Graduation is Good Business

It was an inspiring afternoon on Monday, September 27th as 19 graduates filed into the DC RISE Demonstration Center to receive their official diplomas for completing our Culinary Job Training (CJT) program. 

DC Central Kitchen Launches Bringing The Kitchen Home Campaign with $2 Million Public Match

After 30 years of life-changing efforts in the basement of a downtown homeless shelter, we have launched the Bringing the Kitchen Home campaign as we prepare to move into a new home on Buzzard Point in Southwest DC. 

Curbside Groceries expands to Prince George’s County, MD

A new option for affordable groceries has arrived in Maryland! The food bank is thrilled to announce the expansion of its Curbside Groceries initiative into Prince George’s County.  

The 11th Street Bridge Park is making progress. Here’s a look at the new designs.

The 11th Street Bridge Park has passed some key design milestones and firmed up some of its funding, setting the stage for construction to start on the unique project by 2023.

A Vision for the Future: Year Up’s New Campus in Washington, DC

More than 60,000 young adults in the DC metro area lack access to sustainable economic opportunity due to a lack of skills, credentials, degrees, and/or opportunity. This summer, Year Up opened its first campus within Washington, DC.

Why visualizing images is so important for young readers, and how to foster the skill

Kamilah Hayes-Lewis, a tutor with the Literacy Lab, which provides reading support for pre-kindergarteners to third-graders from low-income families, works with the youngest students in D.C.-area public and charter schools.

Pinke’s E.A.T.S. Prospers with JPMorgan Chase and the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund

Pinkey Reddick, a 2004 graduate of H.D. Woodson’s Business and Finance Academy in Ward 7, worked 10 years in a franchise restaurant, learning the ropes. In 2016, she stepped out on faith to start her own business.

‘They Still Cared’: D.C. Computer Science Charter School Makes Mindfulness Part of School Day for Staff and Students

Amid teacher shortages and student mental health concerns, one Washington, D.C., charter school turned to mindfulness practices to support staff, teacher and student well-being.