District of Columbia residents recently told Mayor Muriel Bowser to spend more money on improving the city’s educational system. “I do think education is a priority but the question isn’t how we allocate it but how we spend,” Anthony Lorenzo Green said. Green, a Ward 7 advisory neighborhood commissioner, was a leader at one of […]
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Nadeau Seeks Black Support in Re-election Bid
D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau announced her bid for re-election in 2018. She made it clear she is seeking the support of Blacks. D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau recently announced her bid for reelection in 2018. (Courtesy Photo) Nadeau, who is White, represents Ward 1 on the D.C. Council as a Democrat. She is the […]
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Two Armed Suspects Rob D.C. Coffee Shop
The Metropolitan Police Department is on the lookout for two people who robbed a Northeast D.C. coffee shop at gunpoint on Feb. 17. Officials said the two suspects entered the store in the 1900 block of Michigan Avenue, NE around 7:32 p.m. Police are searching for two Black suspects, who allegedly robbed a Northeast D.C. […]
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Ash Wednesday in Adams Morgan
Lent is the church season during which we remember God’s willingness to face death. For many Christians this time gives them an opportunity to explore their relationship to suffering and death for the sake of a greater cause. Traditionally, many people of faith mark the beginning of Lent with the “imposition of ashes”, which is […]
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Disrupting the Cradle to Prison Pipeline
(Graphic courtesy of www.state.sc.us) Artist Ndume Olatushani, co-curator Dr. Aaron Rosen, and General Secretary of the United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe are scheduled to discuss on March 2 from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. the ongoing issues of injustice within the American judicial system. They will also […]
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Glover Park Social: A Variety Open Mic!
Glover Park Social will be at Mason Inn, located at 2408 Wisconsin Ave NW, every Thursday night, from Feb.9, at 8 p.m. The event will feature some of the area’s finest comedians, musicians, and performing artists. The show is free. Artists can sign up by emailing gloverparksocial@gmail.com. Mason Inn opens at 6 p.m. and seating […]
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Washington D.C. Arts Collective Promoting Local Black Storytelling Industry
Three arts groups based in Washington, D.C., are joining forces to create a film and theater collective to galvanize the Black storytelling industry, locally. Prosperity Media, a nonprofit media arts organization, Koalaty Entertainment, a film and video production company and The Zhanra Group, a play development company, will announce the move at a news […]
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‘I am Psyched!’ Tour Shines Light on Black Female Psychologist’s Race Contributions
Whether rooted in the works of Inez Prosser or Mamie Phipps Clark, the field of psychology, particularly as it pertains to the mental health and social growth of Black children, has relied heavily on Black female psychologists. Still, these women of color – and hundreds of others – often remain hidden in plain view when […]
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Is It Time to Reform the Youth Rehabilitation Act?
D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), D.C. Public Defender Service general counsel Laura Hankins, and anti-violence activist Ronald Moten spoke on the Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA), which came under fire after a newspaper series highlighted significant failings of the law. The Feb. 18 meeting of the Ward 8 Democrats, at the R.I.S.E. Center, was the […]
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Colleagues Remember Former D. C. Council Member H.R. Crawford
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. was filled with elected officials, community leaders and a diverse quilt of political icons on Feb. 18 paying their final respects to former Ward 7 D.C. Council Member H.R. Crawford. D.C. Officials, residents and Crawford’s family gathered at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. to […]
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Spotlight on Black Educators: University of D.C. President Ronald Mason
The University of the District of Columbia is recognized federally as an urban land-grant institution and a HBCU. In May 2015, Ronald Mason was hired for the presidency by the board of trustees of UDC and has since worked to upgrade the school. He told the AFRO of his many accomplishments since being selected as its […]
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DCPS Rodents, Bedbug Crisis May Mean City Infestation Issue
Following a week that identified bed bugs at Miner Elementary in Northeast, and citations by the D.C. Health department that shuttered luxury food depot Dean & Deluca and a Whole Foods – both in Georgetown – concerns have grown among city officials and residents that the District may soon be overrun with pests. Minor Elementary […]