Updates
A D.C. Neighborhood’s Transformation From “Chocolate” to “Cappuccino”
July 30, 2017
By Claire CookTo longtime residents of Washington, D.C., the findings presented in Derek Hyra’s Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City—that gentrifying neighborhoods’ racial and economic diversity does not translate into integration—is likely...
Read More ShareJune People's Platform - Right to Transit
July 30, 2017
On June 29, ONE DC members joined the Save Our System Coalition in organizing DC residents and community members at the Columbia Heights Metro station for a Transit Justice Rally to express our discontent...
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June 30, 2017
On June 7th, at the Wiley A. Branton Award Luncheon, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee presented ONE DC with the Alfred McKenzie Award. We thank the WLC for their ongoing support & commitment to ONE...
Read More ShareCan you imagine your name on the Wall of Liberation?
June 30, 2017
On Saturday, June 17th, ONE DC members, SURJ members, and supporters came together for an afternoon of good food, music, political education, conversation, and fundraising to celebrate Juneteenth! Baltimore-based hip-hop artist Son...
Read More ShareTenant-Led Accountability Action at the Wilson Building
June 27, 2017
Tenants from Brookland Manor, Dahlgreen Courts and Congress Heights came together on Tuesday, June 20th for an action at City Hall where they got Ward 5 and Ward 8 council members Kenyan McDuffie and...
Read More ShareMaking the Just City Campaign Welcomes Two Apprentice Organizers
June 27, 2017
Serita El Amin is the granddaughter of Samuel B. Ethridge, a former National Education Association official who worked for racial integration of state teacher organizations during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. In...
Read More ShareMaking the Just City Presents at DC Ideas Fest
May 31, 2017
Derek Hyra (associate professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University and author of Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City) and Dominic Moulden (ONE DC Resource Organizer) speaking...
Read More ShareOutrageous Report Claims Mid-City Not Gentrifying
May 15, 2017
Mid-City Financial, the developer that owns the Brookland Manor property in Northeast Washington, D.C. has hired RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a consulting company that is becoming the "go-to" for developers looking to justify the...
Read More ShareJust because you can't do what everyone else does, doesn't mean your life stops
April 30, 2017
This month we celebrate the leadership of a ONE DC member, Angie Whitehurst. A survivor of a rare form of cerebral malaria, Angie reminds us that we each have unique talents that we can...
Read More ShareZoning Decision Rally for Brookland Manor! Fight Displacement!
April 12, 2017
ONE DC tenant members and residents at Brookland Manor request your support on Monday, April 24, 2017 at a 5:00 PM rally followed by a public Zoning Commission meeting at 6:30 PM. Click here...
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