Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 24
March 27 – April 2, 2025
March 2025. Volume 10. Issue 3.
10 Year Anniversary Edition
RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
U.S. Department of Education Closure Incites Conversations about School Choice, Educational Equity
3Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Zina Pierre, Barbara Arnwine and Julianne Malveaux link hands at the Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon 2025, themed “We’ve Got the Power,” at the National Press Club in Northwest, D.C. on March 19. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
At large SBOE Member to Keep Pursuing Civil Rights Crusade on the Local Level By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5While D.C.-based educator Preshona Ambri awaits word about the amount of federal dollars that District public and public charter schools stand to lose, she remains in solidarity with parents who’ve long fought to directly control their child’s academic trajectory. (Courtesy Photo)
President Donald J. Trump’s recent closure of the U.S. Department of Education has sparked fears about how communities will fare without federal funding for their schools and another layer of accountability for school districts that deny students access to a quality education. While D.C.-based educator Preshona Ambri awaits word about the amount of federal dollars that District public and public charter schools stand to lose, she said she remains in solidarity with parents who’ve long fought to directly control their child’s academic trajectory. “I look forward to the release of the grip…of
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Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon Stresses the Importance of Organization
Powerhouse Panel Emphasizes Strategy, Action, Fearlessness, Faith By Ashleigh Fields and James Wright WI Contributing Writer and WI Staff Writer In the heart of Women’s History Month, four enterprising Black women gathered to address the power in their collective voices at Trice Edney News Wire’s annual Stateswom-
Upon Pardoned Officers’ Return to MPD, Karen Hylton Applies Pressure Locally and Federally
Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin Reveals “Make D.C. Safe Again” Plan
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
By Sam P.K. Collins and James Wright WI Staff Writers
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en for Justice Luncheon at National Press Club in Northwest, D.C. on March 19. “This is the 14th Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon,” said Hazel Trice Edney, founder of the media outlet, during the event themed “We’ve Got the Power.” “We skipped it one year due to COVID but we have had it ever since.”
JUSTICE Page 34
Residents Clash with Martin, Express Anxiety about Mass Incarceration
ANC 4D Pass Resolution in Criticism of MPD Chief Smith’s Council Testimony
Recently, while testifying before the D.C. Council’s Committee on Public Safety and Justice, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith confirmed that Terence Sutton and Andew Zabavsky—the men convicted for their coverup of the vehicular pursuit that killed Karon HyltonBrown— were reinstated. For Karen Hylton, the late Hylton-Brown’s mother, that revelation has further intensified her
The WI Bridge Turns 10! Center Section 10 Year Anniversary Edition
5Karen Hylton is still seeking answers from District and federal leaders after the officers involved in her son’s death, Terence Sutton and Andew Zabavsky, returned to the Metropolitan Police Department. (WI File Photo/Sam P.K. Collins)
Although he’s yet to be confirmed as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin has hinted at priorities that, for the most part, align with that of President Donald J. Trump, whose focus in recent weeks has been on ridding D.C. of violent crime and homeless encampments. Martin shared his goals at the end of a
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5 Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin addresses the March 25 meeting of the Anacostia Coordinating Council. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)
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