Statehood News (211)
DC Celebrates Emancipation Day
Written by By Justin Jouvenal | The Washington Post
April 16th-DC Emancipation Day!
Stand Up! Free DC Ambassador Evanna Powell delivers testimony on the New Columbia Statehood Commission before the DC Council's Committee of the Whole.
Anise Jenkins with a message for U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at the March For Our Lives on March 24, 2018.
VIDEO: Fifty One
Written by Anne Hicks, Cecelia Dworak and Sam Kulp | Montgomery Blair High School
Watch the video Fifty one.
VIDEO: The Constitutional Controversy Over DC Statehood
Written by Julianne Garnett, Marijke Friedman and Kinsey Lee | Eastern Middle School
This video will air on C-SPAN at 6:50 am ET and throughout the day on April 13, 2018.
DO YOU FEEL THAT?
The Free DC Movement
View more photos from the rally --> on Standup Freedc's Facebook page.
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VIDEO: Royal Height Sings "Taxation Without Representation" Song
Written by Anise Jenkins
Musician Royal Height sings his DC-themed "Taxation Without Representation" song.
STREET SENSE featured an article about U.S. Representative Franklin Garcia.
The Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) tradition continues!
DC Council sends public campaign finance bill to Bowser, setting up showdown
Written by Fenit Nirappil | The Washington Post
The Washington Post news coverage of the Fair Elections Act of 2017.
History
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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mrs. Hanes!
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Pianist Peter Hanes
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Loretta Carter Hanes
In celebration of DC Emancipation Day, we’re taking a closer look at the remarkable life of DC native Loretta Carter Hanes. Hanes spent her life fighting for educational equality and for official recognition of April 16 as Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.
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Obituary - Lillian J. Huff
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.
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"Statehood is Far More Difficult" The Struggle for D.C. Self-Determination, 1980-2017
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Remembering Our Fallen Activists of Stand Up / Free DC
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Activists challenge and reshape our social and political consciousness.
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Stand Up! / Free DC! awarded grant from Diverse City Fund
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…
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