By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com After winning JPMorgan Chase’s Annual Challenge, the Congress Heights Community Training and Development Center (CHCTDC) has received a $3 million philanthropic investment to help the project get started. Earlier this year, CHCTDC created the BLACKBONE Project, an initiative to help D.C. based Black women founders grow and scale […]
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Black Feminist Future highlights community with three-day long event, GET FREE: A Black Feminist Reunion
By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO Black Feminist Future (BFF) will be hosting GET FREE, an event where major movement organizers, activists and leaders in the making from D.C. and the surrounding area will gather to build power, community and shift culture for Black women, girls and gender-expansive people from June 8-11. The city […]
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East coast cities grapple with worsening air pollution as Canadian wildfire smoke engulfs the region
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia On June 6, experts ranked New York as the city with the worst air pollution worldwide, as dense smoke from over a hundred wildfires raging in Quebec, Canada, drifted southward. The persistently poor air quality caused by the Canadian fires has been a cause for […]
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#FreeBlackMamasDMV: a movement to liberate mothers
By Ashleigh Fields, AFRO Assistant Editor Several women’s rights organizations from around the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area have come together to free Black women who are jailed before trial or serving time in prison. Life After Release, Out for Justice, Harriet’s Wildest Dreams and many others that collectively work under “#FreeBlackMamasDMV” are meeting the […]
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Mayor Bowser unveils strong public safety measures to address rising street violence in D.C.
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Amid a surge of street violence in the nation’s capital, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced new public safety legislation. “The legislation I will send to the council is common sense legislation,” said Bowser at a live-streamed news conference. “For example, we know that addressing violence in D.C. […]
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UDC to unveil new statue honoring alumnus Edwin Bancroft Henderson, Ph.D., the ‘grandfather of Black basketball’
By UDC Communications On June 24 the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will unveil a statue made in the image of Edwin (E.B.) Bancroft Henderson, Ph.D. The statue will be located at the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex on the Van Ness Campus. The work of art will be presented to the […]
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Kevin Kelley’s Kitchen + Kocktails catapulting soon into D.C.
By Ashleigh Fields, AFRO Assistant Editor Culinary connoisseur Kevin Kelley is set to open Kitchen + Kocktails on I street later this month. The serial entrepreneur is looking forward to bringing his latest endeavor to the D.C. area. “We want our customers to feel like kings and queens when they walk in the restaurant,” Kelley […]
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Upcoming meetings and events in the D.C. area
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Awesome Con From June 16 – 18 geek culture will be on full display at Awesome Con, which will be hosted inside of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Attendees can see their favorite movie, comic and game stars. The convention will include Levar Burton from “Reading Rainbow” […]
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The Exchange. A unique collaboration to support diverse media
Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher Collaboration among news media outlets is not new, but The Exchange is a new collaborative effort that aims to create business and financial content for underserved communities. It’s a collaboration of local, diverse news media with decades of service to their communities, the Local Media Association (LMA), the Local Media […]
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A Memorial Day tribute
By Wayne E. Williams, Special to the AFRO When my long-term colleague Carolyn Long-Williams invited me to attend the reburial service and ceremony for her late husband, Pfc Lamar Williams, at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), the suggestion captivated me. For years, Long-Williams and I were coworkers as special education teachers. We never mentioned or conversed […]
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EMILY’s List holds annual gala
By AFRO Staff EMILY’s List held their annual “We are EMILY” gala on May 16 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., welcoming elected officials from across the nation including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. EMILY’s List is a political action organization dedicated to supporting Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights. […]
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US going after donations raked in by Jan. 6 insurrectionists
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson’s then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called “political prisoners.” The Justice Department now wants […]
