By Mike Goodman Amidon-Bowen Elementary School was recently ranked DC Public Schools’ most funded school from donations through www.DonorsChoose.org. To date, the charity website has delivered resources for 553 projects at the school. “Like many schools, we have needs that cannot be met through our school budget or traditional fundraising. DonorsChoose is a resource that […]
The Anacostia Stays Clean with Policy and Ingenuity
By Masaya Maeda With a decade of data to show for it, the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) is seeing a huge decrease in one of the river’s most significant pollutants: expanded polystyrene foam – also known as EPS or Styrofoam. Thanks to local and statewide legislation and the efforts of volunteers, the average amount of […]
Final Improvements Underway at 3rd & I Street Park
By Felicia Couts, 25-year Resident of Southwest, Park Partner Project Manager Just before Christmas 2020, construction fencing was erected at the 3rd & I Street Park to complete Phase II improvements to the park. Thanks to Councilmember Charles Allen, the additional $500,000 in funding needed to complete Phase II was budgeted in 2018 and the […]
Leaving A Lasting Impression: Viola Ethel Moore
By Southwester Staff On the morning of Dec. 19, 2020, Washington, DC, our Southwest neighborhood lost a friend, neighbor, volunteer, and a true servant to our city. For more than 20 years, Viola Ethel Moore lived in Southwest at the Carrollsburg Condominiums, and later at Tiber Island Cooperative Homes. She worked part-time and volunteered for […]
SWNA to Honor Media Arts and Scholarship at Annual Black History Program
By Southwester Staff The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly History Task Force (SWNA HTF) cordially invites you to our 2021 Virtual Annual Black History Program on Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. The 2021 Black History theme is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.” Established by the Association for the Study of African American […]
Southwest Comm-Unity Forum’s Annual Toys for Tots a Huge Success
By Paul Taylor The Southwest Comm-Unity Forum annual Christmas Toys for Tots was another huge success. Held on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC). We could not have wished for a more beautiful Saturday with children laughing, music pumped up, and volunteers sharing Christmas treats with […]
Launch of the Neal Peirce Foundation
By Andrea Peirce In December 2019, Southwest lost one of St. Augustine’s founding members: Neal Peirce. Peirce was a lifelong journalist who moved to Southwest in the 1960s. He is also recognized as one of the founders of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA). Over the past year, the Peirce family has begun the work of establishing a […]