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Moms and Movements: How DMV Mothers Share Activism With Their Children By Sam P.K. Collins and Kayla Benjamin WI Staff Writer and WI Climate & Environment Reporter
Throughout history, Black mothers balanced their responsibilities at home with their obligations to community. Oftentimes, as seen in the case of Ida B. Wells and other Black female professionals of the 19th and 20th centuries, those worlds often collided, which compelled colleagues and detractors alike to question whether women could in fact do it all. Despite the hurdles, women of color, particularly those in the District,
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continue to carry on this tradition to this very day. For many mothers, like Titania L. Best, there’s no choice to make between her children and her community. It's just a matter of how to provide the best possible example of grassroots activism to her young ones. “My children and I work together in our activism,” said Best, a 34-yearold Northwest mother of three who organizes District families around the accumulation of resources and their collective healing. Earlier this year, she and her son
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Jeter’s Dozen: Despite Trials, Ward 8 Mother of 12 Celebrates Triumphs and Her Children This Mother’s Day
Police Chief Ministers Hold Community Walk Tuesday Night to Support Parents of 3-Year-Old Fatally Shot By Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer
By James Wright WI Staff Writer
While statistics indicate two parents raising one child in the District can be a tough and costly task, Christina Jeter, a Congress Heights resident, has faced the joys and challenges that come with raising 12 children on her own. Despite trials such as the tragic loss of her son who was incarcerated in October 2023, Jeter and her family will be celebrating many triumphs this Mother’s Day season. “I have seven girls and five boys,”Jeter, 58, told The Informer. “It was my pleasure and my joy. I was born and raised in the city. Having children was my way of having the love that I didn’t get when I was child.” Raising a child in the District can be expensive, according to a September 2023, post on LendingTree. com, which revealed that the cost is about $30,097
5 George Washington University students say despite MPD shutting down their encampment, they will still stand in solidarity with the millions of Palestinians who’ve been killed or displaced by the Israeli government.(WI File Photo/Ja’Mon Jackson)
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MPD Shuts Down GWU Encampment in the Early Morning Hours Student Protesters Vow to Return, Question Campus Political Climate By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Just hours before sunrise on Wednesday, May 8, legions of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers raided and shut
down an encampment that student activists set up on the campus of George Washington University (GWU) in solidarity with the millions of Palestinians who’ve been killed or displaced by the Israeali
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After the tragic fatal shooting of 3-year-old Ty’ah Settles on Friday, May 3, politicians, local leaders, and dozens of pastors came together at the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Seventh District to offer powerful prayers and community comfort on Tuesday, May 7. “We shouldn't be standing here today,” said MPD Chief Pamela Smith, whose voice broke with emotions. “It was troubling for me all weekend. This is why we have the faith advisory council: to evoke our presence in this space… We want the family to know how much we love them and how much we are going to support them.” In a press release on Monday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District must work to-
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