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Celebrating 58 Years - Vol. 58, No. 17 • February 9 - 15, 2023
Friendship Celebrates 25 Years
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ANC Commissioners Demand More of an Expanding Office Sam P.K. Collins and Kayla Benjamin WI Staff Writer & WI Climate and Environment Reporter
In her third term as an advisory neighborhood commissioner, Tiffani Nichole Johnson has her sights set on continuing to advocate for traffic safety measures that make walking, biking and driving in her community safer. Johnson said embarking on this endeavor over the last four years has required repeatedly emailing the D.C. Department of Transportation and submitting testimony to the D.C.
Council, some of which she felt were ignored. Johnson, a D.C. government employee and single mother of one, currently represents more than 2,000 residents in Manor Park in Northwest. Like many of her counterparts across the District, she often invests time and, in many cases her own money, to spread information to her constituents, organize them around community-specific issues, and relay their concerns to D.C. council members and city agencies. For Johnson, being an ANC commissioner has been a cumbersome, yet rewarding experience that has the po-
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Super Bowl Features Strong African American Representation
(top left)Tiffani Nichole Johnson, commissioner of ANC 4B06 (Courtesy Photo) (above) Erin Palmer, commissioner of ANC 4B02 (Courtesy Photo) (top right) Anthony Lorenzo Green, commissioner of ANC 7C04 (Courtesy Photo) (left) Amanda Beale, commissioner of ANC 8C08 (Courtesy Photo) (right) The Rev. Wendy Hamilton, commissioner of ANC 8D06 (Courtesy 36 “Jalen Hurts (left) of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes (bottom) of the Kansas City Chiefs will face off at the Super Bowl on Feb. 12, the first time in history where two starting quarterbacks will go against one another during football’s biggest day. (Courtesy Photos)
Edward Hill Jr. WI Contributing Writer Much of the talk surrounding the upcoming Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12 has centered around the historicity of the moment-- two Black quarterbacks will lead their teams: Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs— and one of the two will be victorious. While there have been other Black history moments of note in the NFL, such as when Tony Dungy was the first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl and two years ago when the league assigned an all-Black officiating crew for the first time in history, Hurts and Mahomes meeting centerfield is a moment to watch for NFL fans and the world. As the players work hard towards a good-game,before and on Super Bowl Sunday, several African Americans will play a big role in contributing to the main event. Two of the game officials are African American: Umpire Roy Ellison (Savannah State), a long-time veteran,
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Biden Renews Calls for Police Accountability During SOTU Address Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer With the parents of Tyre Nichols in attendance for the State of the Union address, President Joe Biden renewed the call for police accountability and the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The legislation bans chokeholds and no-knock warrants in certain cases, mandates data collection on police encounters and alters qualified immunity for law
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5President Biden delivers his second State of the Union appealing to Republicans to work with him. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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