Category: Washington D.C. News

American University’s School of International Service is hosting an event by the Next Level group, a diplomacy group that aims to use hip-hop as a diplomatic tool. The event will showcase DJ and rap performances and a discussion on diplomacy. The event will be held at American University. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. on April 1 […]

Director Goldie Patrick and playwright Caleen Jennings are hosting an event called “On My Mind/In My Heart: The Voices of Women in Public Housing at the Anacostia Arts Center” on April 1. The Anacostia Arts Center is located at 1231 Good Hope Road S.E. and the event will start at 8 p. m. The event […]

The Zuvaa Marketplace group is hosting a pop-up shop event on Apr. 2-3 from noon to 8 p.m. at Studio 52, 1508 Okie Street N.E.  Zuvaa is a brand that specializes in creating clothing that is fashionable, hip, and African inspired. The pop up shop will include the unveiling of some of Zuvaa’s latest styles […]

Mount Zion Baptist Church, 18410 Chapel Drive, will hold a Prostate Cancer Project-Health Awareness Fair for men of all ages on April 2 from10 a.m. to noon. The two hour educational session will provide information about the disease and the importance of prostate cancer screenings. For more information, contact Kenneth Gross at Kenneth.L.Gross@usace.army.mil or 703-428-6733 […]

66-year-old Larry R. Dawson WASHINGTON (AP) — Police shot a man on Monday after he pulled a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint as spring tourists thronged Washington, authorities said. The suspect was previously known to police, who last October arrested him for disrupting House proceedings and yelling he was a “Prophet of God.” U.S. […]

LANHAM, Md. (AP) — Police say a man who was a suspect in a fatal shooting apparently killed himself by putting himself on the tracks of a commuter train in a Washington suburb. Prince George’s County Police spokesman Cpl. Harry Bond says the man was killed by the train about 7 a.m. Monday on the […]

Gumshoe Rumpus Productions is scheduled to host a premiere screening of Dunbar: The Alchemy of Achievement, An Oral History of America’s First Black Public High School” on March 31 at 6 p.m. at E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. The screening will be about the history of Dunbar High School and its notable graduates, […]

Dance studio Dance Place is scheduled to host an “Arts Park at N.E. DC 8th St.” on March 31. The alley will have artistic surfacing, lighting, community gardens, and public art commissions. The space is anticipated to become avenue for cultural programming that includes performances,visual arts, horticulture, creative play and more. The event is scheduled […]

Camille A. Nelson (photo via suffolk.edu) Camille Nelson, who made history as the first Black woman to clerk for the Canada Supreme Court, has been named dean of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C. She begins her new post July 25. Nelson’s appointment is significant given the paucity of women […]

The most prevalent conversation surrounding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields centers on the lack of people of color in these different industries. In one attempt to reverse that trend in the nation’s capital, the D.C. STEM Network hosted the 2016 D.C. Stem Fair March 19 at Washington D.C.’s Dunbar High School in an […]

Spring is in the air. The cherry blossoms have bloomed in D.C. again along the Tidal Basin.

The rise in the District’s violent crime rate continues, leaving some residents feeling that the Metropolitan Police Department needs to engage more with the community. Young residents like Nicolas Johnson, 22, told the AFRO March 20 that police need better ways to implement crime prevention. “They need to keep people in the neighborhood aware of their […]