By Vyllorya Evans When planning their 46th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony live stream event, “Supporting Education, Building Community,” SWNA’s Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) welcomed the opportunity to have Kenneth Ward, Executive Director of College Bound, as host. Mr. Ward is a long time Southwest resident, life-long educator, and youth advocate. His accomplishments and […]
SW Mutual Aid Continues its Mission to Provide Food
By Carlee Brown & Max Grossman 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 four months, the Southwest Pod of W6MA has partnered with Christ United Methodist Church on a community food and supply drive to serve […]
Councilmember Allen Sponsors Emergency Police Reform Bill
By Southwester Staff The Thirty-First Legislative Meeting of the District of Columbia Council began with a moment of silence. Chairman Phil Mendelson asked Councilmembers to reflect on “deeply-rooted attitudes, often unconscious attitudes, within ourselves, that allow racism to persist in our society.” Thus began hours of debate over an omnibus emergency bill proposing policing reforms. […]
Delayed D.C. Sports Betting Launch May Affect SW Businesses
By Southwester Staff The DC Lottery has pushed back the launch of on-site sports betting in retail locations to summer 2021. In a June 3 budget hearing, DC Lottery Executive Director Beth Bresnahan said the pandemic “has prevented field technicians” from visiting stores to upgrade equipment and delayed shipments of necessary equipment from overseas. Previously, […]
Local Businesses Expand Services During Phase Two
As strict social distancing measures are eased, many local businesses and their employees continue to feel the economic strain. During this unprecedented time, most businesses and restaurants are still offering limited services, but with the lifting of some restrictions, others have gone back to regular working hours or have opened for dine-in services. All restaurants […]
News from Buzzard Point and Around South Southwest
Fredrica Kramer, Commissioner ANC 6D05 Wondering what’s happening behind the fences at once-forgotten Buzzard Point? Like the Potomac waterfront’s transformation into the Wharf, Buzzard Point is in the process of morphing. In its case, from a low visibility federal office enclave, scrappy riverfront, and a few small night clubs, to a collection of 6200 residential […]
SW DC Action Shares Its Vision for Southwest
By Coy McKinney of SW DC Action For too long our elected officials and policymakers have led us down a path we had no intention of going down. Residents overwhelmingly expressed their desires in the 2015 Southwest Neighborhood Plan, stating that we wanted our community to be “an exemplary model of equity and inclusion.” Yet […]