APACC is here to help you grow your career and your organization, so that we can all be better advocates for our river, parks and environments. Below are some resources we've identified this week that you might find useful:
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Older residents—age 65 and older—may not make up a large portion of residents in Wards 7 and 8 today, but their numbers are growing as baby boomers age. Some put the increase as high as 20% by 2030. The 2018 Healthy Aging Summit, in DC July 16 and 17, is an opportunity to learn ways to help keep older residents healthy and happy.
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Concerned about your streets? Reckless driving? Want to know what Metro is doing in your neighborhood? Come out to a community forum next Thursday and find out!
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Here are some upcoming events, workshops and courses that might be valuable to DC-based organizations looking to grow their capacity. This come to us courtesy of our friend Susie Cambria, who produces the blog Policy on the Northern Neck.
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“Hearing the Council” is the latest way to learn about what is happening with the Council of the District of Columbia. The new half-hour program on DCRadio—96.3 HD4 and DCRadio.gov—will feature councilmember interviews and discussions of important public policy issues every day from 3:00-3:30 pm.
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The Anacostia Coordinating Council's February 27th meeting speaker will be ACC member and estimed co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, discussing her new book, "Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity: An African American Life in Art. The Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz", that will be released on February 20th.
oin the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative to celebrate the contributions of those who are making black history every day here in the community. Also, get updates on the work FSFSC is doing and how you can be a part of it. Featuring guest speakers, refreshments and more!
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Are you interested in testifying on the FYs 2017 or 2018 performance of the Housing Production Trust Fund or Department of Housing and Community Development? The oversight hearing date has changed.The new hearing date is Tuesday, March 6 from 2:00-6:00 pm.
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The New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge will be the largest infrastructure project that the District Department of Transportation has ever taken on. The builders behind the bridge will be hosting a Job Fair for construction trades for local residents interested in working on it. There will be union representatives available to discuss employment and training opportunities.
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On Saturday, March 3 at Wilson High School, join the more than 60 green businesses and nonprofits and hundreds of residents for a day of practical and policy workshops at Rooting DC. The free event is DC's all-day urban gardening forum providing education about urban agriculture and food systems, cultivating health and protection of the environment, and building community.
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Here's your monthly dose of tools, resources, articles, trainings and more, courtesy of Susie Cambria.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser will present her proposed FY 2019 budget to the DC Council and the community Wednesday, March 21. Soon thereafter, the Council of the District of Columbia will hold public hearings at which the community and executive branch agencies testify about the proposed budget.
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There is a vacant property adjacent to the entrance to Anacostia Park from the Fairlawn neighborhood that is currently zoned for commercial use and is the potential location for a future Cube Storage facility. The residential neighborhood is fighting against a re-zoning request from Cube Storage to allow a commercial driveway that would make the project possible, instead arguing that the site should be zoned residential.
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The city's budget is our budget and we should have a say in it. That's why it's essential that residents and stakeholders participate in one or more of Mayor Bowser's budget engagement events this month.
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The National Park Service will be hosting a weekend of events at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site on February 17th and 18th to kick of the bicentennial year of honoring 200 years of the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass “The Lion of Anacostia."The Park Service is distributing a letter that invites neighbors to attend the celebrate and highlight that the weekend may bring additional traffic to the neighborhood.
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A group of residents is hoping to install a new mural to bring attention to, as well as honor, the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial and the Centennial of Anacostia Park (all part of the Year of the Anacostia).
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