Category: Washington D.C. News

The Juris Prudence Kids Mock Trial Academy is scheduled to facilitate 25 youth (who live in Ward 7), between the ages of 8-12, through an interactive mock trial/legal introductory process on Aug. 26 from noon-3 p.m. at the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, 3660 Alabama Ave., SE. To register for the free event, visit eventbrite.com. 

More than 100 local ministers and community leaders heard National Action Network President Al Sharpton ask them to take up the mantle of “moral leadership” by participating in the Thousand Minister March on Washington Aug.28 at the Martin Luther King Memorial. The Rev. Al Sharpton is recruiting area-pastors to stand for justice and march. (Courtesy […]

In the wake of a White supremacist allegedly killing a young woman for challenging the KKK and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va., students are speaking out to demand justice. Howard University students, alumni and staff chartered a bus to Charlottesville, Va. on Aug. 19 to remember the life Heather Heyer, who was killed Aug. 12 as she protested against racist groups marching […]

The District of Columbia public school year began on Aug. 21 with what seemed to be good news. However, test scores still show that Black students are still significantly behind their White counterparts. The results of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) taken by District students earlier this year shows […]

Several education marketing groups, including the Education Market Association, have found that roughly 99.5 percent of all public-school teachers and administrators use their own money to prepare their classrooms each year – when both state funding and parental contributions fall short. At an estimated cost per teacher of more than $400 per year, an increased […]

For many young people across the District, making good grades begins with making it to school safely. However, safe commutes to school are not always viable for some students. Between walking through dangerous neighborhoods, to fears of being robbed or harassed using public transportation, many area students dread going back to school. And parents and […]

The District has become the latest municipality to petition the National Park Service (NPS) to remove Confederate or racially-sensitive memorials from public parks. In an Aug. 17 statement, eight council elected officials asked NPS to remove a statute of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike from the grounds of the Judiciary Square, which borders the District Superior […]

The District of Columbia held its 2nd Annual Chuck Brown Day on Aug. 20 at Chuck Brown Memorial Park in Northeast D.C. Their patrons got to listen to the Chuck Brown Band, participate in fun activities and pay homage to the Godfather of Go-Go music. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton designated Aug. 22 – Brown’s […]

The Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. (MCDCC), located at 474 Ridge St. NW, is scheduled to host a “Holy Conversation on Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction” on Aug. 26 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The roundtable time will provide a safe space, devoted to dialogue, instruction and healing. Rev. Sandra Morris of […]

Two teenagers stirred up controversy at Howard University — a historically black college, or HBCU — on Saturday when they arrived at the campus wearing Make America Great Again paraphernalia, drawing a sharp response from the college’s students and prompting a Twitter thread from the university. (Twitter Photo) The high school students said Howard students […]

On Aug. 24, the National Juvenile Defender Center is hosting a book discussion and signing with author and activist Jim St. Germain at Busboys and Poets, located between 14th and V, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. His new memoir, { A Stone of Hope}, was published by HarperCollins in July.  St. Germain, co-founder of Preparing Leaders […]