By Jay Shorter On June 25, the author traveled to the Hampton Roads Area of Virginia with two other mentors and fourteen students from Jefferson Academy thanks to the funds provided by the Friends of Southwest DC. The purpose of this three-day trip was to expose these young men to the area’s universities, local culture, […]
Breast Cancer Fund August Meeting Preview
By Southwester Staff Join the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) August support group meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 6-7:30 p.m., via Zoom and Facebook live. The TDJBCF will celebrate Black Philanthropy Month for the third consecutive year and feature guest speaker and SW resident Jan Adams, president and CEO of JMA Solutions […]
August 12th Forum at Westminster: Community Land Trusts and the Future of Southwest
By Coy McKinney of SW Action Most land in cities is bought and sold in ways that local communities often don’t have much say in. Or, at least that’s the way it plays out as the land is rapidly developed, even as people are given lip service invites to the decision table. Community Land Trusts […]
Back to School Fundraiser Supporting Black and Brown Students Continues through September
By Southwester Staff Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA) kicked off its second annual Back to School Bash fundraiser (https://www.serveyourcitydc.org/b2sb) in July aimed at providing critical support like digital devices, school supplies, and other enrichment programming to Black and Brown students in the District. Students and families faced immense challenges during the 2020-21 school […]
On-Site Coordinator Needed for Photography and Storytelling Class
By Southwester Staff Founded in 1982 by a group of dedicated and committed volunteers, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Youth Activities Task Force (SWNA YATF) is a task force under SWNA, the civic organization in SWDC which was created in 1963, to help mitigate the social ills of urban renewal. YATF’s mission is to enhance and […]
Critical Exposure: Teaching Youth to Use Photography for Social Change
By Gabriele Strauch The Southwest Neighborhood Youth Activities Task Force (SWNA YATF), in partnership with Critical Exposure (CE), is offering an exciting photography and storytelling program for Southwest youth, ages 14-16. The mission of CE is “to train DC youth to harness the power of photography and their own voices to fight for educational equity […]
Where Are They Now – the Pyatt Sisters and Family
By Wilma Goldstein “Where Are They Now” is a Southwester series allowing us to catch up with some of SWNA’s Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) recipients. I was told that the Pyatt sisters, who received scholarship funding from ESTF, would make a compelling story. After interviewing each of them, and their mother, Mary Thomas, […]