Twenty-two-year-old Brandon Forrest was an unlikely panelist at the Alliance of Concerned Men's conference on how to reduce crime and gang violence among young people in the District.
Mobilizing volunteers and strengthening nonprofit groups in the Washington region is not an easy task, but Greater DC Cares has been doing it for 20 years.
Despite the growing tensions among reform advocates over how best to educate young people, one group is making a difference in children's lives outside of the norm.
Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest Washington is planning a special veterans recognition on Sunday. A roll call will be conducted during morning worship services to recognize members of the military and their families, including those serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, recently separated veterans and those who lost their lives in combat. Military artifacts provided by Shiloh members will be displayed prominently.
Imagine a meaningful way to get rid of old articles of clothing while helping raise awareness to save women around the world. That double good deed is what "The Kane Show" at Hot 99.5-FM is doing Friday with its Bras Across D.C. event at the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the disc jockeys will be taking women's donated bras and lining the pool in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is up for congressional reauthorization in 2010, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) last week released a report that offers data and insight and makes recommendations.
The kitten playing in the front window at the Prince George's County Animal Management Group's (AMG) facility hisses at Norman, a 10-year-old light orange tabby, who has just been moved into the room.
A recently released report by the Urban Institute, "Foreclosures in the Nation's Capital," urges a call to action, policy changes and increased oversight by local governments as it provides an assessment of the region's mounting foreclosure crisis.
Thousands of people are dying preventable deaths each year because roads and neighborhoods are designed to encourage speeding vehicles rather than pedestrians and bicyclists, a new report says. "Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (and Making Great Neighborhoods)," which was released Monday by Transportation for America, urges changes to policies and spending priorities to bring about safer roads.
The next couple of years will be monumental for libraries in the District, and we all should stand up and pay attention. By 2011, residents will have seen 13 new or renovated libraries opening across the city - six in 2010 alone, an accomplishment all should celebrate.
These are statistics that aren't as familiar to Americans as some other data, and a national campaign called Code Blue: Reviving a Generation says it is important for Americans to make sure lawmakers and policymakers don't forget them.
Clarence "Buddy" and Carolyn Moore's plans to travel were dismantled in February when Mrs. Moore was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease. Since then, the District residents' lives have changed dramatically, as Mr. Moore is his wife's caregiver.
Excuse me handsome, what time do you have?" asks Angela Miller, Ms. Wheelchair D.C. 2009, of Bernard Harrison as she scoots through the hallways of the District's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
More than 20 Potomac Job Corps students attended the annual Salute to Vets hosted by the Labor Department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service. The Nov. 5 event featured a panel discussion with Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis; Iraq war veteran and businesswoman Dawn Halfaker, who lost her right arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack; and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Michele S. Jones of the Army Reserve.
Dear Sir or Madam: Quite a few years ago, I was born into an Air Force family and launched into what was to be an extraordinary life as a military "brat."
In accordance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, the first joint base in the Department of Defense was created Oct. 1 in a redesignation ceremony.
A young woman, home alone, began bleeding after childbirth. Her husband wasn't there to give her permission to leave the house, as is customary in Pakistan, so she waited for his return.
When a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago was murdered in the South in the 1950s, the killers sent the body to his mother in a sealed casket. The mother opened the casket to find her son's body bloated, distorted and unrecognizable. To everyone's surprise, she decided to have an open-casket funeral. Over the next few days, 50,000 people saw the body of what used to be Emmett Till.
It's that time of year again. The Little Sisters of the Poor will hold their annual bazaar on Saturday at their home for more than 100 elderly in Northeast Washington. The Association Jeanne Jugan, residents, sisters and postulants are busy setting up tables, baking goodies and making unique gift baskets.
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph leveled a scathing attack on the faith-based community Saturday for what she described as its silence on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. She also criticized the federal government.
President Obama this week nominated Dr. Rajiv Shah to be administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers $20 billion annually in aid. Reaction was immediate, including commentary from the Washington-based nonprofit Bread for the Word, whose credo is "moved by God's grace in Jesus Christ to work for justice for hungry people."
With President Obama scheduled to make his first official visit to China next week, Amnesty International is urging him "to candidly address grave human rights concerns." Failure to do so "would send the wrong signal," the organization says in a Nov. 3 letter to the president.
