Category: Washington D.C. News

Marion Barry served as the District’s mayor and on the D.C. Council. (AFRO File Photo) The D.C. Commission to Commemorate and Recognize the Honorable Marion S. Barry Jr., recently gave recommendations to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on how the District can honor the late political icon. On Nov. 23, the one-year anniversary of Barry’s death, Bowser was […]

Muriel Bowser laid out her case for the Exelon-Pepco Merger. (AFRO File Photo) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), with the support of D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D- Ward 8), recently addressed a Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commission to set the record straight on some of the controversies of her administration. Bowser and May were […]

Samuel Kava (George Washington University), Nathaniel Miller (University of Berkeley School of Law), Wendy Gomez (Dickenson College), and Cajay Jacobs (Cornell University), formed the Thanksgiving basket assembly line at Bread for the City. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Lines snaking through the lobby of Bread for the City, a full-scale social services agency for District […]

Once again students at Howard University in Washington, D.C. are petitioning the school to be more transparent with their financial status. The current petition stems from the university’s marching band staging protests during a football game over the perceived lack of full band scholarships. “Our initial platform was about our scholarships,” said Marcus Prince, a […]

D.C. Orgs Feed the Hungry for Thanksgiving Nov. 25 Ally and Women Veteran’s Initiative Turkey Baskets Financial services company Ally in conjunction with Women Veterans Interactive will be handing out turkey baskets from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the South East Vet Center, 820 Chesapeake Street SE. To register, contact Ginger Miller at info@womenveteransinteractive.org […]

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir will be hosting their “A Holiday Jukebox” concert on Dec. 18 at The THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave., S.E.,  starting at 7:30 p. m. Tickets are $25 each, or $20 each for groups of 20 or more. For more information, visit thearcdc.org.

Paul Mooney and Dick Gregory will be performing in a one night only event at The Howard Theatre on Dec. 6 with doors opening at 6 p. m. and show time at 7:30 p. m. The Howard is located at 620 T Street N.W. and tickets start at $49.50.  For more information, visit thehowardtheatre.com

Split This Rock and Beltway Poetry Slam teams are hosting bi-monthly writing workshops every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. The workshops are located at 1112 16th Street N.W., suite 600. The next workshop will be Dec. 2 and it will start at 6:30 p. m. Workshops are free and open to the public. […]

So Others Might Eat is hosting their Thanksgiving Day Trot For Hunger on Nov. 26 at Freedom Plaza starting at 8:30 a. m. S.O.M.E. is asking that participants register and make a donation to support the fight against homelessness and hunger. Freedom Plaza is located at the intersection of 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. […]

Thomas Caston has few recollections of his birth parents. Adopted at 11 through an agency that found homes for “hard to place” children, Caston looks upon each year’s National Adoption Day as a celebration for his fellowadoptees, and an opportunity for the three children he and his wife adopted to commemorate their own placements. But creating […]

Dorothy Height’s hats included in the NCNW “Messages of Our Mother” exhibition. (Photo by Linda Poulson ) The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) recently held a celebration in homage to their chair and president emeriti, Dorothy Height. The event commemorated the organization’s 80th birthday and showcased the stylish hats Dorothy Irene Height wore as […]

Hundreds attended the District’s Office of Disability Rights Annual Disability Awareness Exposition at Kennedy Recreation Center in Northwest. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) The District’s Office of Disability Rights held the Mayor’s Annual Disability Awareness Exposition to help residents navigate the city’s legal and social services tailored to meet special needs. More than 40 service […]