Frenchie Davis, vocalist on NBC’s “The Voice” and Fox’s “American Idol” will headline the Adventure Theater’s Cash Cabaret II & Silent Auction Fundraiser on Oct. 10. On the main stage, Davis will join fellow Howard University alum Darius Smith and the university’s musical theater company “Standing Room Only” who will also be featured. The annual […]
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Whitman-Walker to Host 25th Annual Aids Walk Washington
Aiming to fight the climbing numbers of District residents facing HIV/AIDS, the Whitman-Walker Health Foundation will hold its 25th annual 5k AIDS Walk Washington on Oct 29. According to Whitman-Walker, there were 16,513 people living with HIV/AIDS in the District at the end of 2008. Moreover, one in every 20 adults in the city is […]
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DC Government Bans Black Businesses from H St Grant
A grant designed to assist newly-introduced retail shops on H Street while offering no relief for longtime minority-owned businesses sparked a heated debate on Sept. 21 with city officials. Officials with the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), and the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), laid out […]
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District Officials Launch New D.C. Circulator Route With Service East of the Anacostia River
Mayor Vincent Gray, city officials and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently announced the launch of the D.C. Circulator’s newest route that will provide service east of the Anacostia River. The Potomac Avenue Metro to Skyland via Barracks Row route will complement existing Metrobus routes with fast and limited stop service. Passengers with SmarTrip […]
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Activist Charges DC Government Profits from Fraud
Some people are worried about being billed again, despite taking advantage of the recent launch of the DMV Ticket Amnesty Program in which District government collected almost $1 million in revenue after just one month. The program collects photo-enforced, moving violation and parking tickets in the District issued before Jan. 1, 2000. Under the amnesty, […]
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Leading Black Artists Featured at Corcoran Gallery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Works by leading Black artists in the contemporary art realm go on view Saturday at Washington’s Corcoran Gallery of Art to tackle issues of racial, sexual and historical identity. The exhibit, “30 Americans,” will be on view through February. It features 31 artists, including Jean-Michel Basquait, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and […]
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Relief, Anger at Washington-Area Mosque Where al-Awlaki Preached
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — At the Washington-area mosque where Anwar al-Awlaki preached a decade ago, there were few tears over the death of the influential al-Qaida figure who more than anyone gave the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center its unwanted association with international terrorism. But some found the way he was killed to be un-American. […]
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NAACP Arms Community in Battle Against Childhood Obesity
The NAACP Health Department recently unveiled its Childhood Obesity Advocacy Manual in Washington, DC at the Thurgood Marshall Center, a compilation that offers solutions to the disparately high childhood obesity rates in the African American community. The Advocacy Manual contains tools to assist NAACP units and grassroots groups in promoting healthy behavior among Black families […]
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DC to Hire 300 New Police Officers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia plans to hire 300 new police officers. Mayor Vincent Gray said Wednesday that the police department will be ready to train a class of 35 recruits starting Oct. 4. The training classes will consist of 25 to 35 recruits and will be held monthly at the police academy. […]
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HU Chapel Speaker
Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr. will be the preacher during the 11 a.m. service on Oct. 2 in Cramton Auditorium located on the campus of Howard University, 2455 6th St. N.W. He is senior pastor at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, Fla. Since his return to Bethel in 1995, more that 10,000 souls have […]
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Don’t Wait and Wonder
Washington, D.C. – Mayor Vincent C. Gray and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) unveiled a new campaign, Sept. 27, that brings attention to the signs of developmental disabilities and delays in children from birth to age three, highlights the long-term benefits of early intervention and provides information on access to treatment […]
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Comcast, FCC and DCPS Launch $9.95 Broadband Service for Lower-income Families in D.C.
D.C. children who are eligible for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) will have access to cheap Internet service, digital literacy training and affordable computers as part of a nationwide Comcast initiative, launched on Tuesday. High-ranking officials, including DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, gathered at Ballou High school […]
