Category: Washington D.C. News

Celebrate Kwanzaa with all-day arts and crafts at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE on Dec. 28 at 10:30 a.m. The event is free with RSVP.

Even though overall crime is on the downswing in the Seventh District, which includes Ward 8, a community leader from Anacostia says trends mean nothing when you have to hold the hand of someone who just lost a loved one to violence. “I’m happy the trends look good, but we still have so much work […]

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue NE, will provide meals for hundreds of poor, homeless, elderly, and needy individuals living in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. More than one thousand Christmas dinners are served each year in […]

On Dec. 25, sign up to work a two-hour shift or to deliver hot meals. All ages are welcome! Make it Happen: Make someone’s day! The Temple Rodef Shalom, 2100 Westmoreland Street, is scheduled to make and donate care kits for homeless living on the streets in the cold. Volunteers will sort and deliver clothing […]

As part of the Metropolitan AME Church’s mission to educate they masses, the church is currently holding Intersect DC—to help close the gap that exists between faith and questions. Each Wednesday at noon, the church, located at 1518 M Street NW, is making the word real and relevant through honest conversation, rooted in the teachings of the Bible […]

On Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. the Luther Place Church, 1226 Vermont Ave., NW, is scheduled to host the fourth annual “People for Fairness Homeless Memorial Vigil” to support the People for Fairness Coalition and their goal to end housing instability in Washington D.C. The People for Fairness Coalition is a community organization dedicated to […]

The release of a proposed METRO Accountability and Reform Act on Dec. 4 has been touted as a wellspring of revisions, repairs and modernization to help the crippled transit system restructure.  However, with a growing number of Metro staff positions co-opted to private contractors and hundreds of workers slated for dismissal in 2018, Metro’s largely […]

On Dec. 20, the 4th Annual Interagency STEM Volunteer Fair will start from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, with the aim to connect federal employees to STEM organizations and government agencies looking for volunteers to help the community during the holiday season. The […]

The Rev. Barry Black, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, told a group of District of Columbia faith and community leaders that humility is important to serve people and God. Black was the keynote speaker for the Ward 8 Faith Leaders Network Breakfast on Dec. 9 at the Matthews Memorial Baptist Church. The Rev. Barry Black, […]

Students from Columbia Heights Educational Campus, a middle school, in Northwest Washington, D.C. turned into scientists as a mobile bus turned into Mars on Dec. 11. Columbia Heights Educational Campus students were amongst the first in the nation to experience the new mobile explorer, a part of the Verizon Innovative Learning program that provides students […]

On Nov. 18, MidCity and the D.C. Department of Employment Services (DOES) hosted their first career fair at the Israel Baptist Church in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. The event included 44 businesses and community benefit organizations with more than 185 job seekers from across the District.

On Dec. 5, the D.C. Council passed a bill, authored by council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4), titled “The Office on African American Affairs Establishment Act of 2017.” The bill would create an office to develop, implement and support policies and programs for Black advancement in the District. The office would also have the authority […]