Next Meeting to Focus on Men’s Health & Black History Month, on Feb. 15 at 6:30pm By Southwester Staff The Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) New Year’s breast cancer support group celebration held on Wednesday, January 18 was emceed by Dr. Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, Assistant Professor of […]
Richard Wright Public Charter School Leader, Students Receive Presidential Award
By: Jamari Tyree, Grade 10 Richard Wright PCS Student Writer Dr. Marco Clark, also known as “America’s toughest principal,” has accomplished many feats in the education sector nationally and, for the last 15 years, in Washington, DC. On January 13, Clark hit another major mark as he became the recipient […]
Free Tax Preparation Support at Southwest Library
By Southwester Staff The AARP Foundation is providing free tax preparation services for DC and Maryland residents at the Southwest Library. Services are available Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. until April 2023. Appointments are required. Stop by the library to pick up an information packet on […]
Remembering Judge Theodore “Ted” Newman
By Donna Purchase I received the sad news of the passing of Judge Theodore “Ted” Newman, our neighbor at Waterside Towers in Southwest DC. The cause was a heart attack, said his companion, Eulla Wilson. He honored me and my husband Henry by calling us his friends. Theodore Newman Jr. […]
New ANC 6D Commissioners Sworn in to Represent Southwest
By Melissa Silverman At a January 9 meeting, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission members representing the Southwest Waterfront officially began their new term with a monthly meeting and election of officers. Following redistricting, the single-member districts of Ward 6 saw shifting lines that changed the boundaries of areas represented by incumbent […]
DC Black History Celebration Committee Kicks Off Black History Program in Southwest
By Vyllorya Evans & Mari Events Black Resistance is the 2023 theme for Black History month. You are invited to join the DC Black History Committee (DCBHCC) Saturday, February 4, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Westminster Church, 400 I Street SW for its kick-off event. What better place to host this event than […]
Anacostia Riverkeeper and Pope Branch Park Restoration Alliance Host Biggest MLK Day Cleanup on Record
By Trey Sherard, Anacostia Riverkeeper Anacostia Riverkeeper celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2023 with our ninth year collaborating with Pope Branch Park Restoration Alliance on the MLK Day Clean Waterways Cleanup in honor of Dr. Joseph Glover. This cleanup is my favorite one every year, not because it’s our […]