Like many people around the world, Derek Kilmer felt alarmed during the first three months of the pandemic.
Focus Area: DC Initiatives
We give back to the community that has given so much to us.
Reopening should not leave youths and families of color even further behind
The pandemic isn’t over — especially for many Latino and Black families. More than a year has passed since the coronavirus upended our lives, and widening racial, economic, health and educational inequities have slowed our recovery.
Trinity, AU and Martha’s Table Partner to Offer Pathways Into Early Childhood Education Workforce
In an effort to create a more qualified workforce, the city of Washington D.C. increased its minimum education requirements for early childhood professionals in 2016.
DC’s New Partnership to Raise College Graduation | SXSW EDU 2021
Since 2015, DC Public Schools (DCPS) has grown college enrollment by 13 percentage points, but still sees many students stopping short of college graduation. DCPS Persists, a new alumni support program, addresses that gap with a goal to raise the graduation rate 10% by 2025
A bridge-turned-park in Southeast can be a national example of how to reconnect communities
Largely overlooked in President Biden’s economic recovery and infrastructure plan is a sweeping effort to reconnect communities divided by urban highways.
Norton Announces Selections for Community Project Funding Requests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the community project funding requests that she submitted for the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. Members were allowed to submit up to 10 requests. Norton received a total of 80 requests and submitted 10.
Construction is underway at DC Bilingual!
Over the past month, DC Bilingual’s campus has been abuzz with activity as the construction team from Gilbane set the stage for erecting a new 27,000 square foot annex to the current school building.
Purdue University Global partnership to enhance CityWorks DC career preparation program
A partnership between Purdue University Global and CityWorks DC will enhance career preparation for high school students in the Washington, D.C. area and potentially other markets in the future.
A Conversation on COVID’s Impact on Children
Almost exactly a year ago just as we were heading into the pandemic, we invited Kurt Newman, President of Children’s National, to give us a sense of how the virus itself worked, how therapeutics were advancing and how testing facilities were getting up off the ground. We are in a very different position now, with a different set of pandemic-related questions now that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
An Emotional Celebration and Million-Dollar Grants for Black Educators
The 1954 Project Presents: The 2021 Luminary Awards, held last week, was a celebration of educators—specifically, Black educators