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Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

By Laetitia Haddad October 28, 2021

Washington, D.C.-based activist groups have launched the #DecrimPovertyDC campaign aimed at decriminalizing drug use. The #DecrimPovertyDC campaign, made up of a coalition of local organizations, including...

The Washington Ballet Reopens With In-Person Performances

The Washington Ballet Reopens With In-Person Performances

By Noelle Cook October 28, 2021

Dancers with The Washington Ballet returned to the stage last week for their first indoor live performance since February 2020.   The Washington Ballet kicked off the 2021-22 season with...

Washington Capitals Welcome New Team Puppy

Washington Capitals Welcome New Team Puppy

By Noelle Cook October 6, 2021

A new team member has joined the Washington Capitals: Biscuit, a ten-week-old chocolate Labrador retriever.  Biscuit, who will participate in media and team events with the Capitals, became the...

Public Funding Increases DC Voter Engagement

Public Funding Increases DC Voter Engagement

By Marcos Caballero October 1, 2021

Washington, D.C.’s first publicly funded elections in 2020 saw more candidates and increased campaign donations, according to a report recently published by the Georgetown University McCourt School...

Wedding Party Hit in Latest String of Georgetown Eggings

Wedding Party Hit in Latest String of Georgetown Eggings

By Liam Scott September 24, 2021

Before he arrived in Georgetown last weekend for his Sept. 18 wedding in Dahlgren Chapel, Tim Huether (COL ’10, LAW ’17) already knew about the eggings that had been taking place in the neighborhood. So...

District Evicts Unhoused People from Encampments, Community Expressed Concerns About Housing Assistance Programming

District Evicts Unhoused People from Encampments, Community Expressed Concerns About Housing Assistance Programming

By Paige Kupas September 24, 2021

 Washington, D.C. officials are shutting down three encampments across the District, forcing over 100 people experiencing homelessness to evacuate. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) launched...

GU To Launch Grad Student Housing Initiative in Downtown DC

GU To Launch Grad Student Housing Initiative in Downtown DC

By Claire Stowe and Jemima Denham September 10, 2021

Georgetown University will pilot a graduate student housing initiative fall 2022 following years of high housing costs through D.C. and calls from student leaders for university-sponsored housing. Currently,...

Law Center Helps DC Residents Facing Eviction Through Pair of Initiatives

Law Center Helps DC Residents Facing Eviction Through Pair of Initiatives

By Andrew Hong September 10, 2021

The Georgetown University Law Center launched a pair of commitments Aug. 30 to help individuals facing housing insecurity throughout Washington, D.C., after the national eviction moratorium expired. The...

Georgetown Center for Social Justice Adapts to Zoom Tutoring

Georgetown Center for Social Justice Adapts to Zoom Tutoring

By Marisa Kiley October 29, 2020

Because the Georgetown University Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service moved its Washington, D.C.-area tutoring services online this semester, student tutors worry tutees’ limited...

Keyonna Jones Reflects on the Role of Art in DC BLM Protests

Keyonna Jones Reflects on the Role of Art in DC BLM Protests

By Jemima Denham June 27, 2020

As protests and calls for racial justice consumed Washington, D.C., local artist and educator Keyonna Jones received a call from a friend about a secret city project.  “One of the artists that...

KEENAN SAMWAY FOR THE HOYA A long history of attempts to achieve statehood or voting congressional representation for D.C. precedes this bill.

House of Representatives Passes DC Statehood Bill in Historic Vote

By Clara Grudberg June 27, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., marking the first time that either chamber of Congress has voted to make the District a state. The bill, H.R. 51, was...

VIEWPOINT: Support Homeless Young Parents

VIEWPOINT: Support Homeless Young Parents

By Kristi Pelzel February 21, 2020

Homeless young parents, defined as under 24 years old and pregnant or with a child, are no longer considered youth, and are not a “population in focus,” according to Washington, D.C.’s Solid Foundations...

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