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 and supply drive to serve […]
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 July, due to the ongoing […]
Sunset Cinema at The Wharf
The Wharf has teamed up with Cantina Bambina to offer Sunset Cinema at The Wharf, a weekly outdoor movie screening under the stars. Please the full details below: Date: Thursday Nights (until 9/24) Time: Seating at 7:30 PM, Movie start at 8:00 PM Where: Transit Pier at The Wharf – Cantina Bambina How to attend: […]
Southwest’s Labyrinth: A Path to Meditate
By Rev. Ruth Hamilton Did you know the District is home to nine labyrinths, per www.LabyrinthLocator.com? Six of the nine are in Northwest; two in Northeast; and, one here in Southwest. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Westminster Church at 4th and I SW will open to the public to walk the labyrinth–an ancient spiritual tool for […]
Why You Should Stop Saying “I Don’t See Color”
This statement probably doesn’t mean what you think it does. We got an award-winning documentary filmmaker to tell us why. By Dawn Porter Editor’s Note: This essay originally ran on the website of “Reader’s Digest.” Am I your only black friend? Before you answer, let me add to the question. I don’t mean George from […]
Healing Practices for Challenging Times
Shared by Smith Center and Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund By Lisa Simms Booth, Kiersten Gallagher, and Julia Rowland The Smith Center for Healing and the Arts and the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) partnered for an evening of healing on Wednesday, July 15. The evening, hosted via Zoom and live-streamed via […]
D.C.’s Norton Scores Victory to Clean up the Anacostia in Water Infrastructure Bil
By Southwester Staff The District’s tireless Congresswoman and champion, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced in July that she was able to include in the House’s Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA), a major water infrastructure bill, a provision that would help accelerate the cleanup of harmful sediments in and around the federal navigation channel […]