Category: Washington D.C. News

The Washington D.C. branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced a campaign to make Blacks aware of their spending power and how it impacts the nation. The “Strengthen the Black Dollar Campaign,” according to Akosua Ali, president of the D.C. branch of the NAACP, seeks to educate,encourage, and empower […]

Christopher Barry (Facebook Photo) Marion C. Barry, known as Chris, was ordered by D.C. Magistrate Judge Rainey R. Brandt on June 25 to spend 15 days in the D.C. Jail for violating probation after he was arrested for driving on a revoked license. On June 24, the Rev. Anthony Motley was sentenced to two years […]

A Nov. 22, 2010 photo shows the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Pinckney, a pastor at Mother Emanuel AME Church, died June 17, 2015, in the mass shooting at the church. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP) The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, publicly laid to rest and eulogized on June […]

De’Sean Golden and Tre Lee at United States Attorney’s Office Youth Summit. (Photo by Hamzat Sani) De’Sean Golden stands outside Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School, the Northeast high school he plans to attend in the fall. “I feel uncomfortable,” the recent middle school graduate told the AFRO. His uneasiness is the result of Metropolitan […]

The nonprofit works directly with court involved youth, through the Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP) and Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative (Right Turn). A Washington, D.C. nonprofit is among the awardees of $59 million in grants recently awarded by the Department of Labor to organizations who help to foster employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated […]

Calhoun interviews Grammy-winning recording artist Estelle during The Recording Academy D.C. Chapter’s day-long seminar on the music industry’s latest innovations and changing platforms. (Photo by Shantella Sherman) Like a bitter refrain that reoccurs too often, fame among African-American music artists has often been saddled with financial woes linked to poor business practices. Whether it is […]

Since its inception, the nonprofit Nova Salud Inc. has been working to break down financial and social barriers to HIV/AIDS services while fighting to shatter the stigma that surrounds the disease. The organization, funded by the Virginia State Department of Health, works to improve and strengthen the health and well-being of Latinos and African Americans living […]

Sal Ardito holds his Bible while looking over the sidewalk memorial in front of the Emanuel AME Church on Friday, June 19, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. Dylann Storm Roof, 21, is accused of killing nine people during a Wednesday night Bible study at the church. As the nation remembered the nine lives lost in the […]

Judge Newman Judge William T. Newman and Wanda Pierce are local heroes without a spotlight. The charitable contributions made through their leadership over the Arlington Community Foundation have been making a difference in Virginia for over 20 years. Nu Xi Zeta, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority has named them the 2015 Woman and Man of the […]

Frances Montez, Atlas Ingram, and Portia Etheridge are retiring educators from Minor Elementary School. (Photo by Christina Sturdivant) As a new class of teachers graduate from college and prepare to enter the D.C. Public School system, there are a few things they should know. “It’s not easy – it takes about five years to get […]

Members of the Future Leaders and Young Entrepreneurs organization at Roosevelt High School in Prince George’s County, Md. (Photo Courtesy of FLYE Inc.) High school athleticism is a yearlong experience. During game season, student athletes practice vigorously for competition after school and on weekends. During summer months, players train and condition for next season. A […]

Hunger does not take a summer break. For millions of families that rely on free breakfast and lunch programs through public schools, summer break can often mean the end of two nutritional meals per day. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), known in the District as the D.C. Free Summer […]