Updates
Save Museum Square!
July 14, 2014
Check out the blog of a movement trying to save Museum Square, a building whose demolition would displace low-income Chinese residents in China town. http://savemuseumsquare.com/ From the blog: "In early June of this year,...
Read More ShareJessica Gordon Nembhard's Collective Courage Receives Enthusiastic Reception in DC & Baltimore
June 30, 2014
By John Duda, The Democracy CollaborativeJessica Gordon Nembhard, a member of ONE-DC’s shared leadership team, offered two area talks to mark the release of her long-awaited book Collective Courage: African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice. Dr. Nembhard,...
Read More ShareKelsey Garden Tenants Prepare to Return
June 30, 2014
By Ka Flewellen The first Kelsey Garden tenants are excited and planning to move back to their Shaw neighborhood in the fall of 2014. It has been eight years of struggle and adjustment for...
Read More ShareWhat Would It Take to End Displacement?
June 30, 2014
By Rob Wohl For the past three months, ONE DC has been organizing a series of community learning forums called “From the Streets to the Rooftops” to bring together long-time residents as well as...
Read More ShareONE DC Partners with GW's Center for Civic Engagement for Equitable Development Symposium
June 30, 2014
By Bianca Valencia, The George Washington University From the start of the planning committee, GW’s Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service (CCEPS) was excited to have the opportunity to partner with a strong,...
Read More ShareHealthy Investment
June 10, 2014
By Ahri Aaron Burton In my northeast Washington neighborhood, Deanwood, the last neighborhood grocery store closed over twenty years ago. Since then, 7-Elevens and fast food establishments continue to resurface. As a result, many...
Read More ShareWLC and ONE DC Support Long Time DC Residents Under the Threat of Displacement
June 10, 2014
The Washington Lawyers’ Committee has been excited to partner with ONE DC over the last several months. On the housing side, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee has joined with ONE DC to identify civil rights...
Read More ShareCheck out the powerful video from the People's Platform forum
March 10, 2014
Where does change come from? Politicians...? Or the People?
Read More ShareDirect Action Organizations Host People's Platform Mayoral Forum -- This Saturday
March 05, 2014
WHO: Organizing Neighborhood Equity (ONE DC), Barry Farms Study Circle, Empower DC, Our DC, Working Families, Fair Budget Coalition, DC Jobs with Justice, ROC-DC, DC residents, Mayoral Candidates Bowser, Evans, Lewis, Orange, Shallal, Wells,...
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