles Allen was inspired by the March for Our Lives rally on March 24 in the District of Columbia and is thoroughly convinced that young people can be politically engaged. As a result, Allen, a Democrat representing Ward 6, re-introduced the “Youth Amendment Act of […]
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DC Group Looks to Reconnect with Community
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com One of Ward 8’s most far-reaching private social service agencies recently met to re-invigorate its mission and to prepare for its part in the economic expansion of the ward. On April 7, the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC) held its 19th Annual Business Meeting and Community Conference at […]
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DC Communities of Color Feel Left Out By Food Delivery Services
By Christina Sturdivant-Sani, Special to the AFRO A 31-year-old Ward 7 resident has created an online petition calling out food delivery services that don’t deliver to neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. In three days, the petition garnered more than 200 signatures and dozens of comments. Latoya Watson launched the petition after finding that UberEATS is […]
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Star-Studded DC Emancipation Day Celebration Set
By Akil Wilson, Special to the AFRO This weekend Washington D.C. is preparing to celebrate the 156th anniversary of Emancipation Day, a day that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. “Its important to tell the story of the 3,100 enslaved African-Americans freed in the District […]
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Howard University Reveals Truth Behind Fired Employees
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The Howard University financial aid scandal continues to unfold after the firing of six employees, student protests, the suing of the institution by Tyrone Hankerson Jr., who an anonymous, now deleted post, claimed was a student embezzler. The latest update is the school revealed the amount of money stolen. […]
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Monthly Fitness Classes Empower Individuals to Remember They’re Fabulous
By Brigette White, Special to the AFRO Looking to spice up your workout routine and dust off those resolutions in a fabulous and energizing environment? Joy Copeland, of The Joy of Styling, and her team has the answer. TJOS is a fashion company consisting of four women who offer de-cluttering and organizing services, personalized style consulting, […]
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Alleged Howard U Whistleblower Unmasked
An AFRO Exclusive: By Aya Elamroussi, Special to the AFRO Tyrone Hankerson Jr., a Howard University law student allegedly involved in an embezzlement scandal currently clouding the prestigious HBCU, is accusing the institution of leaking his financial information and plans to file a suit for $10 million, his lawyer James L. Walker Jr. told the AFRO […]
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Howard Law Student to Sue His University
By Aya Elamroussi, Special to the AFRO Tyrone Hankerson, Jr., a Howard law student allegedly involved in an embezzlement scandal, will sue Howard University for $10 million for leaking his financial information, his lawyer James L. Walker, Jr. told The Afro via email Thursday night. Howard law student Tyrone Hankerson, Jr. (YouTube Screenshot) “The complaint most […]
