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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Support Group Kicks Off New Initiative: National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]