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Vol. 57, No. 34 • June 9 - 15, 2022
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With COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted, Evictions are Back in Order in the District Grant for D.C. Residents Comes as Housing Activists Battle Against Displacement James Wright WI Staff Writer With evictions resuming in the city after the coronavirus protections expired, tenant activists are working to keep people in their homes and a major foundation has offered the District court system a grant to help with the eviction process. Nicole Del Casale, who has worked on housing issues in the District, both as an activist and an attorney, has served on the frontlines of eviction prevention since the coronavirus protections ended. She said many people undergoing the eviction process often lack both internet access and telephones. “I have noticed there are some really sad situations with many people facing eviction,” she said. “Some people have been in the hospital
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EU stays the course
5 Pride Month began as a protest against police brutality when police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York, a gay bar, on June 28, 1969. President Clinton issued a formal proclamation in June 1999 recognizing the month of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Restaurants and bars in neighborhoods throughout D.C. decorate and celebrate Pride Month. (Alicia Butler-Adams/The Washington Informer)
Demolition Causing Environmental Hazards, Community Members Say Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
As Washington Highlands community members and KIPP Public Charter Schools continue to discuss possible changes to the newly constructed Ferebee-Hope Recreation Center, an ongoing demolition project near the recre-
ation center has become a topic of concern among residents who’ve connected it to recent respiratory illnesses. Toward the end of last month, Washington Highlands resident Leonard Poe counted among several people who recounted experi-
D.C. Government Officials Aim for 100 Percent Child Vaccinations Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 L-R Maurice “Mighty Mo” Havens, Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott and William “JuJu” House strike a pose. (Photo courtesy Experience Unlimited) See full story on Page 30.
Enrolling a child in a District public, public charter, private, parochial or independent school
requires up-to-date vaccinations no later than 20 days into the new school year. With the current school year soon coming to a close, the District
encing problems with their nose, throat and head during the demolition process. Weighing on his construction experience, Poe said MCN Build failed to erect a wide net to catch the several pounds of concrete and glass that turned into debris and
REC CENTER Page 25 government has launched a campaign to help families bridge that gap well before the fall. A cadre of D.C. government officials, including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), DCPS Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee, State Superin-
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