Second Chance is Giving Hope
By Eve Ellis | Sophomore, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC | Winter/Spring 2019 Prison Fellowship along with 290 partner organizations sponsored the Road to Second Chances Prayer Walk in […]
2018 Scholarship Winner – Jasmine Boykin
Jasmine Boykin Graduate, Laurel High School in Laurel, MD attending University of Maryland, College Park, MD in Autumn Essay Question Young people across the nation made their voices heard following […]
“It can happen to anybody”: Marchers Recount Stories of Gun Violence
By Mary-Kate Wilson Barbara and Andy Parker came to the March For Our Lives with a poster showing the face of their 24-year-old daughter, Alison. Alison, who was a local […]
Vendors Spread Gun Control Awareness While Making Money
By Cayla Cade Shatavias Shivers drove 10 hours from South Carolina with a truckload of t-shirts to arrive at the March for Our Lives before 6 a.m. to get a […]
DC Emancipation
Reporter: Damon Countee UJW Winter/Spring 2017 April 16 marked 155 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensation Emancipation Act, which granted freedom to about three thousand one hundred enslaved […]
African-American Museum Impacts All Races
Reporter: Caitlin Ballard UJW Winter/Spring 2017 In Washington, D.C., The National Museum of African-American History and Culture has been up and running for less than a year and attendance has […]
Remembering Ella’s Eloquent Elocution a Century After Her Birth
Reporter: Essence Epperson UJW Winter/Spring 2017 Ella Fitzgerald was born a century ago on the 25th of April. Tributes are taking place across the country to mark the 100th year of […]
The Searing Words Of A Rapper’s Beef
Reporter: Miles Peterson UJW Winter/Spring 2017 Over time, it’s been called “Yo Mama Jokes”, the Dozens,” and other names. In modern rap music, it’s called “beef”. By any title, […]
Annual Kite Festival Has Novice to Expert Soaring High
Reporter: Madison Brown UJW Winter/Spring 2017 At year 51 the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival is still flying high. Whether you’re a professional or a novice, the National Mall in the […]
2017 Scholarship Winner – Essence Epperson
She will be attending Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama starting Autumn 2017 A U-S military airstrike on a building in Mosul, Iraq killed 105 civilians during an attack in March this […]
