Statehood News (211)
DC Council Passes Public Campaign Financing
Written by Steve Burns | WMAL.com
WMAL 105.9 FM / AM 630 news coverage of the Fair Elections Act of 2017.
View Rasi Caprice's video FREE MY CITY - FREE DC on YouTube!
DC Council Votes to Create Publicly Financed Campaigns
Written by Tatyana Hopkins | The Washington Informer
The Washington Informer news coverage of the Fair Elections Act of 2017.
VIDEO: The Road to Statehood - Under Construction
Written by Anise Jenkins
Watch "The Road to Statehood - Under Construction" (29:13).
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
MLK Message of Peace Echoes 50 Years Later in Annual DC Parade
Written by Hamil Harris | The Washington Informer
By Hamil Harris, The Washington Informer, January 17, 2018
Annual Parade Emerges as DC’s Top King Celebration
Written by James Wright | AFRO
By James Wright, AFRO, January 17, 2018
For more than 20 years, Stand Up! / Free DC members have been
agitating, educating, organizing and mobilizing for DC statehood!
Please help us to start the new year off right!
The Boston Tea Party
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Activists Demanding More Input
Written by Shantella Y. Sherman | AFRO
D.C. Criminal Justice System
D.C.'s Battle for Statehood Is Moving Away From the District
Written by J.F. Meils | Washington City Paper
In hopes it will return with a newfound fury.
By J.F. Meils, Washington City Paper, December 14, 2017
Despite GOP Congress, D.C. Statehood Commission Moves Forward
Written by James Wright | The AFRO
In 2017, Pursuing DC Statehood in Congress Is Like “Hunting a Bear With a Rock”
Written by Karen Szulgit
But the New Columbia Statehood Commission is trying anyway.
By Rachel Kurzius, WASHINGTONIAN, December 12, 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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