COVID-19 Updates from APACC's Network

Some updates from APACC’s network: 

Ward 7 and 8 Faith Leaders Meeting

  • The Anacostia Coordinating Council, Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative and East River Family Strengthening Collaborative have been convening monthly gatherings of faith leaders in Ward 7 and Ward 8 to discuss the clergy’s role in community issues including COVID-19 and neighborhood violence. (This is an expansion of ACC’s previous faith leader breakfasts focused on Ward 8 alone.) You can find out more about these and how to attend an event here. 

Masks and Health Professionals Available

  • Marshall Heights Community Development Organizations has masks and several COVID-19 initiatives for Awareness and Health Professionals ready to help address issues. Please give Blythe Patenaude a call at 202-386-0906. Additional programs/resources on inclusionary zoning, housing, and business networking here: https://mhcdo.org/ 

The Black Coalition Against COVID-19

  • "The Black Coalition Against COVID-19 was created for the purpose of organizing D.C.’s multi-dimensional and broadly inclusive cohort of community leaders and advocates in an effort to urgently mobilize and coordinate all available community assets in complementary and collaborative support of D.C. Governments' efforts, and especially those of D.C Health. We understand our work as being aligned with the vision of “The Beloved Community” as expressed by Martin Luther King. We understand that our communities, while challenged, should be viewed in the context of their wholeness and not their deficits. Community leaders from across the city who work with the faith, homeless, incarcerated and recently returned citizens, substance abuse, health and medical, labor, youth, senior, creative artist, academic, and other communities are essential assets in the fight to protect our city from this pandemic. The BCC has chosen to accept the challenge of helping to marshal these assets, and do do it with the urgency this crisis demands." Learn more. 

Help Support Students

  • The Community College Preparatory Academy is launching a fundraising campaign to equip students with educational resources. The goal is $400/student. 

Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative