White House DC Specific Internships Now Available
March 31, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Intensify Education, Job Creation, The People's Blog
President Barack Obama has announced White House internships specifically for DC residents.
Click here to review the information from the White House.
Posted by Press Secretary Michael Price
Live Chat with Kwame on Greater Greater Washington Today
March 31, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Economic Development Committee, The People's Blog, Transportation
Tune in today, Tuesday, March 31 at 2:00 p.m., to the blog Greater Greater Washington who will conduct a live online chat with At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown. This will be a great opportunity to discuss important issues in your neighborhood as the team at Greater Greater Washington will take your questions and moderate a discussion [...]
Live Chat with Kwame on Greater Greater Washington Tomorrow
March 30, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Economic Development Committee, The People's Blog, Transportation
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31 at 2:00 p.m. the blog Greater Greater Washington will conduct a live online chat with At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown. This will be a great opportunity to discuss important issues in your neighborhood as the team at Greater Greater Washington will take your questions and moderate a discussion with Councilmember Brown.
Click here [...]
Costco DC Scholarship Application
March 23, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Intensify Education, Teachers + Parents, The People's Blog
DC College Success Foundation is pleased to announce that the Costco DC Scholarship Application, and the Washington Redskins Charitable Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Application is now available.
To apply for a scholarship, download the application from the DC CSF web site at www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org. Email applications to
info@dccollegesuccessfoundation.org OR mail to DC Scholarship, DC College Success Foundation, 1220 12th [...]
Your Feedback Needed! Mayor Fenty Releases Proposed 2010 Budget
March 20, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, Economic Development Committee, The People's Blog
Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty released the proposed budget for the FY2010. At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown would like to hear your feedback and ideas!
Click the link below to review the budget documents and let us know what you think:
http://grc.dc.gov/grc/cwp/view.asp?a=1246&q=461373
Posted by Michael Price, Press Secretary at 12:18 p.m.
Watch State of the District on the People’s Blog
March 19, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under Community Action, The People's Blog
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will give the State of the District address today. Watch it live on the People’s Blog where we stream Channel 16. The address was expected to begin at 11:00 a.m.
11:52 a.m.: The State of the District has ended. Your comments are welcome.
Posted by Michael Price, Press Secretary
DC Saves’ 2nd Annual Financial Fair
March 16, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under The People's Blog
Need a stimulus package for your finances? DCSaves is having its 2nd Annual Financial Fair on Saturday April 4th. Here are the details:
DC Saves’ 2nd Annual Financial Fair
Saturday, April 4th 10 am – 2 pm
Boys & Girls Club, THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE
DC Saves’ 2nd Annual Financial Fair will give you fast help to take [...]
2nd Annual DC Trip to College Round-Up a Huge Success
March 15, 2009 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under Intensify Education, Teachers + Parents, The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown escorted approximately 100 District seniors, juniors and recent high school graduates to the College Round-Up in Tarboro, North Carolina. It was a successful day with most students being accepted to one or more colleges on the spot. The College Round-Up is an annual college fair organized by [...]
Kwame and Gross Spearhead Creation of Regional Jobs Taskforce
March 12, 2009 by damianfagon@me.com
Filed under Job Creation, Legislation, The People's Blog
WASHINGTON – Today, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown announced that the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) passed a resolution creating a taskforce on regional workforce development. The Workforce Competitiveness Taskforce was spearheaded by COG Chairwoman Penelope Gross and Vice-Chairman Kwame Brown. The taskforce will be responsible for generating new policies for improved regional workforce [...]
House of Representatives Debating DC Voting Rights on C-SPAN
March 12, 2009 by Michael Price
Filed under The People's Blog, Voting Rights
The House of Representatives is currently debating the DC Voting Rights Act on C-SPAN. Click on the link below to watch.
http://www.cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx
