RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 59 No 42...August 1 - 7, 2024
Things to Do, DMV! Page 32
Middle School Students Complete Summer School with ProjectBased Learning GW Tutors Use High-Impact Tutoring as Foundation for Summer Programming By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer This summer, Jenesis Wright counted among dozens of young people who spent a significant portion of their time in Southeast at Kramer Middle School with staff members and math 5 Jenesis Wright with her peer Ariel Tabron, a Kramer tutors from a local university. student, and Mackenzie Campbell-Gill.
STUDENTS Page 26 (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer) 5Veda Rasheed, pictured speaking at a candidates forum in March 2024, said she would work with Ward 7 Democratic D.C. Council nominee Wendell Felder (seated next to her) to mobilize voters and address challenges in the District. (WI File Photo/Robert R. Roberts)
Ward 7 Politicos Tackle Voter Engagement Quandary
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
With three months until the general election, Ward 7 community leaders continue to explore how best to increase voter turnout and foster unity. Penn Branch resident Paul Grant said both issues, especially that of voter turnout, have some relevance since fewer than 30% of Ward 7’s registered Democratic voters participated in the June 4 primary. “We’re engaged but not at the level we should be,” Grant said. “It’s still a challenge to realize how much talent is still not on the field and in the game.” This upcoming January, D.C. residents will get a chance to watch “Seven Rising,” Grant’s short film about the Ward 7 D.C. Council primary -- arguably one of the most intense electoral contests in the last 20 years. The film, which covers the last 30 days of the primary election season, includes formal interviews with eight of the 10 Ward 7 D.C.Council candidates. Other Ward 7 community members – including Ambrose Lane of the D.C.-based Health Alliance Network, longtime community development specialist Leticia Atkins, and The Rev. Kendrick Curry of Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church -- also conducted on-camera interviews for the documentary.
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Business Leaders Wary of D.C. Payroll Tax Increase By James Wright WI Staff Writer
Dionne Bussey-Reeder, co-owner of Dionne’s Good Food, located in Southeast, D.C.’s Sycamore & Oak retail village in Congress Heights, wants to help her fellow District residents live a productive,
prosperous life by offering employment that will open doors of opportunity. However, when Bussey-Reeder, 53, was asked to comment on the latest move by the D.C. Council to raise the payroll tax that funds the city’s paid family leave program from 0.26% to
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Formerly Homeless D.C. Residents Become Certified Case Managers
Dozens Complete DHS, HU School of Social Work’s Peer Case Management Institute By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 Deone K. Brown, a graduate of the Peer Case Management Institute, with his daughter, Alexis Baylor, granddaughter Ayomi, and friend Vickie McLean. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)
Thanks to a collaborative effort between the D.C. government and three entities, dozens of formerly homeless people will soon be able to serve as case managers to those who are experiencing homelessness in the nation’s capital. On Wednesday, nearly 40 people culminated their completion of what’s called the Peer Case Management Institute with a ceremony at
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