Help Jumpstart Choose This Year’s Read for the Record Book
January 29, 2010 by Cass Luskin
Filed under Intensify Education, Parental Engagement, Teachers + Parents, The People's Blog
Jumpstart, a national non-profit dedicated to helping prepare pre-school children for academic success, is getting ready to kick off their 5th annual Read for the Record campaign. Read for the Record is “the world’s largest shared reading experience,” where kids across the world all read a particular children’s book simultaneously.
Before they begin, however, they’re holding [...]
Donnie Simpson: What’s Good About DC
January 29, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Eye on Constituents, The People's Blog
Today, Donnie Simpson signed off the air from WPGC radio. At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown listened to Simpson’s last show. He had this to say about the local legend:
“A true real local hero. Really cared about the people. He can never be replaced!”
Preschoolers: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
January 27, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, Intensify Education, Parental Engagement, Teachers + Parents, The People's Blog, We Alerts
We received this message from a constituent and we thought we’d share it with you…
Bring your preschooler to Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
Hillwood, Marjorie Meriwether Post’s former estate — just around the corner from Cleveland Park — is a wonderland for adults and children alike. Now, a new three-part, monthly series invites preschoolers (ages 2-5) [...]
Wanted: Volunteer Science Fair Judges
January 27, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, The People's Blog, Uncategorized, We Alerts
VOLUNTEER SCIENCE FAIR JUDGES WANTED!
Do you work with science? Do you love science? Do you want to share your science knowledge?
Center City Public Charter Schools are seeking VOLUNTEER JUDGES FOR ITS CAMPUS AND CITYWIDE SCIENCE FAIRS!
Who: Center City Public Charter Schools
www.centercitypcs.org
What: Science Fair
On the chosen day, Judges interview students from grades 3-8, view science displays, [...]
Weekly Events – Community Meetings, the DC Auto Show and NatsFest
January 27, 2010 by Cass Luskin
Filed under Community Events, The People's Blog
DC-Wide Events
Meeting of the DC Federation of Civic Associations
January 27th
6:45pm-8:15pm
Old Council Chambers
Judiciary Square
441 4th St. NW
Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Don Peebles will appear at tonight’s meeting of the DC Federation of Civic Associations, a body dedicated to informing, representing and supporting residents of DC by bringing together leaders of its diverse neighborhoods in an [...]
African-American History Month Events at Northwest One Neighborhood Library
January 27, 2010 by Charles Mason
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, The People's Blog
Saturday, February 6, 1:30 PM
A NEW DEAL FOR JAZZ: BLACK SWING MUSIC AND BLACK POLITICS IN THE 1930s
Kevin Strait
Jazz did more than set African-Americans jitterbugging in dance halls. It helped to awaken the political consciousness of a long-disenfranchised minority. Cultural historian Kevin Strait will use video and music clips to demonstrate the power of jazz as entertainment [...]
2009 Review: A Year In Pictures
January 27, 2010 by Cass Luskin
Filed under Community Action, Community Events, The People's Blog
2009 was a very productive year for the At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown, full of events both formal and informal. Here is a collection of memorable moments we put together. We hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the events themselves, and, as always, don’t hesitate to contact us if [...]
Job Creation and Small Business Strategy Legislation Passes Economic Development Committee
January 26, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Economic Development Committee, Job Creation, Local Investment, The People's Blog
With the District facing over 12% unemployment, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown, chair of the Committee on Economic Development, thanked his colleagues on the committee for passing the “Small Business Stabilization and Job Creation Strategy Act.” The legislation will task the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) to provide stabilization services to small [...]
WE Alert – Road Closures and Flood Warning
January 26, 2010 by Cass Luskin
Filed under The People's Blog, We Alerts
Street Closures for President’s State of the Union Address
(Washington, D.C.) The United States Capitol Police have provided the following information regarding security restrictions for the President’s State of the Union Address on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
The Capitol Square will be restricted to authorized pedestrians only beginning at 6 pm on January 27. In addition, Capitol [...]
Kwame to Rhee: Prosecute Sex Offenders and Child Abusers in Our Schools
January 25, 2010 by Michael Price
Filed under Intensify Education, Parental Engagement, The People's Blog
Today, At-Large Councilmember Kwame R. Brown called on Chancellor Michelle Rhee to immediately take steps with the Attorney General to prosecute all sex offenders and child abusers in the school system in response to her allegation that some of the 266 teachers fired last year “had hit children” and “had sex with children.”
“I agree that [...]
