Category: Washington D.C. News

The owner of a District of Columbia restaurant chain and a Ward 8-based social service non-profit broke ground recently on a venture that could produce more than 100 jobs and provide numerous opportunities for residents east of the Anacostia River. On Oct. 6, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D-Ward 8), […]

Open Door Baptist Church hosts a annual community day Oct. 15. The event will be held at the church, located at 5600 Central Avenue, SE from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The event will include free health screenings for glucose, blood pressure and dental checks. The event will also inform participants on breast cancer awareness information, HIV […]

WASHINGTON – Inside one of the theaters at the Regal Cinema movie complex in Washington’s Gallery Place/Chinatown, the audience of mostly millennial’s sat in one of the darkened theaters and laughed loudly at the dialogue and pictures on the big screen. But it wasn’t a film that had the audience chuckling. It was the presidential debate. […]

Racial justice tops the opening of the Supreme Court’s new term. When Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead in Feb. conservative Republicans vowed to stall President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. The eight-member Court is limping forward with race questions involving the death penalty, voting districts, jury deliberations, and the name of the […]

Chicago based non-profit, The HistoryMakers, recently organized classroom visits from influential African Americans across the country to schools across the nation. Designed to showcase a model for success among African-Americans, more than 400 “HistoryMakers” encouraged and empowered D.C. students to aggressively reach for their goals. History Maker standouts community leader Peggy Cooper (left), and public relations […]

D.C. Council member Charles Allen wants to make sure that all District of Columbia residents have the chance to register to vote for future elections. So he is working on a way they can do it at a heavily used city government agency. Charles Allen represents Ward 6 on the D.C. Council Allen, a Democrat […]

The Anacostia Coordinating Council’s Annual Boat Ride is always a source of food, fun, and political gossip. However, because of what is going on in Ward 8 communities, a nervous sense of urgency is pervasive and there is a great deal of discussion about helping the ward’s youth. “We have children dying on the streets […]

Police need your help to solve four crimes: two are homicides in Northeast and two are sexual abuse cases in Northwest Washington, D.C. From Northeast the latest is a fatal shooting in the 900 block of 10th Street N.E. on Sept 29. Officers from the First District responded to a call of gunshots around 3:55 […]

The NAACP Freedom Fund Gala will be held on October 8 at the Dulles Airport Hilton, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, Va. 20171. The event starts at 5:30. Tickets can be purchased on line at naacploudoun.com.

The Annual 2 Mile Domestic Violence Prevention Walk-a-Thon will take place at the Bohrer Park Activity Center on Oct. 8 in Gaithersburg, Md. The walk is to address and provide assistance to families on available resources, education, health, counseling, and temporary safe haven from abuse environment.  The event raises money for Safe Haven Ministries. The […]

The Black Student Fund and the Latino School Fund, two D.C. area non-profits, will host their Annual School Fair on Oct. 9 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. More than 60 schools from the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area will attend. The event will include workshops, entertainment, screening of the movie […]

The 5th Annual Ms. Veteran America competition will take place on Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C. This event honors the service of the 2 million women who have worn the U.S. Military Uniform. This event also reminds us of the women who have made the ultimate sacrifice during their military service. The completion will take […]