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Issues


  • Healthy Schools Act…finally!

    The Committee on Government Operations and the Environment and the Committee of the DC Council recently passed a GREAT piece of legislation that has the potential to significantly impact children attending DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools, their families as well as the education and healthcare systems. The full council will vote next week (May 4th). I don’t…

  • The Daily Grind

    As a single working mom of a teen and a toddler, my days are interesting… 2:14am – Hearing my two-year old call from his room. 5:40am – Listening to the alarm ringing. 6:10am – Showering in the dark because the bulb blew and I don’t feel like going to the basement to get the ladder.…

  • Stereotypes Be Damned

    The first graduating class of Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy have all been accepted to college. That is, 107 African American boys to be exact!

  • We Are All Precious

    So I finally saw it yesterday. I almost talked myself out of it because I was that anxious. But I saw Precious yesterday afternoon, alone with my Kleenex and contraband goodies. As I thought about writing this and which direction it would take, a close friend came to mind, who vowed not to see it. I respect her…