Lillian J. Huff (Age 87) peacefully transitioned from this life on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was a community activist and leader throughout the city especially in the Lamond Riggs Civic Association, political activist on the DC Statehood Committee and a leader in the DC Federation of Democratic Women's Organization.

By George Derek Musgrove, Washington History, Cover Story, Fall 2017, Volume 29, Number 2

Freedom Rider. Labor leader. Whistleblower. Tax reformer.

The Diverse City Fund works to nurture community leaders and grassroots projects which are acting to transform DC into a more just, vibrant place to live.  Through their grantmaking, they identify, support and connect people in communities of color who are engaged in change work.  The DCF supports the development of community-level social change by…

Here’s a bit of D.C. history you may not have heard about, courtesy of the WETA blog Boundary Stones. In the 1960s, D.C. had a rat problem, particularly in its poorer neighborhoods.

Members of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) are in shock at the sudden passing of one of its youngest, but most committed founding members - DuJuan Ricardo (Rick) Malachi!  

I first met Acie Byrd, Jr. when I joined what was then just a group of  people who were organizing out of outrage against the stripping of the  powers of the local government by the United States Congress in July of  1997; basically in retribution to the re-election of Mayor…