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Press Release: Ward 5 Group Appeals Solar Farm Permit Supports Clean Energy, Opposes Major Runoff & Mature Tree Cutting

Concerned Citizens of Woodridge A New Ward 5 Citizens Association For release: August 16, 2019Contact: Joyce Chandler, ccowdc@gmail.com, (202) 643-1363‬ Ward 5 Group Appeals Solar Farm Permit Supports Clean Energy, Opposes Major Runoff & Mature Tree Cutting  The Concerned Citizens of Woodridge, a new Ward 5 non-profit citizens association in the District, has submitted an […]

Press Release: Baltimore Tenants Respond to Trump-Cummings Controversy

View in Browser For Immediate Release: August 1, 2019 Press Contacts: Tisha Guthrie, 410-948-8898, Bolton House Tenant Coalition; Yasmina Mrabet 202-441-5172, Organizer, LinkUp & PSL Baltimore Tenants For Immediate Release: August 1, 2019 Press Contacts: Tisha Guthrie, 410-948-8898, Bolton House Tenant Coalition; Yasmina Mrabet 202-441-5172, Organizer, LinkUp & PSL Baltimore Tenants Targeted by Slumlord Urban […]

H.R. 51 Hearing Rescheduled for September 19th

H.R. 51 Hearing Rescheduled for Thursday, September 19th Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.-7th) after a news conference.  (Photograph by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a  HEARING ON H.R. 51  – the Washington, DC Admission […]

CITY COUNCIL HOLDING CRUCIAL HEARINGS, ROUNDTABLES & VOTES BEFORE 2018 SUMMER BREAK

DC FOR REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, 202 810 2768 << press alert >> CITY COUNCIL HOLDING CRUCIAL HEARINGS, ROUNDTABLES & VOTES BEFORE SUMMER BREAK Washington, D.C. — John A. Wilson Building — Since the end of June, 2018, the District of Columbia City Council has had fiery hearings and more explosive ones are upcoming. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC […]

DC Activists: Metro Police Department’s Violence, Recklessness, and Lack of Accountability Requires Immediate, Substantive Action from Elected Officials

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2018 Contact: Greg Montross: sptp.dc.ewg@gmail.com; 240-763-0745 DC Activists: Metro Police Department’s Violence, Recklessness, and Lack of Accountability Requires Immediate, Substantive Action from Elected Officials WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 9th, an off-duty officer with the Metropolitan Police Department opened fire in northeast DC, killing 24-year-old D’Quan Young. Witnesses report that […]