Press Release: Reading Partners DC announces local education champion as new executive director
News Release — Reading Partners DC
Contact:
Cielo Contreras
External Relations Director, Reading Partners DC
Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan to lead the early literacy nonprofit as it nears its 10th year of service in the nation’s…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Help Strengthen D.C. National Guard By Giving Education…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 16, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr., District of Columbia National…
Washington Post: ‘There’s no blueprint for this’: Students embark on an unprecedented remote…
Educators pulled all-nighters to devise learning packets for soon-to-be homebound students. Photocopiers groaned and overheated as they churned out the packets. Top school leaders huddled on the phone until after midnight this weekend,…
Press Release: AG Racine Supports D.C. Superior Court’s Operating Status During COVID-19…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
March 15, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued a statement supporting Chief Judge Robert E.…
Press Release: During Modified DC Government Operations, Many Services Still Operating
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 15, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – While the District of Columbia Government will begin to modify its operations starting Monday, March 16, in order…
Washingtonian: DC’s Bars Were Packed Despite Coronavirus. We Asked People Why They Went Out.
"I was a little nervous, but it was for a girl's birthday."
City Paper: D.C. Superior Court Temporarily Suspends Non-Emergency Landlord-Tenant and Debt…
The court already agreed to suspend evictions of all tenants and foreclosed homeowners.
Washington Post: At D.C. churches that remained open Sunday, a mixture of defiance, encouragement…
The coronavirus has kept Brady Anderson, 30, from visiting his elderly parents, because he doesn’t want to infect them. But it didn’t keep him from church on Sunday.
Street Sense: DC service organizations to stay open amid coronavirus-related closures
As cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to be detected across the District, at least 17 community service organizations that provide essential services to D.C.’s homeless population have said they plan on staying open.
Washington Post: For the homeless, temperature checks and bag lunches
As the coronavirus spreads exponentially in the region, some organizations serving the homeless and people in need have begun to shut their doors or limit their services. Those that remain open have introduced protective measures.
Washingtonian: A Coronavirus Worker Relief Fund Is Raising Money to Help DC-Area Restaurant and Bar…
The funds will go toward free meals, emergency supply kits, and other support
DCist: José Andrés Is Turning His Restaurants Into Community Kitchens During Coronavirus Pandemic
ThinkFoodGroup, the restaurant group founded by José Andrés, announced Sunday that it is closing all of its D.C.-area restaurants in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the restaurants will be converted into community kitchens,…
City Paper: Mayor Sets New Coronavirus Rules for D.C. Restaurants, Starting With No More Bar Seating
Cities across the country are weighing whether to close down bars and restaurants to enforce social distancing during coronavirus.
Washingtonian: No Bar Seating, No Standing: DC Mayor Announces New Coronavirus Rules for Bars and…
The actions come in response to growing concerns over a health crisis.
WAMU: It’s Still Safe To Donate Blood During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Hospitals Wish You Would.
Individuals are not at risk of contracting coronavirus through the blood donation process or through blood transfusion.
City Paper: D.C. Hospitality Businesses Adapt or Close as Coronavirus Concerns Soar
With the District and the country under a state of emergency, would-be restaurant and bar patrons are practicing recommended social distancing as they try to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases. As a result, small businesses have to…
Press Release: DC Health Advisory on Mass Gatherings for Restaurants, Taverns, Nightclubs, and…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Health
March 15, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kimberly Henderson (DC Health)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – This notice clarifies the actions restaurants,…
WTOP: Coronavirus update: 1st patient dies in Va., six new cases confirmed in DC
In D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said there have been six additional confirmed cases, bringing the total to 16 positive cases in the District.
Washington Post: D.C. street vendors to become public health ambassadors to help curb the spread of…
In the open-air markets of District streets, little escapes the notice of a street vendor.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: She was homeless, sleeping outside a condemned house 6 months ago. Now,…
Before the rats nipped at her in the darkness. Before the flies swarmed to the jar-turned-toilet she kept nearby. Before she started to wonder whether she was more feral than human because she’d forgotten what it felt like to sleep inside,…