In 2015, Mayor Bowser and the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) began working on the \”Homeward DC\” initiative, and its goal of ending long-term homelessness by making it a \”rare, brief, and non-recurring experience\” in the District by 2020. A very ambitious proposition, the goal was not met, but this is not to say […]
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” –Frederick Douglass It’s the month of February, a very special month for African American people— Black History month. What first started off as a week to celebrate the American people, belonging to the lineage of the African Diaspora, became a month-long celebration. This is the
Helping Hands is a ministry within a faith-based organization, the East Friendship Baptist Church, located in Washington D.C. Ward 7. As their mission states, the ministry is wholly about “Having a Willing Heart to Help and A Loving Mind to Serve.” As far as the origin of the story, it all started with leftovers. The
The Metropolitan Police Department’s penchant for violence against the black community is no secret. Decades of documentation exist for their record of brutality issued disproportionately to black and brown residents. The department’s actions in 2018 alone are enough to prompt concern. Just May and June of last year saw the lawless murders of black Washingtonians
The Washington Nationals \”Stayed in the Fight\” and fought their way to the 2019 World Series. Tonight they finished the fight with a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros! They join the Washington Mystics (2019 WNBA Champions) and Washington Capitals (2018 Stanley Cup Champions) to bring another championship title to the Nation\’s Capital. GO NATS!
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Two hours ago at 12:20 a.m., a shooting involving three people occurred outside of Cook Hall at Howard University, my place of education. Any Howard student could tell you of the frequent and fairly homogeneous “crime alerts” delivered expressly to our University-provided email addresses. Howard, located by the Shaw neighborhood in
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September 24, 2019 The Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting for Ward 1D was held at 7pm in the Mount Pleasant Library on 16th Street N.W. The crowd consisted mainly of older homeowners with an attitude that can be best described as fed up. Their frustrations lied primarily on three major points; waste removal, traffic congestion, and
The voicemail simply asked whether The DC Voice was interested in sharing the narrative of a Black man, who\’s also a black Muslim in America today. The hour-long conversation with Clarence Cherry, entrepreneur, former DC firefighter, activist, father of 5 and the CEO and Founder of Health & Wealth Nation, LLC shed new light on
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