RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 29
May 1 - 7, 2025
TD Jakes Stepping Back Page 44
Bowser, Harris, Goodell Announce Commanders’ Return to RFK Campus
3Howard University Dean of the College of Medicine Dr. Andrea Hayes Dixon presents white coats and certificates to student graduates of the Howard University College of Medicine’s Mini Med Program. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)
Council Approval Needed, Questions about Community Benefits, Spending of Public Dollars By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer If D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and The Washington Commanders have their way, the Commanders will make their return to RFK campus by the fall of 2030, thanks to a deal that places much of the financial burden on the Commanders for the construction of a new football stadium. As the D.C. Council prepares to deliberate on the RFK campus development deal, there remains the question of how the Commanders will consult residents, labor groups and other stakeholders in the compi5D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Commanders owner Josh Harris lation of a community benefits plan recently joined NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in announcing a centered on supplemental education deal that brings the Commanders back to RFK campus. (Abdullah J. Konte/The Washington Informer)
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D.C. Citywide Baby Shower Seeks to Strengthen Maternal Health Outcomes Across Wards 7 and 8
First Cohort of HU Mini-Med Students Receive White Coats
Howard University College of Medicine, Tubman Elementary School Collaboration Exposes Students to Medical Careers By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer For nearly a year, Dr. Angel Byrd accompanied a Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) colleague and several medical students on monthly treks to Harriet Tubman Elementary School, where they exposed young people to careers in the
With FY25 Up in the Air, Bowser Fully Funds Early Childhood Education for FY26 By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
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Parents, Advocates, Child Development Centers Respond to Budget Situation
By Lindiwe Vilakazi WI Health Reporter On the heels of Black Maternal Health Week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in partnership with the Department of Employment Services (DOES) and the DOES Office of Paid Family Leave (OPFL), held the fifth annual DC Citywide Baby Shower on Saturday, April 26 at Capital Turnaround
medical field during after-school hours. The eight-month academic journey, known as HUCM’s Mini-Med Program, recently culminated in a graduation ceremony at Tubman Elementary, where 21 students received white coats as a testament to all they learned under the tutelage
5Washingtonians engage with workers at the DOES Office of Paid Family Leave 5th Annual DC Citywide Baby Shower on April 26, hosted at Capital Turnaround in Southeast. The baby shower offered community members an opportunity to access resources, learn essential skills, and explore parenthood in the District. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
Throughout much of the time his toddler has been in daycare, William Perryman has covered more than half of the monthly costs with a District-funded subsidy. However, in the midst of a Congressional budget battle and current budget deliberations clouded by a projected $1 billion revenue loss, Perryman said he can’t help but worry about what
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would become of the early child care subsidy– and his son’s academic future. “Daycare is important,” said Perryman, a father of two who lives in Northwest. “My son’s 2 years old, [so] he needs to be able to
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