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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a Dec. 9 press conference at the at the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center in southeast Washington to announce new violence prevention and intervention efforts in the city.
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Expands Gun Violence Intervention Efforts

by WI Guest Author December 9, 2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday an expansion of the city’s violence prevention and intervention program, including spreading the initiative into new communities.

During a peace walk on Sept. 15, D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) led marchers to Longfellow Street in Northwest, where three young people lost their lives in a hail of bullets during the Labor Day holiday weekend. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

MPD Makes Arrests in Longfellow Street Triple Homicide

by Sam P.K. Collins October 14, 2021December 21, 2021
A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.
Posted inNational

At Least Four Black Women and Girls Murdered Each Day in 2020: FBI

by Stacy M. Brown October 7, 2021December 21, 2021
During a peace walk on Sept. 15, D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) led marchers to Longfellow Street in Northwest, where three young people lost their lives in a hail of bullets during the Labor Day holiday weekend. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Calls Increase for More Violence Prevention Resources Along Kennedy Street

by Sam P.K. Collins September 22, 2021December 21, 2021
Volunteers stand on a corner holding up signs asking drivers to slow down to help students arrive at school safely. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLocal

Pressure Mounts to Make Daily Trip to School Safe for D.C. Students

by Sam P.K. Collins September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Ray Savoy, Langston Golf Course instructor, gives everyone at the "Clubs Not Guns" bi-weekly event, held throughout the month of August, a lesson on holding golf clubs. (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLifestyle

We Be Clubbin’!

by WI Guest Author September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: MPD Chief Robert Contee’s Fight to End Murders in D.C. is Not His Alone

by WI Guest Author September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Ongoing Violence Compels Calls for Unity, Self-Reliance

by Sam P.K. Collins August 25, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLetters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Robbed of Their Youth

by WI Guest Author August 11, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Family and Friends of Murdered Youth Seek End to Violence

by Sam P.K. Collins August 4, 2021December 21, 2021

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