The Freedom Ride for Voting Rights, after a one-week tour through the South, ended with a rally on the Mall in D.C. on June 26, 2021. Mayor Muriel Bowser Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Former Mayor Sharon Pratt
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We Can’t Wait Rally for Citizenship, Jobs, Climate, and Care – 6/24/21
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This year, after no celebration last year, D.C. was ready to celebrate the Fourth again – hopefully with some caution, remembrance of those lost or suffering from the pandemic, and some more awareness of the country’s history that has never meant freedom for all. During the day, the traditional parade was cancelled but the National […]
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The Brood X cicadas come every 17 years, and after appearing in D.C. a few weeks ago, are just about all gone, with their offspring living underground until they re-emerge in 2038. The first sign of the cicadas is seeing their discarded shells. After emerging from the ground, they climb up to find the nearest […]
Read morePride 2021
Due to the pandemic, there was not a parade this year, but a last-minute plan created a Pride Walk and Rally, bringing lots of joy and hope.
Read moreFilming a tribute to Malcolm X
On Black Lives Matter Plaza tonight, a group was filming a tribute to Malcolm X that will air on We Act Radio on Malcolm X Day.
Read moreOrigami Doves
2,000 origami doves at the National Cathedral, an installation by Michael Pendry symbolizing hope.
Read moreKept Under Glass
Kept Under Glass: Unheard Women’s Voices was a performance last night at the Whitman-Walker Corner, sponsored by the Goethe-Institut, the Austrian Cultural Forum, IN Series Opera Company, and Spooky Action Theater. Three opera singers sang in different bay windows, with the audience standing outside on the sidewalk. They sang a spectrum of under-represented German and […]
Read moreImmigration reform rally
May Day rally for immigration justice, on Black Lives Matter Plaza and Pennsylvania Avenue
Read moreDerek Chauvin Verdict
Black Lives Matter Plaza in the early evening after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Yamiche Alcindor
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