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Vol 59 No 50...September 26 - October 2, 2024
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Black Mothers Continue Fight for Expansion of Guaranteed Basic Income By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
District Celebrates Local Talent, Artistry with Annual Art All Night Festival PAEMS Showcases Rich History, Cultural Impact By Jada Ingleton WI Digital Equity Fellow
5 The UDC JAZZAlive trio led by saxophonist Tracey Cutler performs at Flavor Garden Restaurant during Art All Night 2023. This year’s Art All Night will happen throughout the city on Sept. 27 and 28. (WI File Photo/Robert R. Roberts)
Months after their budget season victory, a group of District mothers continue to advocate, not only for an expansion of guaranteed basic income and the child income tax credit, but the abolishment of a benefits cliff that jeopardizes access to rent and food subsidies. In the most recent juncture of their efforts, the mothers and their allies stormed the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest on Sept. 19. That’s where, in the spirit of Guaranteed Basic Income Week, they shared their stories, engaged two council members in dialogue, and sat down with the staff members of three other council members. Long before they walked through the halls of the Wilson Building, some mothers, like Mother Mother Binahkaye Joy, shared stories that reinforce the significance of their cause. Joy, a Ward 4 resident and mother of five, counted among more than 30 mothers, leaders, students and allies who visited the Wilson Building on Sept 19. She represented home birthing mothers as she and her son
Violence Interrupters Push Back Against Calls for Defunding
Correx: Advocates, Residents Rally to End 'Torture' in D.C. Jails Unlock the Box Organizes a Rally to end Solitary Confinement due to Harmful Mental Health Effects
Justin Robinson’s Attorney Demands Officers Show Empathy While on the Job
By Eden Harris WI Contributing Writer
At the age of 12, Latisha Atkins had her first taste of D.C., or as she knew it to be “Chocolate City” – the dawn of annual summers spent assisting the family business and developing a passion for entrepreneurship and communal reform. After
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5Herbert Robinson, a survivor of solitary confinement and advocate with Unlock the Block, in front of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19.
Unlockthe Box organized a rally on Thursday in D.C. at the Foundry United Methodist Church to end solitary confinement in D.C. Jail and raise awareness of the adverse effects it has on inmates and
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By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer As the federal courts and D.C. Council deliberate on bribery allegations levied 5Community leaders, youth and local entrepreneurs, against D.C. Councilmember Trayon including the organization’s founder Marcellus White (D-Ward 8), D.C. Police Union Queen and D.C. Black Broadway’s Dr. Lovail Long, celebrate students after completing programmin President Gregg Pemberton has called for a re-examination, and likely defunding, g through Representation for the Bottom, which of D.C.’s violence interrupter programs. trained young people to be youth violence prevention ambassadors. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington
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