A new program for breast cancer screening and diagnosis has been launched in Washington DC to target African American women who live in Ward 8, where the breast cancer death rate is 10 percent higher than the national average. The DC Pink Divas program focuses on educating women about breast cancer detection, and empowering those […]
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Ward 8’s Marvelous School, Dream Machine
Achievement Preparatory Academy (Achievement Prep), a public charter school serving 210 scholars east of the Anacostia River, is among the highest performing public schools in the city, according to 2011 DC Comprehensive Assessment System (DC-CAS) scores. “Over eighty percent of our students come from low-income homes, 100 percent are African American and they are outperforming […]
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D.C. Metro Fares to Rise 10 Cents July 1
Riders of the Washington D.C. Metro system are about to get hit with another fare increase, after the transit authority’s board approved across-the-board hikes in parking fees, bus and rail fares in an effort to offset a projected budget deficit of more than $100 million. Bus fares will increase by a dime to $1.60 for […]
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Report: Thomas Jr. May Have Had Help in Theft from D.C. Youth Group
A report to the D.C. Council released April 27 faults officials at the Children’s Youth Investment Trust Corp. for failing to detect fraudulent expenditures, and claims former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. may have had help from someone in city government when he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit group. According […]
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D.C. Infant Mortality Rate Reaches Historic Lows
Mayor Vincent C. Gray and officials from the Washington, D.C. Department of Health announced April 26 that the District’s infant mortality rate has declined to a historic low of 8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. “This is very good news for the District of Columbia,” Gray said at a news conference. “This report tells […]
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Jazz Brunch and Fashion Show 2012
The Howard University Alumni Club of Greater Washington, DC hosted an elegant Jazz Brunch and Fashion Show featuring couture designs from African and American designers at the Howard University Blackburn Center in Northwest, Washington, DC. Guests were asked to wear African-themed attire or the Pan-African colors of Red, Green, or Black. This jazz luncheon is […]
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Over 200 Annapolis Area Christian School Children Volunteer for Bello Machre
Over 200 Annapolis Area Christian School children, parents and teachers volunteered their time, April 5, as part of their annual Spring Yard Clean-up for Bello Machre. Eighteen groups of middle school children spent the day raking leaves and mulching flowerbeds at 18 different Bello Machre homes located throughout Anne Arundel County. The Annapolis Areas Christian […]
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Smoking, Grass Root Advocates Urge DC Council to Tax Blunts, Cigars
At gas stations in the District of Columbia, fuel is not the only popular product sold. Surprisingly, cigar products, such as the brand Phillies Blunts, are also amongst the fastest selling products at gas stations as well as convenience stores, and drug stores particularly in Wards 7 and 8 according to advocates. This brand has […]
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D.C.’s Savoy Elementary School Chosen for White House Arts Initiative
A Washington, D.C. elementary school beat out a crowded field nationwide to become one of eight schools that will participate in a new White House initiative created with an eye toward improving low-performing schools via the arts. Today the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) announced that Savoy Elementary School in Southeast […]
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2013 Black Engineer of the Year Conference Returning to D.C.
The 27th Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference will convene in Washington, D.C. Feb. 7, 2013 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. The gathering will be returning to D.C., where they met in 2011. The coming conference is expected to host an estimated 10,000 […]
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Famed Howard Theatre Regaled by the Famous
The crowd of people who gathered at the Howard Theatre’s re-opening night gala indulged in a little retro glam and opulence for the evening, with details befitting a scene from “Harlem Nights.” After all, the grand re-opening of the theatre, whose doors had been shuttered and appeared nearly forgotten for 30 years, encouraged an extra […]
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Hackers Target D.C., N.Y.C. Government Web Sites
Hackers disabled municipal government web sites in D.C. and New York City this week in a cyber assault that shut down nyc.gov for two hours on April 17 and targeted Washington, D.C.’s departments of Transportation and Consumer and Regulatory Affairs on April 19. The attacks, called distributed denial of service, flood a targeted site with […]