Kicking It With Kachi: An Interview with Aniekan Udofia
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Willing Hearts and Loving Minds
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
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Blue Barrels, Black Targets
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
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NATS Finish the Fight!
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!
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Trending Violence an Unwelcome Link between The District and Baltimore
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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ANC 1D is Fed Up!
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
Focus on: Clarence Cherry; On Islam, Community, and Our Youth
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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Red Light Cameras; Public Safety or DC Piggy Bank?
In breaking news from the American Automobile Association, 939 people lost their lives in red-light running crashes in 2017. This figure represents a 10-year high and is the highest death toll since 2008. Sadly, data indicates that there\’s been a 30% increase in red-light running fatalities since 2012. In an attempt to combat this growing public safety concern, many
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Remembering the March on Washington – August 28, 1963
Top Blogs · Bookmark/Share · Contact Us Search The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom On August 28, 1963 a quarter million people came to the nation’s capital to petition their duly elected government in a demonstration known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Frustrated by the inaction of […]
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Assisted Living in DC: Where to Turn
The population is getting older. Projections show that by the year 2060, the number of people living in America aged 65 and older will reach 95 million—nearly a quarter of the estimated population. For comparison, seniors represented just 16 percent of the US population in 2018. The aging of our country, while an indicator of
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