Category: Washington D.C. News

Barbershop owner Kevin Davis. (Courtesy Photo) In the five years that the Pro Cut Family Barbershop has hosted its annual Back to School Cuts, the program has become a favorite of the Congress Heights community. Barbershop owner Kevin Davis said his decision to offer free haircuts to children returning to school comes from an experience […]

The Asbury United Methodist Church, 926 11th St NW, is planning to hold its Homecoming Sunday Celebration on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. The theme for the celebration is “Fruits of Thy Labor, Fruit of The Spirit”. The historic downtown congregation has worshipped and served continuously for 179 years from the corners of 11th and […]

The D.C. Arts Center, located at 2438 18th Street, will hold a Laugh Index Theatre Comedy Show on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Nonmember tickets are $5 online before 5 p.m. the day of the show, and $10 at the door. Cash will only be accepted at door. To purchase tickets online, visit http://laughindextheatre.com. The […]

Participants in the Ed Tech Panel Discussion on Aug. 18 included: Angel Rich, left; Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz, Zachary Goldman, Sybongile Cook, Blake Allison and Kendrick Jackson. (Photo by LaTrina Antoine) As the new school year starts, educators and parents are looking for new ways to educate students on fundamental life lessons that have not always […]

Aaniyah Wainwright and Zymiah Speller are participants at the Richard England Boys and Girls Clubhouse’ STEAM Camp. (Photo by Christina Sturdivant) While today’s youth can navigate websites, mobile applications, and mobile devices, very few can create these technologies. This summer, more than 75 Black youth learned the inner workings of digital technology and science at […]

D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Thomas Robinson, a power forward for the Brooklyn Nets, handed out backpacks filled with school supplies at the Fort Davis Recreation Center on Aug. 22. Alexander said that the annual event has two goals. “We want to bring the community together and […]

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) recently announced the opening of its 20,000-square-foot green roof atop Building 44 of it’s Northwest Washington campus. The school’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) has called the rooftop garden the centerpiece of its Urban Food Hub. As urban populations swell to space-gobbling proportions, ways […]

Event Strategist,Christi Rich (Courtesy Photo) With over a decade of experience in the event management industry, Christi Rich has organized domestic and international affairs for non-profits, corporations and social clients. “What I’ve done in my career has really been strategy. It’s not just logistical planning, it so much more,” Rich told the AFRO. The steps […]

Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd (D) and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser along with volunteers stood on the corner of Arkansas Avenue NW and Allison Street NW to caution drivers for a “Slow Down Campaign” for students attending their first day of school on Aug. 24. Bowser also greeted children attending Dorothy I. Height Community Academy […]

The public utility board of the District of Columbia shocked many residents when it denied the Pepco-Exelon merger application on Aug. 25. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia rejected the request for a merger of Pepco Holdings, the Mid-Atlantic power company that supplies the energy needs for its residents and businesses with Exelon Corporation, a company that owns various […]

Vincent Cohen is the acting U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia. (Department of Justice Photo) Vincent Cohen Jr. has served as the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia since April 1, when his boss and friend, Ronald Machen, left the position to practice law privately. Cohen, in an exclusive interview with […]

A controversial crime fighting tool that some District residents support while others don’t is set to be launched in the near future. All Hands on Deck, the program where all available police officers and recruits of the District’s Metropolitan Police Department are called to duty and assigned to street patrol for 48 hours will be instituted […]