2017

Residents Can Recite Concerns At Roundtable In the Community Tonight

Tonight is the night is get your voice heard!  Show up and address your concerns or express issues which maybe pending progress of the community. In order to follow up on unresolved issues raised by the Ward 5 community, Councilmember McDuffie request a special Roundtable held by the DC Council Committee on Transportation and the …

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Lease agreement at 2215/2219 Adams Place NE Being Withdrawn

In response to the community’s advocacy the mayor is withdrawing the proposed contract for the lease agreement at 2215/2219 Adams Place NE. The community alerted Councilmember McDuffie to their issues with this contract and he discussed it with the Mayor and filed a Disapproval Resolution.  Yesterday, the Councilmember met with Deputy City Administrator Donahue and …

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Trends and Exclusion in the Body Positive Community

Trends are not body positivity.    Scrolling through Instagram, I noticed six consecutive posts about hip dips. Curiously, I decided to do some research on the topic. Instantly I noticed tons of articles proclaiming hip dip as “The new trend in body positivity.” Seriously? Who comes up with this stuff? Hip dip is simply an indentation caused …

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Councilmember Anita Bonds Introduces Advisory Neighborhood Commission Proof of Residence Amendment Act of 2017

    Councilmember Anita Bonds introduces Advisory Neighborhood Commission Proof of Residence Amendment Act of 2017 At Tuesday\’s Council Legislative Session, Councilmember Anita Bonds introduced the Advisory Neighborhood Commission Candidate Proof of Residence Amendment Act of 2017, to require prospective candidates for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) to provide documentation demonstrating that the candidate in fact resides within the Single-Member District …

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