By Southwester Staff It was an amazingly beautiful day and a wonderful way to surprise a special person, as more than 100 family, friends, and coworkers recognized LaCretia “Rose” Bell-Willet, newly diagnosed breast cancer survivor, with a mini breast cancer walk on Sunday, June 13. The walk started at the imposing Titanic statue on the […]
Jefferson Students Discuss Arena Stages Voices of Now
By Southwester Staff Now in its 18th season, Arena Stage’s Voices of Now (VON) ensembles, ages 11 to 24, have provided a vital theatrical platform for youth and young people to use their personal experiences to investigate the world around them and pose questions vital to their communities. Friends of Southwest DC (FOSW) has supported […]
Ward 6 Mutual Aid July Times and Hours
By Max Grossman and Carlee Brown Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is a grassroots group working with Black and Brown grassroots organizations 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 supply drive to serve our […]
On-Site Coordinator Needed for Photography and Storytelling Class
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 mission is to enhance and […]
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 to fight for educational equity […]
Volunteers Needed to Count Visitors at Titanic Memorial Park
By Corrine Irwin How many people visit Titanic Memorial Park? What do folks do in the park? The Friends of Titanic Memorial Park are finding answers to those questions with our Visitor Count Project. The park is an eight acre area that stretches between N and P St. SW, along the Washington Channel. The highlight […]
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, and their mother, Mary Thomas, […]