By Thelma D. Jones If you missed last month’s Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) Support Group meeting on the Community Grand Rounds on Ovarian Cancer, in partnership with Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, perish the thought and visit our Facebook page. While you are there, check out previous support group meetings and like […]
National Museum of the American Indian Reopens
Timed entry now available; Virtual events will also continue By Southwester Staff On May 21, the National Museum of the American Indian reopened to in-person visitors. The new hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. New health and safety measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be observed including timed-entry passes, limiting […]
Waterfront Village Relaunches with New Strategic Plan
By Southwester Staff Building on lessons learned through the pandemic, Waterfront Village will be making major changes in the next five years to better support older adults in Southwest DC and Navy Yard, according to the Village’s recently released five-year strategic plan. “We have always been here to support our members with social activities and […]
Remembering The Pearl: A Capitol Story Revealed
By Dr. Sheila S. Walker A harsh cold wind drifted through the evening, chilling a gathered procession of rememberers at the Southwest Duck Pond on April 15. The cold souls gathered in honor of the memory of 77 enslaved African Americans who daringly sought to escape from bondage 173 years earlier, in 1848. The discomfort […]
A Cycle of Positive Change: Former Scholarship Recipient Gives Back
By Anne DeBiasi Kenneth Tinsley (an MBA) was a SWNA scholarship recipient while attending Central State University. He’s now living his dream as the wide receivers’ coach and assisted strength and conditioning coach at Union College in Schenectady, NY. But, he remains rooted in SW as an active member of Riverside Baptist Church. Kenneth recommended […]
New Virtual Community Grand Rounds on Ovarian Cancer
By Dariana Sedeño Delgado Cancer continues to affect millions of people in the United States. For women, one of the most dangerous forms of the disease is ovarian cancer. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), roughly 21,410 women will receive an ovarian cancer diagnosis this year and about 13,770 women will die from it […]
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Bring Douglass Community Land Trusts to Southwest
By Coy McKinney of SW Action The Southwest neighborhood needs a community and justice-oriented approach to development. For too long, for-profit developers have been allowed to shift the relatively diverse demographics of our neighborhood into one that is predominantly wealthy and White, with retail that caters to those spending habits. In some instances, developers have […]