RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
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Vol 59 No 40...July 18 - 24, 2024
Black Homeowners Lament Closure of Homeowner Assistance Fund Portal
Questions Persist about Management of Funds and Internal Processes By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer On June 27, the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced that applications for the Homeowner Assistance Fund
(HAF) would no longer be accepted after June 30 due to allocation of all the federal dollars made available to District residents who fell behind on their mortgage and utility payments.
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Biden Shows Reporters He Won’t Step Aside: ‘It’s Not Gonna Happen’ By Ashleigh Fields WI Contributing Writer
5Necilia Jones and her youngest son, DeAngelo Kwabena Jones-Sharpe, who wrapped up his studies NationHouse in May with a graduation ceremony where he and another classmate read essays they wrote about the youths’ role in “nationbuilding.” (Courtesy Photo)
NationHouse Marks 50 Years of Academics, Culture and ‘Re-Afrikanization’
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
During Thursday’s highly anticipated NATO press conference, President Joe Biden assured Americans he had no plans of dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. When asked if he would drop out of the race, whispered, “It’s not gonna happen,” with a toothy smile. The almost hour-long press conference featured similar moments, with Biden hammering down on why he should lead the 5President Joe Biden speaks to reporters at 75th Annual
NATO Summit at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
NATO Page 9 in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy Photo/WhiteHouse.gov)
Wise High School Community Comes Together After Loss of Three Football Legends
Earlier this year, Necilia Jones’ youngest son, DeAngelo Kwabena Jones-Sharpe, wrapped up his studies at the independent African-centered school NationHouse with a graduation ceremony where he and another classmate wowed teachers, parents and community members with essays they wrote about the youths’ role in “nationbuilding.” Decades ago, late NationHouse co-founder Nana Kwame Agyei Akoto defined nationbuilding (intentionally one word) as the liberation of African people through the dedication of resources and development of customs, values and institutions that explain their history, protect them in the present day, and help them shape a national identity outside of a hegemonic European paradigm. Jones said those values compelled her to enroll her daughter, Destiny Nyala Sharpe, in NationHouse at the turn of the century. “I was always in Sankofa Books, Blue Nile
flocked to Upper Marlboro’s Wise High School on July 12, to honor the lives of Khyree JackHundreds of friends, fami- son, Anthony “AJ” Lytton, and ly, and community members Isaiah Hazel, three celebrated alumni who were tragically killed 3Behind the podium, a tribute image in a car accident on July 6. reading “Their Legacy Lives On” depicted Dozens filled the area outside friends Khyree Jackson, Anthony “AJ” Lytton, and Isaiah Hazel, who were killed in a tragic of the Wise gym, where tributes
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More Tragedy Strikes with Post Vigil Double Shooting By Richard Elliott WI Contributing Reporter
car accident on July 6. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)
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