By Southwester Staff Join the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) virtual support group meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at 6 p.m. via Zoom and TDJBCF Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/TDJBreastCancerFund/), in celebration of the founding of the TDJBCF and the 68th Birthday of the eponymous Thelma D. Jones. Jones is […]
Meet the Candidates
Meet the At-Large Councilmember Candidates at a virtual event available on YouTube and Facebook Live (you must have a Facebook account). Log-in information will be announced on the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) events page at SWNA.org one week prior to the event. Guests will have an opportunity to ask questions […]
Youth Car Wash Fundraiser
By Thelma D. Jones As the fall weather creeps in, and the summer storms subside, your car may need to be washed by someone other than Mother Nature. So, why not help a good cause and get your car washed by a group of enthusiastic community youth trying to make […]
Voter Registration Drive
There will be a voter registration drive on Wednesday Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., outside the James Creek Resident Council office (100 N St SW), held in conjunction with the Food Bank distribution that day. The registration drive is organized by Westminster Presbyterian Church with the help of the D.C. […]
Art Installation Provided Connection While Sunday Suppers on Hold
By Southwester Staff For the past three years, the Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) has brought neighbors together for Sunday Suppers, a free community meal hosted each Sunday at the Southwest Duck Pond. This year, the weekly experience of connection was reimagined as a month-long public art piece, inviting the […]
SW Mutual Aid Continues Serving Up Food to Needy Families
By Max Grossman and Carlee Brown Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is an all-volunteer grassroots group working with Black and Brown community organizations to help keep our communities safe. Over the past six months, the Southwest Pod of W6MA has partnered with Christ United Methodist Church on a community food […]
Fundraiser to Supply at-risk Students with School Supplies Ongoing
By Southwester Staff By the time you read this, school will have started up again in The District and students will be back in classrooms. Not their typical classrooms, though. Instead, they will be returning the classrooms they finished the 2019-2020 school year in: their homes. At the end of […]