Category: Washington D.C. News

Over 80 Faith Leaders have asked the DC City Council to do more for the most vulnerable of the city’s poor in this year’s budget deliberations. Faith leaders have written and visited with City Council members urging efforts to alleviate poverty in the city. “It is our moral responsibility to speak out for human dignity […]

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Marilyn J. Scott graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn […]

The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of Maryland will lead a parade of close to 1,000 motorcycles, May 26, on its Annual Buffalo Thunder Ride from Landover, Md. to the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC. Riders will rally at the Sears parking lot in Landover at 8 a.m. and arrive at the Civil […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Dean Snyder, senior pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, has announced that he will retire next year. He told the Foundry congregation on April 28 that he was announcing his retirement effective July 2014 so that local church and denominational officials “will have adequate time to consult about Foundry’s […]

For the entire month of May, Washington, D.C. is going pink! The D.C. Cancer Consortium (DCCC) has launched “D.C. Goes Pink,” a month-long campaign dedicated to increasing cancer awareness and promoting regular cancer screenings. Partnered with the D.C. Department of Health (DOH), the United Medical Center, and George Washington University, the D.C. Cancer Consortium’s mission […]

Lavi$h, one of the hottest rising hip-hop artists in the Washington, D.C.-Metropolitan area, will be performing live in the district for the first time in 2013. Lavi$h last performed live at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. at packed out concert venue sponsored Bravata Ultra, a clothing line based in D.C. Now he’ll perform live in […]

Over 100 family members and friends gathered May 10 at the Michigan Park Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., the day before the funeral of a 29-year-old Northeast Washington man who was found shot to death May 5. Frederick “Ziggy” Booker, 29, of Eleventh Street, NE in the Michigan Park neighborhood , was found in a […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Shauna-Kay Creary and the 4x400M relay team of Kaydian Jones, Jerily Benjamin, Rochelle Nelson and Simone Grant, will represent the University of the District of Columbia at the 2013 NCAA Division II Women’s Track & Field Championships, May 23-25 in Pueblo, Colo. Creary and the Firebird 4x400M relay team qualified for the championships […]

As AmeriHealth District of Columbia takes over for D.C. Chartered Health Plan this month, the top level managers are homing in on one health care element–Medicaid for 100,000 D.C. residents. “All we do is care for Medicaid folks,” said Michael A. Rashid, president and chief executive officer of ACFC. “We are focused and we believe […]

Hurricane Sandy and its destruction have largely moved out of the media headlines, replaced by more recent news events. But for New York and New Jersey residents still dealing with devastation in its wake, it remains fresh. It is fresh, too, for the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) at Howard […]

WASHINGTON — The Popeyes on 8th Street Southeast sells the typical fare of fried chicken and biscuits, but the space upstairs from the fast food restaurant will soon sell something a little more unusual and a lot more green. A mere two miles from the U.S. Department of Justice, Metropolitan Wellness Center, one of three […]