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Celebrating 58 Years - Vol. 58, No. 49 • September 21 - 27, 2023
Whitman-Walker Expansion
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WELCOME TO D.C.: ‘A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF OUR CITY’
Norton, Ivey Excited for Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference Leaders Highlight Local, National Challenges and Achievements By Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer
5With go-go and bands cranking, people shopping and jamming, and vendors selling their wares all along the H Street Corridor, the H Street Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 was a moment for more than 150,000 residents to celebrate the beauty of District culture and rich diversity of D.C. residents. (Marckell Williams /The Washington Informer) See more photos on Page 43
Longtime legislator Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D- D.C.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md), new to the House of Representatives, are two of many lawmakers excited to greet several thousand Black visionaries, educators, activists, business leaders and students from across the country, at the 52nd Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Annual
Council Committee Engaging District Agencies on Sexual Harassment Issue, Staffer Says By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer At the D.C. Council’s last legislative meeting before recess, there were allusions to joint committee hearings to be held during the recess to assess the D.C. government's response to sexual harassment complaints. Those joint hearings, to be con-
ducted by D.C. Council’s Committee on Executive Administration and Labor and the Committee on Business and Economic Development, never came to fruition. However, as a staffer in the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor explained to the Informer, D.C. Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At large), the chair of that committee, spent the latter part of the summer circulating a 12-question survey to directors, general counsel, and chiefs of staff at more than 70 District agencies.
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Legislative Conference (ALC) from Sept. 20-24. The conference theme is “Securing Our Democracy. Protecting Our Freedoms. Uplifting Our Culture.” Norton, the District of Columbia’s representative in Congress, said one of the reasons Washingtonians should be gearing up for the 52nd ALC) is because “this is a real chance to show off our city.” Most events during the
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OSSE Prepares for Impending Implementation of New Social Studies Standards Some D.C. Parents Remain Adamant about Including Black History in School Curricula By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds (D), chair of the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor, spent late summer circulating a 12-question survey to 70 District agencies to ascertain understand challenges in order to best respond to sexual harassment issues. (WI File Photo/ Roy Lewis)
Over the last few years, Pastor Brandon Enoch Bey has augmented the Black history instruction his children receive in D.C. public and public charter schools. For instance, his curriculum highlights Maroon culture, the achievements of Madame C.J. Walker and Black Wall Street, the Harlem Renaissance, and D.C. history, including U Street. Most recently, he added books written by Nkechi Taifa, native Washingtonian, Pan-African attorney, and
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