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A spiritual cleansing ceremony at Buckroe Beach on Aug. 24 marked the 400-year commemoration of the first landing enslaved Africans at Fort Comfort, Va. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

Virginia Marks the History of Slavery’s Beginning, and End

by Denise Rolark Barnes August 28, 2019December 21, 2021

Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes (second from right) is honored at the Café Mocha’s 2019 Salute Her: Beauty of Diversity Awards program on Aug. 22, where she was presented with the Trailblazer Award by (from left) Yo-Yo, Sheila Eldridge and Loni Love for making a difference in her community. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

WI Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes Honored at Annual Salute Her Awards

by Eve M. Ferguson August 28, 2019December 21, 2021

Wanda Lockridge, president of the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation, (l) at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana with D.C. students from Wards 7 and 8, sponsored the nonprofit on their first trip to Africa, specifically to Ghana, including (2nd l-r) Taleyah Evans, Jamerah Brown and Tatiana Robinson. Also pictured is Myla Brown of Baltimore, Md.

Ghana’s Door of Return is Open Wide

by Denise Rolark Barnes August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Education, Local

Safeway’s ‘SCHOOL SPIRIT’ Campaign to Support Local Schools

by WI Webstaff July 26, 2019December 21, 2021

Black Experience, NNPA History

Former NNPA Chairs Talk Past, Present, Future

by WI Guest Author July 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Denise Rolark Barnes (Courtesy of Washington Informer Charities)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Anniversary of 19th Amendment Spurs New Initiative for Black, White Women

by Stacy M. Brown July 10, 2019December 21, 2021

Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes (center) moderates a town hall-style forum on 5G access in D.C. at the THEARC in southeast D.C. on June 13, alongside panelists (from left) Clint Odom, senior vice president of policy and executive director of the National Urban League's Washington bureau, Maurita Coley Flippin, president and CEO of multicultural media for the Telecom and Internet Council, Nicol Turner Lee, fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center For Technology Innovation, and Delano Squires, director of Connect DC (ACTO). (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Community, Hamil R. Harris

Communities of Color Wary of D.C.’s 5G Plan

by Hamil R. Harris June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

The Washington Informer Charities President Denise Rolark Barnes (3rd from left) receives a grant from Humanities DC — formerly known as the Humanities Council of Washington, DC — at Uline Arena in northeast D.C. on May 15. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Humanities DC Awards Vision Grants to 13 Projects

by WI Guest Author May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 192ndanniversary of the Black Press, Hazel Trice Edney presented the 2019 Stateswomen for Justice luncheon and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Northwest on Friday, March 29. Trice Edney with panelists (L-R): Kezia Williams - CEO of the Black upstart, Dr. Lezli Baskerville - president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. E. Faye Williams - national chair, National Congress of Black Women, Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Princess Asie Ocansey – Nekotech Center of Excellence, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Janice Mathis, executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, and Kim Sanders, president and CEO of the National Bankers Association. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Business

Edney’s Outstanding Black Women ‘Tell It Like It Is’

by James Wright Jr. April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

From left: Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolak Barnes moderates a discussion with Marine Corps Chaplain Willie Woods and Navy veteran Candance Willet. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Vets High on the Military Despite Barriers

by James Wright Jr. February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

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