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Barry Farm Residents Seek Right to Return as Zoning Commission Considers Map Amendment
Local grassroots group Empower DC and leaders of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association are calling for the D.C.…
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Empower DC to Hold Town Hall on Public Housing Conditions
Grassroots organization Empower DC will host a virtual town hall on public housing at 11 a.m. Saturday, aiming to highlight…
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New D.C. Rental Aid Program Designed for Struggling Tenants
For financially-strapped District residents, including those facing eviction, help is available, thanks to the D.C. government and Biden administration.
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Empower DC to Provide Resident Briefings on Comprehensive Plan, Racial Equity
So far, more than 1,200 residents from all eight wards in D.C. have met with Empower DC, the citywide grassroots…
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Rally Calls for Renovation of Ivy City’s Historic Crummell School 109 Years After its Opening
Members of D.C.'s Ivy City community on Monday are calling for the reopening of the historic Alexander Crummell School with…
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Opening of Ivy City Club House Celebrated
Residents of the Ivy City community gathered Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Ivy City Club House, a new…
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Park Morton Residents to Protest D.C.’s Failed New Communities Initiative
(Photo/Empower DC) Residents and supporters of D.C.’s Park Morton are gathering Tuesday to bring focus to a failed initiative that…
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New Report Blasts D.C. Mayor’s Handling of COVID-19 Crisis
D.C.'s Black residents have died from the coronavirus at a rate nearly six times that of the city's white population,…
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‘Black Homes Matter’ Rally Calls for D.C. Council Funding of Low-Income, Public Housing Programs
A coalition of organizations is holding a rally at 3 p.m. Monday to call attention to D.C.'s need for increased…
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D.C. Community Leaders Share ‘Better Than Before’ Housing Plans
In a recent online forum, D.C. community leaders laid out several housing plans to meet Mayor Muriel Bowser's challenge of…
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