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 […]
Ward 6 Mutual Aid August Times and Announcements
By Max Grossman and Carlee Brown Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is a collective of Black and Brown grassroots organizations working together to help keep our communities safe. For over a year, the Southwest Pod of W6MA has partnered with Christ United Methodist Church (CUMC) on a community food and […]
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 […]
Twisted at The Wharf – A Mission-driven Pretzel and Sandwich Shop
By Elinor Bacon Twisted At The Wharf, a charitable, for-profit business is committed to empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) by providing them with tools for long-term career successes. The pretzel and sandwich shop joined The Wharf’s existing vibrant and diverse retail landscape last year during the pandemic. […]
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 […]
Pop-up Arboretum Coming to Lansburgh Park
By District Department of Transportation Staff DDOT Urban Forestry Division and Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) are collaborating on a new initiative, a pop-up arboretum in Lansburgh Park, launching around August 2. The pop-up arboretum is a temporary exhibit of nineteen notable trees ranging from a young paw paw tree […]
Gun Violence Continues to Plague DC
By Mike Goodman In July, gun violence rocked the city, and hit close to home for Southwest and Southeast residents. On July 16, a 6-year-old girl was fatally shot and five others, including her mother, were wounded from gunfire in the Southeast quadrant. The next night, there was a shooting […]