By Iman Brown and Jonathan Clark Founded on the mission of giving back, local Southwest (SW) D.C.- based government contractor, JMA Solutions, continues to step up to serve the SW community and its surrounding areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the initial phases of the stay-at-home order, JMA has donated […]
College Bound Executive Director to Host 2020 SWNA Scholarship Ceremony
By Vyllorya Evans When planning their 46th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony live stream event, “Supporting Education, Building Community,” SWNA’s Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) welcomed the opportunity to have Kenneth Ward, Executive Director of College Bound, as host. Mr. Ward is a long time Southwest resident, life-long educator, and […]
SW Mutual Aid Continues its Mission to Provide Food
By Carlee Brown & Max Grossman Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is an all-volunteer grassroots group working with black and brown community organizations to help keep our communities safe. Over the past four months, the Southwest Pod of W6MA has partnered with Christ United Methodist Church on a community food […]
Councilmember Allen Sponsors Emergency Police Reform Bill
By Southwester Staff The Thirty-First Legislative Meeting of the District of Columbia Council began with a moment of silence. Chairman Phil Mendelson asked Councilmembers to reflect on “deeply-rooted attitudes, often unconscious attitudes, within ourselves, that allow racism to persist in our society.” Thus began hours of debate over an omnibus […]
News from Buzzard Point and Around South Southwest
Fredrica Kramer, Commissioner ANC 6D05 Wondering what’s happening behind the fences at once-forgotten Buzzard Point? Like the Potomac waterfront’s transformation into the Wharf, Buzzard Point is in the process of morphing. In its case, from a low visibility federal office enclave, scrappy riverfront, and a few small night clubs, to […]
SW DC Action Shares Its Vision for Southwest
By Coy McKinney of SW DC Action For too long our elected officials and policymakers have led us down a path we had no intention of going down. Residents overwhelmingly expressed their desires in the 2015 Southwest Neighborhood Plan, stating that we wanted our community to be “an exemplary model […]
House Votes in Favor of D.C. Statehood for First Time in History
By Matthew Koehler In a historic vote on Friday June 26, the democratically led House passed H.R. 51, a bill to make D.C. the 51st state. The measure passed by a margin of 232-180 with one Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, voting against it. This is the first time […]