For their Winter Preview Showcase, The Dance Institute of Washington (DIW) is scheduled to host “A Glimpse of Kwanzaa Spirit” performance on Dec. 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 3400 14th Street, NW. Attendees of the showcase will be able to meet new people, reconnect with friends, and celebrate DIW’s atmosphere as both […]
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Meet Cameron Clarke, Howard University’s Newest Rhodes Scholar
In addition to loved son and brother, reliable friend, outstanding student, and published researcher, Howard University senior Cameron Davis Clarke can now add Rhodes Scholar to his list of great feats. “I didn’t even really believe it the first time when they announced it,” Clarke said of the moment when he first heard of his […]
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D.C. Organization Partners with Public Schools to Save Youth
As a senior at Washington MET High school, seeing some of his friends being taken away to jail for petty crimes has not deterred Ky’le Parlmer from his path. Palmer was a part of the first annual Passport to Manhood Back to School Summit, held Nov. 17 at the Verizon Center in D.C. Young men […]
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Two Men Fatally Shot in Southeast D.C. Apartment Building
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the Nov. 11 murder of two Southeast men, police said. Crime Scene – Graphic: AP Samuelle Buie, 25, and Rassaan Jennings, 19, were both fatally shot around 1:27 a.m. on the 3000 block of Stanton Road, SE. Police heard gun shots and searched the area finding Jennings and Buie […]
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NAACP President: Loudoun County Beset with Race Problems
In promotional brochures, Loudoun County, Va., is portrayed as a place where prosperity and racial and ethnic tolerance are encouraged and practiced, but the president of the county’s NAACP takes exception to that premise. Phillip E. Thompson is the president of the Loudoun County, Va. NAACP. (Courtesy Photo) Phillip E. Thompson, president of the Loudoun County […]
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D.C. Group Supports Homeless Veterans
For more than three decades, Access Housing and the Southeast Veterans Service Center (SEVSC) has supported the needs of those who have put their lives on the line to defend freedom. And on Nov. 24, 50 families will be feasting on Turkey and all of the trimmings thanks to the leader of a veterans organization. […]
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Bowser Taps Oakland’s Wilson to Lead D.C. Schools
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced her choice to the lead the District of Columbia public schools. On Nov. 22, Bowser introduced Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Antwan Wilson as the next chancellor for the District’s public elementary and secondary education system at Eastern Senior High School in Northeast D.C. Antwan Wilson is set to be […]
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SOME’s 15th Annual Trot for Hunger
Washingtonians are invited to join SOME at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day for a 5k run/walk. The run/walk will take place at Freedom Plaza (corner of 13th Street, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). there will be an 8:30 a.m. Little Turkey Fun Run and a 9:15 a.m. unlimited 5k. The District’s only Turkey Trot, the […]
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Arena Stage Hosts Dinner and Musical for Wounded Warriors
D.C.-area military families must spend the Thanksgiving holiday away from loved ones. In gratitude for their service, Arena Stage is inviting wounded warriors, service men and women and their families to a complimentary dinner and performance of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel at the Mead Center for American Theater, located at 1101 Sixth St., […]
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Black Owned Small Business Expo
Support Black Owned Small business at this one stop shop expo event on Nov. 26. Come out to network and purchase products and services of all types from locally owned businesses in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore Metro areas. From jewelry to house ware, fashion, beauty products, electronics, food and much more this is an […]
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D.C. Statehood Backers Push On
The push to make the residential and commercial areas of the District of Columbia a state won’t stop District leaders and statehood activists are saying. While Donald Trump was winning the presidency on Nov. 8, District residents voted 80 percent for a referendum that advises the D.C. Council to petition the U.S. Congress for D.C. […]
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D.C. Church Recognizes Navy Parishioner for Years of Service
As a uniform wearer, there are certain things Fleet Master Chief April Beldo says she can’t do, out of respect for the United States. The Navy woman will not sit down during the national anthem and she will not disrespect the Commander in Chief. “That respect thing, it goes a long way . . .” […]
