Category: Washington D.C. News

The city recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the first new family homeless shelters, designed to restore dignity and provide wrap-around services to District residents who have lost their homes.  Located on Fifth Street Northwest, the groundbreaking marked a critical step in D.C.’s effort to close and replace the D.C. General Family Shelter. And while the […]

A Southeast man was taken to the hospital on July 5 after being shot by a police officer in Northwest, police said. Kenneth Burley, 28, was struck by gunfire in the 700 block of Park Road, NW after allegedly raising a gun toward an officer, according to Metropolitan Police Department reports. According to the police, […]

Sporting a smile and accompanied by his devoted wife, Dorothy, former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy was one of the last people to leave the sanctuary of the Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast D.C. on July 9. It has been 13 months since the Civil Rights icon and the city’s first delegate to Congress, returned […]

Could the next Serena Williams or Arthur Ashe be hiding in the District of Columbia? The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is determined to find out by looking for kids to groom for tennis, especially those living in low-income parts of Washington, D.C. DPR held a free citywide tennis celebration July 8 at […]

On July 3, D.C. (D) along with Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles announced the winners of the 2017-2018 out-of-school-time grant competition. The 40 winning organizations serve more than 21,000 students in the District before and after school and on weekends. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration recently issued grant money to 40 non-profit organizations that […]

On July 6, D.C. Councilmember Brandon Todd convened a hearing on upgrading the District’s board that studies Black life in the city. Todd, a Ward 4 Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Government Operations, presided over a public hearing on two bills: The Office on African American Affairs Establishment Act of 2017 and Commission on African […]

D.C. Council member David Grosso recently convened a public meeting on the policies of the Trump administration and how should the city respond to them. Grosso, who is an independent at-large council member, held the meeting at the Columbia Heights Education Campus on July 10 with an audience of 50 people. Grosso said the city […]

There will be a breakfast discussion on the creative economy and how it can contribute to spur economic growth and competitiveness globally. The discussion will explore the role of multilateral development banks. Speaker will include: Solenne Blanc, Ernst and Young; Juan Mateos Garcia, Nesta; Shanti Jagannathan, Asian Development Bank; Michaela Weber, World Bank; Lisa Harding, […]

The event will provide an opportunity for policymakers, employers, civic leaders, and funders to hear about the findings for the 100 most-populous metropolitan regions and dive into the striking findings for the Chicago region. The study identifies significant costs as “lost lives, lost income, and lost potential.” Policy topics to be addressed include housing, land […]

As part of its Community and Youth Engagement Outreach program, the Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA) is scheduled to hold its third annual Young African ConneXions Summit (YAX) in partnership with Howard University on July 14.Themed “Strengthening Diaspora Partnerships,” the summit will take place at the Howard University School of Business Auditorium, located at […]

The 6th Annual Cultural and Environmental – KAG Lotus and Water Cultural Lily Festival is scheduled to be held on July 15 at the Kenilworth Aquatic Garden,1550 Anacostia Ave., NE from 10 a.m-5 p.m. The 2017 theme is #CultureNatureCommunity, globally showcasing various countries and cultures from around the globe. The event is free, with free […]

Known as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine”, Leah Chase, co-founder of the renowned Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, La., has fed countless celebrities, including: Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, James Baldwin and Ray Charles and others. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have also dined in her restaurant. At the museum, Culinary historian Jessica […]