On Monday, January 27th, over sixty Southwest residents came into the auditorium of the Greenleaf Recreation Center for a forum on preserving public housing hosted by SWNA and Empower DC. The first section of the event, presented by Schyla Poindexter-Moore of Empower DC, shared many facts about public housing, from the first housing projects […]
On Saturday, February 22, the democratic candidates for mayor assembled at Arena Stage for a two-hour debate moderated by Shannon Vaughn, the Editor-in-Chief of this very paper. Candidates Muriel Bowser, Vincent Orange, Andy Shallal, and Tommy Wells were in attendance, while Mayor Vincent Gray and Jack Evans were notably absent. […]
caption: Keya Chatterjee with her husband and their son Southwest resident Keya Chatterjee, and author of the book The Zero Footprint Baby, will be featured at the 20th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book. The Festival, which takes place March 19-23, 2014, is held in Charlottesville, VA. Ms. Chatterjee’s stories […]
