APACC member Washington Parks & People and co-sponsors DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative and DJ Aphrosoul Lukumi are gathering DC area nonprofits and lots of interested people Saturday, August 4 for CivicFest 2018—a fun-, music-, art-, and action-filled day—with the ultimate purpose of creating a movement to take back DC from violence, poorly performing schools, crazy weather, and unequal access to basic services.
Read MoreJoin APACC member Ward 7 Business Partnership Saturday, August 11 for 1968-2018: Small Businesses of Historic Deanwood-A Look Back, an event featuring community historians.
Read MoreAPACC now has 28 organizational members. Learn how we got started, what we have done over the past two years, and where we are going.
Read MoreOne of the ways APACC helps members (and non-members) build their organizational capacity is through a weekly post with useful information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week’s post.
Read MoreAttend the Washington Nationals home game against the Miami Marlins Sunday, August 19 at 1:35 pm for free thanks to the Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC).
Read MoreAre ferries a viable option for commuters? The Northern Virginia Regional Commission thinks so. Years ago they proposed the Potomac Commuter Fast Ferry as a potential solution to road congestion, a challenged public transportation system, and emerging commercial markets. But their benefit to DC, and particularly Wards 7 and 8, is a big unknown.
Read MoreSo far in 2018, Anacostia Riverkeeper's Clean Waterways volunteers have removed "8,994 pounds of trash from the Anacostia River and shoreline" including 71 pounds of styrofoam. APACC member Restore Shepherd Parkway explains more about the styrofoam trash problem and why it's so bad in Nathan Harrington's Foam Ban Blues in Ward 8, republished here.
Read MoreIf you have something to say about Anacostia—the river, the park, the history, the people—and are a playwright, submit your 10-minute, non-produced play to Anacostia Playhouse.
Read MoreOne of the ways APACC helps members build their organizational capacity is through a weekly post with useful information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week’s post.
Read MoreAPACC member Casey Trees® is co-sponsoring the Vacant to Vibrant DC Conserving Green Space public hearing Thursday, July 26. The public is encouraged to comment.
Read MoreFollowing APACC members on Twitter just became a whole lot easier: we created a list of members on Twitter!
Read MoreJoin the Ward 8 Dems, DC Vote, and APACC member Anacostia Coordinating Council for a discussion of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital Saturday, July 21.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the Council of the District of Columbia’s budget office released the report Approaches and Strategies for Providing a Minimum Income in the District of Columbia exploring the feasibility of a minimum income program in the city. McCourt School of Public Policy student Andrew Debraggio unpacks the report and highlights the salient points.
Read MoreDC’s FY 2018 local revenue has increased by close to $80 million according to the June 2018 revenue estimate (PDF) prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Anyone who plans to advocate for a particular use for additional revenue should be ready to meet with the administration as soon as possible, and with council offices in fall.
Read MoreScott Kratz believes that something can be done to protect and preserve communities and enable them to thrive, flat-out rejecting "talk that we should not invest in neighborhoods of need and continue decades of disinvestment."
Read MoreOne of the ways APACC helps members build their organizational capacity is through a weekly post with useful information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week’s post.
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