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 […]
Black Lives Matter Until Justice Is Truly Blind
By Southwester Staff “The Southwester” prides itself as being a voice in the Southwest community – “Serving the Waterfront Communities of Southwest and Navy Yard,” and due to the events of the past two weeks, we must formally speak out. Last week, the nation watched in horror as a white police officer kneeled on George […]
Volunteers Undergird SWBID’s 30,000 Weekly Meal Deliveries
By Anne McNulty Over 1000 meals are being delivered to seven sites throughout Southwest D.C. each weekday. When kids began remote schooling, there was an immediate need to provide meals that would have otherwise been provided at school, and that need has only grown as the negative effects of coronavirus sweep through our region. The […]
The Digital Divide: A Crisis We Can Solve in DC
Part 1 of a 2-Part Series on the Digital Divide By Grace Hu, parent at Amidon-Bowen Elementary and parent lead for Digital Equity in DC Education When I joined the Amidon-Bowen Elementary PTA in 2016, I never dreamed that four years later I would be leading a coalition of parents to push the city to […]