By Matt Koehler Every spring, we look forward to the opening of the SW Community Gardens at Lansburgh Park in Southwest DC. For the last several years, during the growing season we’ve been going to Gardens at least once a week to drop off compost (more on that below), plant, weed, do projects (I once […]
SW Mutual Aid Serves Up Food to Needy Families
By Carlee Brown & Max Grossman Ward 6 Mutual Aid is an all-volunteer grassroots group working with black and brown community organizations to help keep our communities safe. Over the past two months, the Southwest Pod of Ward 6 Mutual Aid has partnered with Christ United Methodist Church on a community food and supply drive […]
2020 Graduates – SWNA Salutes You!
By Vyllorya Evans The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Education and Scholarship Task Force (SWNA ESTF) congratulates four-time SWNA scholarship recipients and Class of 2020 graduates, Jada Miles, Bachelors in Business Management, minor in Dance from Dean College in Franklin Massachusetts and Philip O’Sullivan, Bachelor of Arts in History, minor in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. […]
In Loving Memory of Dr. Lenora Moragne
By Neo H Morake Dr. Lenora Moragne, a Southwest resident since the early 1970s and a youth advocate, passed away on April 1 at Grand Oaks Assisted Living Community in Washington, D.C. of advanced dementia and complications from a recent stroke. Lenora was born on September 29, 1931 in Evanston, Ill. to Joseph and Linnie […]
Don’t Struggle with Coronavirus Anxiety and Fear Alone
By Kate Miller WOW! We’re completely living a new normal and it’s disorienting, confusing, worrying, and even irritating. There is so much news to filter through – some informative, some contradictory, and some just straight up garbage. Sometimes it’s hard to know who or what to believe. We may find ourselves in a state of […]
Breast Cancer Support Group Continues Virtual Meetings with Expert Speakers
By Southwester Staff Join the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) virtual support group meeting on Wednesday, June 17, at 6 p.m. on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/TDJBreastCancerFund/. The guest speaker will be Talya Gordon, a recent University of Maryland graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Biobehavioral Health, the latter of which […]
Defining Essential on the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
By Southwester Staff A man paces along the boardwalk at the Navy Yard in Southeast D.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic. His sweatshirt reads, “What’s your 1619?” The year refers to the arrival of the first slave ship in Virginia, an event that inaugurated centuries of oppression for African Americans. Other passersby in Navy Yard enjoy […]