DCist: Working Towards A Washington Where ‘We’re All Safe’ From Gun Violence
We spoke with four Washingtonians on what anti-violence work looks like for them — and what safety means.
Yearly Archives
2021
DCist: Eleanor Holmes Norton Wants To Establish A Memorial For Enslaved Individuals Who Arrived At…
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill Thursday that would establish a memorial on federal land in D.C. honoring the enslaved individuals who arrived at the Georgetown waterfront, a major slave trading port, in the 18th…
Press Release: ERC and Local Renter File Federal Lawsuit Alleging Source of Income and Race…
News Release — Equal Rights Center and Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2021
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) —Today, the Equal Rights Center (ERC), a civil rights organization that…
Press Release: AG Racine Celebrates Win in Affordable Care Act Case Before Supreme Court
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 17, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2…
Press Release: Norton Bill to Ban Smoking on Amtrak Trains Included in INVEST in America Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 17, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to ban smoking on Amtrak trains, including…
Press Release: Norton House Floor Statement on Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 17, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the day the House voted to make June 19th, known as Juneteenth, a National Holiday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…
Press Release: Federal Court Judge Orders DC to Provide Special Education to Students at the DC Jail
News Release — Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2021
CONTACT:
Gregg Kelley, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Join DC’s COVID-19 Community Corps Day of Action…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 17, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Announces $51 Gift Cards for District Residents Getting Their First Dose at Select Sites, Chance to…
Press Release: Modified District Government Services for Juneteenth
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 17, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Friday, June 18, 2021, the District Government will…
Press Release: Insurers File Proposed Rates for 2022 District of Columbia Health Plan Offerings
News Release — DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2021
CONTACT: Paul Drehoff, Public Information Officer
Washington, DC–The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities…
DCist: Big Parties, Protests, And Red Food: How (And Where) D.C. Is Celebrating Juneteenth
One would have to struggle this year not to find something to do locally for Juneteenth. Following last year’s renewed energy around the holiday — which celebrates the emancipation of the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19,…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Highlights How #FairShot Budget Investments Will Expand Mobility Options…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, District Department of Transportation and the DC Department of General Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 17, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
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Press Release: Ahead of Juneteenth, Norton Introduces Georgetown Waterfront Enslaved Voyages…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 17, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of Juneteenth, on Saturday, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery two and a half years after the Emancipation…
Washington Post: 26 years after being convicted of murder, a D.C. Jail inmate is elected to public…
The District’s newest elected advisory neighborhood commissioner is believed to be the first incarcerated person to win office in the nation’s capital.
District Links: History made with ANC seat won by DC Jail resident; school police program retained…
An advisory neighborhood commission seat whose boundaries encompass the DC Jail, a women's homeless shelter and a residential building has been filled for the first time.
Press Release: The National Park Service wants your input as we reimagine a portion of Anacostia…
News Release — National Park Service
Release Date: June 16, 2021
Contact: Sean McGinty
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) wants to hear from you as we begin to develop a…
WTOP: National Park Service looks to update Anacostia Park in DC
The National Park Service wants your input on the redesign of a portion of Anacostia Park in Southeast D.C.
Washington Post: Under D.C. mayor’s budget, school police program would remain intact despite strong…
D.C. police Chief Robert J. Contee III sat in front of a virtual D.C. Council meeting this month and defended the mayor’s decision to keep the school police program intact in next year’s budget -- despite the recommendation from the…
Street Sense: Millions in rent and utility relief still available through STAY DC
The D.C. Department of Human Services held an information session on June 8 for tenants, members of the public, and advocates to receive updates on reforms to the Stronger Together by Assisting You (STAY) D.C. program.
Street Sense: Franklin Park to reopen in August
For years, many homeless residents in D.C. lived in Franklin Park, located on K Street NW. Not only were tents a permanent fixture on the park’s grassy lawns, but nonprofits such as Martha’s Table used the park as a base for homeless…