Category: Washington D.C. News

The Rockville Meditation Center, located at 11601 Neble Street, is scheduled to host an open house and introduction on Dec. 15 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. This event hopes to provide the community with an outlet for those seeking happiness, peace, and truth. People will share stories about themselves and have the opportunity to […]

On Dec. 15 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Topkick Martial Arts, located at 1025 Edwards Ferry Road, NE, is scheduled to host a gift drive for children between the ages of five and 12. The event will also give parents an opportunity to have a night out. The event is free, but a gift […]

On Dec. 16 at 5 p.m., well-wishers from across the nation will come together to say farewell and pay tribute to the ministry of famed soloist Viola B. Bradford who is leaving D.C. to relocate to Montgomery, Ala.  Bradford, a civil rights and social activist, educator and recording artist, is founder of the D.C.-based Friends […]

Beulah Baptist Church, 5908 Dix Street, NE, is scheduled to host a Community Clothes Closet on Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to all in the community. Clothes are offered on a first come, first serve basis. All items are free and will be available for men, […]

On Dec. 17, the Friendship Baptist Church, 900 Delaware Avenue, SW, is scheduled to hold their 2017 Holiday Season Celebration at 5 p.m. There will be choreographed presentation of dance, music and drama that is slated to feature nationally renowned and local artists. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, […]

The love affair between Mahogany Books, Anacostia’s new African-American bookstore, and Washingtonians has proven itself a thing of classic passion rather quickly. Having opened its doors on Nov. 24, the 500-sq. ft. bookstore, located in the Anacostia Arts Center on Good Hope Road, has become a staple and wistful reminder of positive community spaces. At […]

The annual D. C. parade to honor Dr. Martin Luther King is being shortened and that has upset some District of Columbia residents. “The Martin Luther King parade is historic and important,” Philip Pannell, a longtime Ward 8 civic and political activist who served as the interim chairman and executive director of the Anacostia Coordinating […]

Following a news report that unearthed a graduation scandal at Ballou Senior High School, the D.C. Public schools chancellor removed its principal on Dec. 4 and reassigned her to the Central Office, officials confirmed. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education and the D.C. Public Schools have also launched separate investigations that target the […]

In the middle of studying for final exams, 21-year-old Sheila Best recently got into a physical altercation with her daughter’s father. The incident caused her to move out of the home they shared. That was one of her most difficult periods at Trinity Washington University, located in Northeast D.C., where she studied business administration and […]

The moot court of The David Clark Law School at the University of the District of Columbia filled to capacity Nov. 30 as concerned residents voiced opposition to continued control of the District’s criminal justice system by federal authorities. Participants made it clear that with two vacant posts, the U.S. Parole Commission, which is manned […]

Tennis is what made Venus and Serena famous, but it was their philanthropic work that took center court Dec. 2 at the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center in Ward 8. The tennis icons served up “A Family Affair” to bring people together to combat violence and raise money for the Williams Sisters Fund that pays […]

The Interfaith Action for Human Rights will be hosting a Pen Pal Project orientation on Dec. 6 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Adas Israel Congregation Building, 2850 Quebec Street, NW. More than 4600 D.C. residents are incarcerated in 120 prisons around the country-from California to Florida to New Jersey and New York. […]