By Southwester Staff The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place on July 16, a busy Saturday night, amidst the bars and restaurants at the center of the Wharf. According to MPD, shortly after 9:00 p.m., two off-duty officers encountered Lazarus Wilson, 23, of Dumfries, VA, whom they say brandished […]
Local Activists Call for Community Land Trust at 4th and M Streets SW
By Matt Koehler On a typical hot and sunny early June day, members of SW DC Action convened a rally at a lot across the street from the Waterfront Metro stop. “Look at this group of people! I’ve always wanted to do this in front of the people. Can y’all repeat after me, ‘Power to […]
Serve Your City/ Ward 6 Mutual Aid Opportunities and Events
By Regina Mazur Keeping our community safe has been a long-standing priority of Serve Your City/ Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA). They have been putting a continuous effort into providing our neighbors with food and supplies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A partnership between the Christ United Methodist Church and the Southwest Pod of SYC/W6MA as […]
Southwest DC Hosts Events Commemorating Historic Escape of Enslaved People to Freedom
By Reverend Ruth Hamilton The public is invited to gather at the corner of 4th and I Streets Southwest (by Westminster Church) on Friday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m. to begin a “Remember the Pearl” memorial walk to The Wharf. On April 15, 1848, a total of 77 men, women, and children enslaved by prominent […]
Poetry
Angry Black Hair By Autumn Risbrook Let me just start off by saying thank you for loving my hair I know it’s so fluffy and coily and beautiful And I just needed to say that because I’m a little tired of having it tugged and pulled on by others who are not my mother because as you […]
Peaceful “Abolish ICE” Protesters March Through Southwest
By Matt Koehler “Sanctuary not deportation!” Protesters chanted as they walked up 4th Street SW, before turning east on I Street towards South Capitol. CVS had boarded up all its windows, and all the newspaper dis- pensers outside the Waterfront Metro escalators had been removed to prevent vandalism. There was none. A small but not […]