After two weeks of working remote, dreary weather, and the lack of excuses, to go grocery shopping or the pharmacy, I decided to take to my front porch as my outside endeavor for the day. As I sat there counting the cars and watching bumblebees seeming to be magnetized by this lilac tree the city …
So This is What a Sleepy Little Town Feels Like – Not Really Read More »
A perfect example of gardening in small spaces is the Langdon Community Garden at the corner of 24th and Franklin Streets NE. Located across the street from First St. Paul Baptist Church and catty-corner to the Bodega where a young man was gunned down a few weeks ago qualifies it as a true urban garden. …
Langdon Community Garden : A Partnership Between DPR and The Neighborhood Read More »
December 16, 2019 Anyone who awakened to approximately 20 rounds of gunfire this morning didn\’t need to attend the meeting at Israel Baptist Church at 1251 Saratoga Ave NE to realize that gun violence is on the rise in Ward 5. Neither did the residents who witnessed a brutal murder in the 1100 block of …
Gun Violence in Ward 5: There\’s a Crisis Out Here! Read More »
November 23, 2019 Nearly 100 residents and ANC Commissioners, past and present, showed up at Luke C Moore High School at 1001 Monroe Street in Northeast D.C. to participate in the Ward 5 Comprehensive Plan Meeting. The Ward 5 meeting is the sixth of eight meetings designed to bring updates and information on the Mayor\’s …
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilman McDuffie briefly spoke on a chilly Saturday morning to mark the completion of the Monroe Street Bridge. The bridge underwent a major repair and now stands as a gateway between these two neighborhoods connecting Edgewood to Brookland where Monroe Street has become the home to a number of new shops …
The Monroe Street Bridge – Connecting Brookland and Edgegwood Read More »
The DC Voice had the pleasure of participating in an Internship and Career Fair several weeks ago at Gallaudet University. The experience was impressive for two reasons. First was the representation of major companies, organizations, and government agencies. The second was the tremendous energy and spirit from the students who stopped by The DC Voice …
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 …
Focus on: Clarence Cherry; On Islam, Community, and Our Youth Read More »
Sunday, August 18, 2019 Health fair and community bazaar doesn\’t capture the knowledge that was imparted Sunday at the Edgewood Arts Center on 8th Street, N.E. It was more of a Master\’s course in health and science as it relates to physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Each presenter, dynamic in their own right, covered aspects …
Taking a Wholistic Approach at the Health Fair & Community Bazaar Read More »
Close your eyes and you could have been in any number of jazz venues in the DMV. Open your eys and you were in the middle of one of the most serene places in DC listening to some of the finest jazz anywhere….and it was all free! Meadows, an accomplished \”jazz composer, pianist, music director, …
Mark G. Meadows and The Arboretum – a perfect match Read More »
Chuck Brown Memorial Park, on 20th and Franklin Streets N.E., was packed Saturday for the 5th Annual Chuck Brown Day. It was hot. It was humid. It rained. But everybody stayed to the end and nobody was disappointed as go-go made its case to become the official music of the District of Columbia. Mayor Muriel …
