Serving Our Community in the DMV
Recruitment Fair Attracts Returning Citizens, Youth, and Workforce Development Professionals By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Alchristopher Allen counted among several job seekers who recently converged on the D.C. Armory in search of jobs, educational opportunities, and social services. For hours, during what was called the “2023 Citywide Jobs Not Guns Recruitment Fair,” Allen walked around the armory auditorium, spoke with recruiters and gathered information about possible avenues of employment. Allen said he attended the recruitment fair after learning about it from
staff members at Career Shop DC, a local workforce development program. His ultimate goal, he told The Informer, was being able to support himself and his eight-year-old daughter. Allen, a returning citizen who lives in Northeast, said he dreamt at one point of becoming a fitness instructor. However, he’s since tabled that goal, setting his sights on what he described as stable and lucrative employment. When The Informer caught up with Allen, he was waiting in line to speak with a job recruiter representing Metro.
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5 Dietrich Trent of D.C. Central Kitchen provides assistance to an applicant during the 2023 Jobs Not Guns Citywide Recruitment Fair at the D.C. Armory. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
Five Public Servants Vie for Ward 7 D.C. Council Seat
In Memoriam: Baba Oduno A. Tarik
Ward 7 residents, civic leaders, and business owners currently have their sights on the Fletcher-Johnson project, RFK campus, streetcar expansion, economic development, health equity, and school modernization as hot-button issues. How they weather the storm in these areas of concern depends, in large part, on who represents Ward 7 on the D.C. Council over the next few years.
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
VEDA RASHEED GIVES IT ANOTHER GO
Rasheed, an attorney, mother and lifelong Ward 7 resident, is in her second run for the Ward 7 council seat. In 2020, she accumulated 22.8% of the votes in an unsuccessful bid for
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RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
D.C. Community Honors Towering Garveyite and Master Teacher
Black people of various political, religious and cultural backgrounds continue to celebrate the life and legacy of Baba Oduno A. Tarik, a prominent Garveyite, master teacher and horticulturist who died on Nov. 22 at the age of 76. For nearly 60 years, Tarik, affectionately known as Baba Oduno, maintained a significant presence in the D.C. metropolitan area, and other U.S. cities, among Nationalists, Pan-Africanists, Christians, Muslims, African spiritualists, Rastafari brethren and sistren, and all those in between.
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Celebrating 59 years. Your credible and trusted source for Black news and information.
5 The late Baba Oduno A. Tarik, a prominent Garveyite, master teacher and horticulturist. (Courtesy Photo)