Alleging a decades-long system of discrimination surrounding the discipline and promotion of African- American firefighters and EMS workers, a group of current and former employees has taken their concerns public by filing a 31-page class action lawsuit against the city’s fire department. The D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, which has become known […]
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Regional Glove Drive Prepares Needy Families for Winter Season
Greater Chesapeake Hand Specialists and the students of Ridgely Middle School in Lutherville, Md., have formed a partnership aimed at collecting thousands of pairs of gloves and mittens to benefit needy families and individuals throughout the central Maryland region. The “Warm Hearts = Warm Hands” campaign is now underway and is searching for new or […]
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District Native Honored for Volunteer Efforts
District native Terrance Payton will receive the Marvin Young Volunteer Award at the Us Helping Us Fall fundraiser, “A Passion for Living,” in recognition of his volunteer activities, including: program facilitation, volunteer coordination, HIV counseling and testing, and street outreach. Terrance is a performing artist who began his formal training with the Children’s Animation Theater […]
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D.C. Recognized for Record-Breaking Census Participation
The U.S. Census Bureau recently congratulated the D.C. City Council for its leadership role in promoting the 2010 Census campaign among residents. The Council was recognized for its outstanding work in promoting a successful 2010 Census effort in the city. The unprecedented response rate of District residents to the Census far exceeded previous Census counts. […]
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King Family Visits MLK Memorial in D.C.
On Oct. 8, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III, children of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., viewed the inscription wall while touring the construction site of the Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, which is expected to be completed in 2011. Construction of a four-acre Martin Luther King memorial continues […]
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‘The Tassel is Worth the Hassle’
The laundry list of needs for new college students is dizzying. Money, clothes and door room needs are plenty, but when a teen’s caregivers are incarcerated, the list of necessities grows. ScholarCHIPS, a District-based nonprofit, hopes to make college life easier for children whose parents are in jail. The group will host their kick-off event […]
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Apostle Betty Peebles of Jericho City of Praise Remembered
Apostle Betty Peebles, senior pastor of Jericho City of Praise in Landover and a longtime gospel artist, educator and radio personality, passed away in a Baltimore hospital Oct. 12 of cancer at the age of 76. Her son and assistant pastor at the church Elder Joel R. Peebles Sr. posted a statement on Jericho’s website […]
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D.C. Not Ready for Internet Voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A University of Michigan professor who hacked a prototype D.C. elections voting website with his students and had it play the school’s fight says that it will be decades, if ever, before voting can be done safely over the Internet. Computer science professor Alex Halderman spoke last Friday at a meeting to […]
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Metro Mulls SmarTrip Fare Changes
SmarTrip card users are about to see their fare cut in half. But the change could also lead to costly problems for Metro. After months of wrangling over the matter, officials announced recently that the $5 fee for the plastic cards will be reduced to $2.50, and that to help things process smoothly, new cards […]
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D.C. School Reform Featured in Film
In the new populist movie, Waiting for Superman, District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee appears on camera discussing her take on reformation among the nation’s troubled schools. The controversial chancellor came to town three years ago, invigorating waning efforts to overhaul the city’s broken system, and stirred up a dust storm by closing […]
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Cheh Proposes Longer School Day for DCPS Student
Councilmember Mary M. Cheh, D-Ward 3, has introduced legislation that would expand the school day in District of Columbia Public Schools. The School Day Expansion Act of 2010 would extend the DCPS school day to seven hours, an increase of 30 minutes per day and 90 hours of classroom instruction per year. “DCPS has the […]
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Caucus Explores the Afro-Latino Experience with Panel Discussion
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization, the District is home to an estimated 51,000 Latinos as of 2008. A growing minority number of those Latinos are Afro-descendents, commonly known as Afro-Latinos. The DC Latino Caucus, under the patronage of DC Council Members Kwame Brown and Harry Thomas Jr., are inviting the […]
