<![CDATA[Howard University News Service - Ward 8 RSS]]> /se/howard-university-news-service-ward-8-rss-1.862439 en-us Sun, 5 Feb 2012 60 <![CDATA[Councilmember Marion Barry Attends Henson Ridge Community Meeting]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5735/ward-8/councilmember-marion-barry-attends-henson-ridge-community-meeting-1.2715524 Na'Tasha Jones/HU News Service

Community members get to voice concerns about housing, crime, parking, and schools when Councilmember Barry attends a community meeting in Southeast ]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 1.2715524 Ward 8 Councilmember Barry attends a community meeting in Southeast Na'Tasha Jones/HU News Service Ward 8 <![CDATA[Ward 8 Residents Discuss Surge in Burglaries, Water Control Issues From Streetcar Project ]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5735/ward-8/ward-8-residents-discuss-surge-in-burglaries-water-control-issues-from-streetcar-project-1.2082764 AARON RANDLE
By: AARON RANDLE

District police tells ANC meeting about new developments in burglary investigations, and water department launches valve replacement project. ...

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 1.2082764 Ward 8 AARON RANDLE Ward 8 <![CDATA[The Man Behind The March]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5735/ward-8/the-man-behind-the-march-1.2016371 Linsey Issacs

Gregory Baldwin's experiences in the streets left him with a lifetime of scars. Now he walks the same streets hoping to change the path of youth headed in the wrong direction. ...

]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 1.2016371 Ward 8 Gregory Baldwin's experiences in the streets left him with a lifetime of scars. Now he walks the same streets hoping to change the path of youth headed in the wrong direction.  ...]]> Linsey Issacs Ward 8 <![CDATA[Zoning Board Hears Case Against Peaceoholics' Plan for Group Home]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5735/ward-8/zoning-board-hears-case-against-peaceoholics-plan-for-group-home-1.1654294 Drew Costley
By: Drew Costley

Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 8E filed a motion with the zoning board Tuesday that may slow the opening of a group home at 1.1654294 Ward 8 ANC) 8E filed a motion with the zoning board Tuesday that may slow the opening of a group home at Drew Costley Ward 8 <![CDATA[Ceremony Celebrates Black Seminole Indians ]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/ceremony-celebrates-black-seminole-indians-1.796873 Crystal Cranmore

The stories of the black Seminoles and the American Buffalo Soldiers are deeply threaded into the fabric of American history, but many have claimed that this history has not been accurately told. This problem was addressed at a recent celebration of ...

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 1.796873 Howard University News Service Crystal Cranmore Howard University News Service <![CDATA[Food for Your Heart & Soul at Mama Cole's]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5073/food-for-your-heart-soul-at-mama-cole-s-1.787662 Jan Ransom
By: Jan Ransom

Located at 1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., in Southeast D.C., people can feed and receive some tough or tender love and care at Cole's Cafe. ...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787662 D.C. Wards Jr. Ave., in Southeast D.C., people can feed and receive some tough or tender love and care at Cole's Cafe. ...]]> Jan Ransom D.C. Wards <![CDATA[I ♥ Anacostia]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5073/i-hearts-anacostia-1.787661 Jan Ransom
By: Jan RansomAn Unofficial Mayor With a Helping Hand on MLK Avenue

Jimmie Benbow, 62, held up an all black T-shirt that read "I and hearts; Anacostia" in big white letters. "D.C. means everything to him," said his oldest daughter, Edith LaVerne Grant, 44, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Benbow is a native Washingtonian and ...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787661 D.C. Wards Jan Ransom D.C. Wards <![CDATA[The History of the Black Church]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5069/the-history-of-the-black-church-1.787649 Jan Ransom
By: Jan Ransom

The ushers of the Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church circled around her, hugging her and joining arms in prayer. Sister Wilson had recently lost her son to the streets of Anacostia. She stood before the congregation and Rev. Dr. Michael E. Be...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787649 Lifestyles Jan Ransom Lifestyles <![CDATA['D.C. Is Still Dying']]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5072/d-c-is-still-dying-1.787637 Jan Ransom
By: Jan RansomProtesters Call for National AIDS Strategy

An energetic, enthusiastic crowd got pumped and ready to march their way toward Anacostia Park in Southeast, to demand safe and affordable housing in the nation's capital for people living with HIV/ AIDS. ...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787637 Community Profiles Jan Ransom Community Profiles <![CDATA[My Brother's Keeper]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5069/my-brother-s-keeper-1.787611 Jan Ransom
By: Jan Ransom

Two blocks from the Anacostia Metro station and the bus terminal, across Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., passed the staring of unfamiliar faces, men in cars honking and bordered-up homes, Jimmie L. Benbow unloads his merchandise from the white van onto a n...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787611 Lifestyles Jan Ransom Lifestyles <![CDATA[Congress Heights on the Rise]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5072/congress-heights-on-the-rise-1.787612 Jan Ransom
By: Jan Ransom

Education, health care, housing and community leadership were some of the many topics discussed among commissioners, residents and guest speakers but there was also a fiery showdown between Commission Chair Mary Cuthbert and a local resident about ANC fu...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787612 Community Profiles Jan Ransom Community Profiles <![CDATA[Missing, Black and Female]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5074/missing-black-and-female-1.787608 Jan Ransom
Many Link Race to Media's Failure to Present Diverse Coverage of Missing Persons

Thelma Butler, 76, prepared dinner for her family and greeted people with a tender smile as they entered her intimate home in Southwest Washington. She was composed. But then she broke-down as she recalled the events leading up to the disappearance of her...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787608 News Jan Ransom News <![CDATA[Is There Still Hope in Hope VI?]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5074/is-there-still-hope-in-hope-vi-1.787605 Jan Ransom
By: Jan RansomFederal Program Started in 1992 to Upgrade Public Housing

I am happy to be back, said Sheila Brown, a community advocate and resident of Capitol Hill who recalled life in what used to be a drug- infested, crime-ridden community before Hope VI, a federal program created in 1992 by Congress and funded by the Depar...

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787605 News Jan Ransom News <![CDATA[In His Eyes]]> http://www.hunewsservice.com/2.5069/in-his-eyes-1.787539 Jan Ransom
By: Jan RansomD.C. Fatherhood Initiative Program Helps to Create Responsible Fathers

A place where men help each other learn to build healthy relationships to raise healthy children....

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 1.787539 Lifestyles Jan Ransom Lifestyles