RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 25
April 3 - 9, 2025
Collins Council Report: Second Chances, Council Transparency, Housing Insecurity, and Public Charter School Oversight
after he was expelled from his seat due to a federal bribery charge. (WI File Photo/Ja’Mon Jackson)
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Tyrone Parker, Violence Interruption Veteran, Reflects on Current State of Affairs
D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto Eyes ONSE—Cure the Streets Merger
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer As of April 1, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) hasn’t submitted her Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal. This delay, as explained by D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), stems from uncertainty about whether D.C.’s current fiscal year budget, under the threat of a continuing resolution that triggers $1 billion in budget cuts, will remain intact. WIth 5 As the council works to deliberate on various legislation, the former Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Bowser’s budget submission timeline now out of has launched his reelection campaign less than two months whack, it remains to be seen when, or if, the council
Sen. Cory Booker Makes History with Speech Page 4
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer 5 Tyrone Parker counts among those calling for less government control in anti-violence affairs as the D.C. Council anticipates a bill giving the mayor even more purview over violence interruption by absorbing Cure the Streets into ONSE. (WI File Photo/Roy Lewis)
This spring marks 34 years since Tyrone Parker joined four of his longtime friends in launching the Alliance of Concerned Men (ACM), one of a handful of grassroots organizations credited with the significant decline in
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Washington Informer 60th Anniversary Gala: A Celebration of Milestones, Legacies, Culture
Eid-al-Fitr is More Than a Celebration, It’s a Call to Action for Community to Spread Positive Values
Honorees, Supporters Recognize Value of Family Institutions, Black Press
By Micha Green and Andrew S. Jacobson WI Managing Editor and WI Contributing Writer
By Jada Ingleton and Demarco Rush WI Digital Equity Fellow and WI Contributing Writer
After a month of communal prayer, fasting and reflection during the season of Ramadan, Muslims all around the District, nation and world are celebrating Eid-alFitr (March 30-April 2)—the festival of the breaking of the fast— with a sense of joy and renewed responsibility. Eid-al-Fitr, is a moment for more than
In an evening that kicked off with African drumming and dancing, and ended with dancing the night away, The Washington Informer’s
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Councilmember Trayon White Says Fasting, Prayer Prepares Him for Ward 8 Race
5Washington Informer (WI) Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes receives staff gifts presented by 60th anniversary event organizer Julian B. Kiganda of JBK Brand Design, WI Photo Editor and WIN-TV Producer Shevry Lassiter and WI Managing Editor Micha Green during the publication’s gala on March 28 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest, D.C. (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)
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celebration. For many, Ramadan and the breaking of the fast serve as a sense of restoration and encourages a call-to-action to promote the values learned during the time of prayer and fasting. “Eid is a time of renewal, reflection and thanksgiving, marking the comple-
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