By Alexis Smith The past few months have been incredibly stressful, not only on a local and national level but around the globe. I do not believe we, as a nation, were genuinely prepared for the magnitude of destruction COVID-19 could cause. Like many other citizens, I did not think […]
SW Mutual Aid Closes 2020 Serving the Community
By Carlee Brown and Max Grossman Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is an all-volunteer grassroots group working with Black and Brown grassroots organizations to help keep our communities safe. The Southwest Pod of W6MA is partnering with Christ United Methodist Church (CUMC) on a community food and supply drive to […]
Past SWNA Scholar Kirstin Jones Is Doing Amazing Things
By Peri Hamlin, with contributions by Kirstin Jones One of the first “Southwester” articles written about 2011 SWNA Scholarship recipient Kirstin Jones was in 2009. Back then, she was a young teen doing amazing things. “The Southwester” spotlighted her because she was selected as a student representative to the D.C. […]
SW Support Group Celebrates Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Jennifer Fei and Thelma D. Jones On Wednesday evening, Oct. 21, the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) Support Group held its Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month Celebration via Zoom and Facebook live. Attendees tuned in from as far as North Carolina, Georgia, and New York to celebrate […]
Across States, Interact Teens Celebrate Healthcare Heroes
By Amora Campbell, Richard Wright PCS “Thank you so much! It’s not every day that we get thanked for all that we do here,” said Angela White, a faculty member of the Southwest Unity Health Care site. Healthcare workers from Minnesota Avenue and Southwest took a short break from their […]
Charity Car Wash Cleans Up
By Southwester Staff When Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) Youth Activities Task Force members Thelma D. Jones and Gabriele “Gabi” Strauch, Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, began discussing plans last summer for the first-ever car wash fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12, they had no idea that it would turn out so […]
Community and MPD Partner to Create Summer Programming for Kids
By Saadia Athias, CAC Community Safety Partner Over the course of the summer, the First District Citizens Advisory Council, community members, and MPD worked together to bring “Drop in for Safety” events to our community youth, giving them the opportunity to participate in plenty of fun, healthy, and educational activities. […]