Shevry Lassiter Archives - Page 2 of 5 - The Washington Informer

Jim and Deborah Guynn, owners of Distinctive Hair & Grooming for Men (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County, Shevry Lassiter

Upscale Barbershop Opens in Mitchellville

by Shevry Lassiter June 13, 2018October 31, 2020

Ward 8 Council member Trayon White stands with local residents at a June 1 prayer vigil, where several homicides have taken place near Ferebee Hope Elementary School in southeast D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Community, Shevry Lassiter

Spike in Violence Leads to Community Organizing, Government Response in D.C.

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 6, 2018October 31, 2020

National, Shevry Lassiter

Kaiser Launches Campaign to End Homelessness

by William J. Ford May 23, 2018October 31, 2020

D’Angelo McCade, a high school student from Chicago, delivers a passionate speech March 24 at the March for Our Lives rally in D.C. He and other teenagers demanded lawmakers approve stronger gun legislation. (Maurice Bland)

D Kevin McNeir, National, Shevry Lassiter

Young People Lead the Way, Demand Greater Gun Control

by WI Guest Author March 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Lifestyle, Shevry Lassiter

New Documentary Reveals MLK’s Troubled Soul

by Brenda C. Siler March 28, 2018October 31, 2020

The first line of security at most high schools in the District of Columbia are metal detectors and screening devices like those shown here at H.D. Woodson High School in Northeast staffed by security personnel. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

National, Shevry Lassiter, William J. Ford

March for Our Lives Resonates Among D.C. Youth

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer March 21, 2018October 31, 2020

Kayden Wilkins

Local, Prince George's County, Shevry Lassiter

Informer Hosts 2018 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2018October 31, 2020

Author Paula J. Giddings (left), speaker for Howard University's 2018 Charter Day Convocation, is greeted by Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick during the university's 2018 Charter Day Convocation at Cramton Auditorium on Howard's northwest D.C. campus on March 2. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Education, Shevry Lassiter

Convocation Speaker Reflects on Howard U.’s Promise and Protest

by WI Guest Author March 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Will Walters, publisher of Monarch magazine, and Dianne Wallace Booker, executive director of the U.S. Dream Academy, partnered to bring youth from the academy to the premiere of "Black Panther" at the Majestic Theater in D.C. on Feb. 18. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Shevry Lassiter

The Panther: A Superhero for Black Youth

by WI Guest Author February 21, 2018October 31, 2020

More than 150 organizations, bands and city officials participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade in southeast D.C. on Jan. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Community, Shevry Lassiter

MLK Message of Peace Echoes 50 Years Later in Annual D.C. Parade

by Hamil R. Harris January 17, 2018October 31, 2020