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NewsBy Christy Ulmet October 8, 2014
Service Spotlight: Virginia Williams Family Resource Center
After temporary move, the newly-renovated Virginia Williams Family Resource Center (VWFRC) has reopened at 920 Rhode Island Avenue, and this…
After Prison, Recapturing Lost Years of Motherhood
Three years after being released from prison, Lashonia Etheridge-Bey sat in a booth at a breakfast place, reminiscing on her…
NewsBy Jackie Turner October 8, 2014
Ebola
People are very afraid that the Ebola virus will spread. Now it is in Liberia, in the poorest part of…
NewsBy Manuela Mejia September 25, 2014
Clinic Re-Opens with a Blessing
For the poor and uninsured, finding affordable dental care often presents a challenge. Language barriers can further complicate the search….
NewsBy Josué de Paz September 25, 2014
Panel Explores Unique Health Problems of Homelessness
Homeless people face complex health challenges. In some cases, they struggle daily with the illnesses and disabilities that contributed to…
NewsBy Sarika Reddy September 25, 2014
YWCA Tenants Must Make Way for Renovation
One of D.C.’s havens of affordable housing for women, the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, located at 901 Rhode Island Ave, NW,…
NewsBy Hazel Martin September 25, 2014
Candidates Face off in First Debate
City responses to problems with family homelessness and affordable housing provided two of many flashpoints in the District’s first 2014…
NewsBy Hazel Martin September 24, 2014
Well-Loved Women’s Center Set to Close
After thirty-five years of providing safety, shelter, food, showers, laundry and hope, Rachael’s Women’s Center will be closing its doors…
NewsBy Christy Ulmet September 24, 2014
Dumpster Dining: One Man’s Campaign to End Food Waste
Rob Greenfield unloaded the trunk of a rental car at the corner of 7th and Madison, NW and trudged to…
NewsBy Joanna Schneider September 19, 2014
Local Provider Expands in Effort to Keep up with Wave of Border Children
Violence in Latin American countries, particularly Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, has spurred a recent mass migration of children to…
NewsBy Mary Otto September 19, 2014
District Report Examines Disappearance of Homeless Girl
Actions by city agencies could not have prevented the disappearance of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd from the D.C. General shelter, an…
Shelter System Bracing for More Homeless Families
Family homelessness in the District is expected to rise 16 percent this winter, and advocates are already worried about a…
NewsBy Sarika Reddy September 15, 2014
“From Prison to Stage” Brings Inmates’ Work to Kennedy Center
Mothers beg their feuding sons to stop fighting. Inmates dance with abandon. King Crack rules like a white haired patriarch….
NewsBy Hannah Roop September 10, 2014
Homeless speak out through “Code Orange”
Naila Goodwin is not part of an organization with an annual march; she doesn’t have bumper stickers with slogans on…
ArtBy Joanna Schneider August 27, 2014
Trinidad Neighborhood Ministry Counters Troubles with Joy and Faith
Once a year, the normally empty parking lot behind the Circle Seven Express on Mt. Olivet Rd NE turns into…
ArtBy Hannah Northey August 27, 2014
Big Issue Japan
Tokyo, Japan — Kazuo Fujioka has a message for his homeless counterparts selling issues of Street Sense on the other…
NewsBy Damayanti Desai August 27, 2014
Giving Adults the Tools to Leave Prison Behind
Approximately 2,200 formerly-incarcerated individuals return to the District yearly, estimated Charles Thornton from the Office of Returning Citizens Affairs during…
Forum Addresses Community Needs of Mentally Ill
Dozens of community members, advocates, and mental health professionals gathered at historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital on a Saturday morning in…
NewsBy Sarika Reddy August 27, 2014
Salsbury Mounts Anti-Homeless Campaign
In a new effort to deal with panhandling, the city of Salisbury, Maryland, has instituted new signs that read, “Don’t…
ArtBy Sarika Reddy August 27, 2014
Homeless Youth Accepts MTV Video Music Award
At this year’s Video Music Award (VMA) show, Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” won video of the year. However, instead of…
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