By Donna Purchase The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) is pleased to announce the implementation of a new task force: the Digital Empowerment Task Force. The task force will be chaired by Southwest residents Jenelle Leonard and Keisha Brown. The Digital Empowerment Task Force aims to offer a range of services […]
Scholarship Celebration Honors Southwest Students and Supporters Paying It Forward
Courtesy of SWNA ESTF. By Paula Young Shelton For the past 50 years, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) has supported students in our community by providing scholarships to college and graduate school. On Sunday, August 6, donors, supporters and recipients past and present gathered at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church to […]
Scholarship Task Force Celebrates 50 Years of Success, Honors Extraordinary Accomplishments of Southwest Scholars
By Wilma Goldstein It’s scholarship time! This is when the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) and their partner, Friends of Southwest (FOS) award college scholarships to incoming freshman, sophomores, juniors, and senior classmates and now graduate students, all of whom either live or went to […]
Former SWNA Scholar Nick Moses: Educator and Leader
Nicholas (Nick) Moses. Courtesy of Nick Moses by John White The Southwest Waterfront has birthed, educated and nurtured youths who overcame challenges to reach great heights. The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) has been a hub in our incubator, and 27 year old Nicholas (Nick) […]
SWNA’s Youth Activities Task Force: Over 40 Years of Service to SW Youth
By Southwester Staff With the advent of summer and the lingering effects of COVID-19, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Youth Activities Task Force (SWNA YATF) is still working collaboratively with the SWNA Technology Task Force, SWNA Education and Scholarship Task Force, James Creek Resident Council, Syphax Gardens, Friends of SWDC, SW […]
Congratulations to SWNA Scholars: 50 Years of Scholarships
By Una Yarsky The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) has reached its 50th continuous year of awarding post-secondary education scholarships to students who live in our Waterfront Neighborhood. The program began in 1974 as a small initiative, when residents of River Park Cooperative raised funds […]
Former SWNA Scholarship Winner Bianca Kersellius Channels Passion Into Small Business Success
Bianca Kersellius. Courtesy of Bianca Kersellius By Donna Purchase I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Bianca Kersellius, a previous scholarship winner of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Education and Scholarship Task Force program. We wanted to know: where she is now? One answer to that question is […]