By Southwester Staff In late May, the DC Council took two votes on the district’s budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1. The Council made revisions to the proposed budget submitted by Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen highlighted key investments for Southwest and surrounding […]
Multimedia Exhibit Illuminates Mythical Underwater World at Museum of African Art
By Southwester Staff Drexciya is a mythical aquatopia in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean populated by babies of enslaved African women who were thrown or jumped from slaving ships during the Middle Passage. From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson at the Smithsonian National […]