Category: Washington D.C. News

WASHINGTON  The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2013 14 Career Development Grant to Stephanie E. Gargiulo of Washington, D.C. She is pursuing a master’s in educational studies with a concentration in urban education reform at Johns Hopkins University. WASHINGTON – The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2013–14 Career Development […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Numerous exhibits and programs in the nation’s capital will allow visitors to retrace the historic steps of the 1963 March on Washington 50 years later. Several museums and cultural organizations have organized artifacts and art exhibits for visitors to learn about the march, the nation’s conflict over civil rights and the tumult […]

High school juniors and seniors in the District of Columbia will be able to take the SAT college entrance exam for free, Mayor Vincent Gray announced Aug. 20. Doxie McCoy, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said the cost of the SAT test was often a barrier for low-income and poor students in the city. Access […]

On most Saturday nights, Ignatius Perry Jr. and his band mate, Reginald Payne, are partying at clubs in the Baltimore/Washington area and on most Sunday mornings, they are in church. In both situations, they’re gigging. For years, Perry, 22, and Payne, 23, the keyboardist and bassist, respectively, for the Baltimore-based modern jazz fusion band Tribe […]

After a summer of learning, some 450 D.C. area students wrapped up their participation Aug.15 in a science, technology, engineering and math program for secondary school students. The students, in grades 5 through 12, spent 12 weeks in the program sponsored by the 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. “Youth who didn’t want to […]

Washington D.C.— The Mayor’s Office of Victim Services recently joined with community service providers, leading sexual assault prevention experts and law enforcement officials throughout the Washington, D.C. area to launch a pioneering resource for targets and victims of assault. The District-wide initiative addresses sexual assault and dating violence through the use of technology, and is […]

Howard University this month announced a new comprehensive initiative to expand the institution’s array of online/blended courses and programs. “Howard University Online” (HU-Online) is being created in partnership with Pearson, one of the world’s leading providers of online services to higher education. Beginning in the fall 2014-2015 academic year, Howard will offer select online degree […]

A member of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s 2010 election team pleaded guilty in federal court Aug. 13 to lying to the FBI about an alleged $635,000 “shadow campaign” that is under federal investigation. Vernon E. Hawkins, a former high-ranking city official, also admitted he tried to derail the federal investigation by giving $8,000 to […]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In addition to the long-planned March on Washington scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24, the White House has announced that President Obama will speak at a commemorative service at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. “National Action to Realize the Dream […]

The Greater Washington Urban League, in partnership with AmeriHealth D.C., will present a Community Health and Wellness Back To School Festival, the Urban League said in a statement. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 at 2901 14th St. NW, at the intersection of Harvard Street, two blocks from […]

After recording its lowest number of homicides in five decades in 2012, the District of Columbia will never return to the record-setting levels of violence that wracked the city from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, Mayor Vincent C. Gray said Aug. 6. “I don’t think we’ll ever go back to those days of the […]