Category: Washington D.C. News

For Vocal Arts DC’s 25th Anniversary Season, the concert series will present a concert on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, featuring mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied at the piano by composer Jake Heggie. The two will perform the world premiere of a song cycle, Iconic Legacies: […]

Emmanuel Azih, CEO of Azert While a traditional GPS system can get your car to its destination, it doesn’t have navigation abilities once you’re on site. Emmanuel Azih, CEO of Azert hopes the Smart(er) Socket iBeacon can change that. The platform is the first piece of technology released by the D.C.-based startup company. While it […]

The Alexandria City Council in Virginia has voted to ban the flying of Confederate flags by the city. The council approved the ban unanimously on Sept. 8. The vote ends the city’s practice of putting up Confederate flags on city property to mark Robert E. Lee’s birthday and Confederate Memorial Day. The council also voted […]

A community conversation with youth and adults on the topic of synthetic drugs took place Aug. 31 in the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center at the St. Elizabeth’s East campus in Washington, D.C. The program, entitled “Back to School with No K2,” focused on the powerful synthetic drug K2, also known as spice. The event washosted by […]

Rep. Elijah Cummings U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) will be the keynote speaker at the BOLD Conference at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road. The BOLD Leadership and Life Skills Conference is scheduled to take place on Sept. 26, beginning at 8 a.m. The conference is for young African American men […]

On Aug. 29, the Washington Area Women’s Foundation released new data detailing the status of women’s participation in the D.C. region’s workforce. While female participation in the region surpasses the national average by 11 percent, more can be done to improve economic security for women, according to the report. “Almost a quarter of the female […]

Harry Wingo is the president and CEO of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce. (Linkedin Photo) Various business and community leaders from across the District of Columbia have reacted strongly, pro and con, to the recent denial Exelon-Pepco merger. On Aug. 25, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia rejected the application of the proposed […]

The late journalist Charnice Milton was remembered at The Mother’s Tea. (AFRO File Photo) The Mother’s Tea, an event sponsored by a host of community and non-violence organizations, took place on Aug. 30 at the ballroom of the InterContinental Willard Hotel in Northwest.  Dozens of people listened to music and testimonies about the importance of […]

Jojo of Martha’s Table demonstrates cooking healthy vegetables with the kids of Langston Terrace Dwellings. (Photo by Maria Adebola) Every year, the Langston Dwellings Resident’s Council hosts a health day dedicated towards giving back to the Langston Terrace Dwellings residents and friends in Ward 5. The purpose of the health day is to expose its […]

Joe Biden is the vice president of the United States. (AFRO File Photo) The chatter among national Democrats that the vice president of the United States should run for the top spot in 2016 has reached party members in the District also. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is the subject of an official draft campaign that wants him […]

Ihkeem Ma’at, executive director of Brave Heart Entrepreneurial Youth Camp (Courtesy Photo) In 2010, Ihkeem Ma’at established ​the Brave Heart Entrepreneurial Youth Camp. The organization provides year-round entrepreneurship and financial literacy education to minority children aged 8 to 12 years old in Washington, D.C.  Under the organization’s umbrella, the Brave Heart Entrepreneurship Academy was established shortly […]

Mayor Muriel Bowser (Courtesy Photo) The heated atmosphere inside a central room of the former Malcolm X Elementary School in Southeast D.C. rose even more on Aug. 27 as Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke about a crime plan she recently updated. Protestors voice their concerns on Mayor Bowser’s crime plan for D.C. (Photo by Linda Poulson) […]