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Descendants Reveal The Stories of Their Enslaved, Free Black Ancestors at Tudor Place
The Historic Georgetown Site Unveils Unknown Truths about Enslaved, Free Black Washingtonians By Bousaina Ibrahim WI Contributing Writer
5The newly formed Gallery Place/Chinatown Task Force presented its plan to turn that portion of Downtown, D.C into a nationally renowned tourist attraction and engine of economic development. (Courtesy Photo)
Ann Chinn was invited to the Tudor Place for her daughter’s classmate’s birthday party years ago. When the child’s mother asked if she needed directions to the historic home, Chinn responded, “No, that was our family home.” The mother looked upon her strangely; she didn’t know Chinn is the descendant of a multigenerational legacy of enslaved African women at Tudor Place. For most of her life, Chinn knew she was the descendant of Hannah Pope, one of the enslaved women who lived and worked at Tudor Place, in what is now the Georgetown area of Northwest, D.C. While Chinn explained slavery’s historical significance has long been overlooked, from Feb. 6 until April 21, 5Audor Place descendants (l-r) Rohulamin Quander,
Public Safety and Equity at Center of Gallery Place/Chinatown Development Discussions TUDOR PLACE Page 60 Task Force Meets with Mayor Bowser, D.C. Council Hours after Crime Spree
By Sam P.K.Collins WI Staff Writer Amid questions about whether the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals will stay at Capital One Arena, the newly formed Gallery Place/ Chinatown Task Force presented its plan to turn that portion of Downtown, D.C into a nationally renowned tourist attraction and engine of economic development. The first part of that plan, dubbed
the Clean & Safe Agenda, is scheduled to launch in February. During a Tuesday morning mayor-council breakfast, task force member Nina Albert told the D.C. Council that, under the Clean & Safe Agenda, the business community, via the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District, will collaborate with District government agencies around curbing crime and drug throughout Gallery Place/Chinatown. Albert, acting deputy mayor of planning and economic development, co-chairs the task force alongside Jodie McLean of real estate firm EDENS and Deborah Ratner Salzberg of Uplands Real Estate. She told council members that the task force is striving to instill confidence in D.C. residents
and out-of-towners that their visit to Gallery Place/Chinatown will be “safe and predictable.” Safe & Clean Agenda, Albert said, will pave the way for Gallery Place/ Chinatown becoming a premier arts and culture district, starting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and running south into the National Mall. Later, in response to D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto’s request for elaboration on the matter, Albert said institutions, like the National Portrait Gallery, Shakespeare Theater Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Ford’s Theatre are exploring the possibility of bringing their attrac-
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DeShan P. Quander-Mosley, Ann Chinn, ZSun-nee Kimball Matema, and Linneall Naylor (Courtesy Photo)
D.C. Government Employees Push Back against Upcoming Telework Policy Changes Public Safety By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reduced pre-approved telework for D.C. government employees from two days to one. (Courtesy photo)
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) issued a mayoral order during the earlier part of January that, among other things, reduces weekly pre-approved telework for D.C. government employees from two days to one day. The order, effective March 10, also places the onus on District agency managers to keep in-office staffing levels to at least 50%, while freeing Dis-
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