For decades, detainee advocates have argued that the D.C. jail is unsafe, unsanitary and inhumane. Then, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and some of her GOP colleagues visited individuals allegedly involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, who were housed there. This obnoxious political stunt had a perhaps unintended side effect; conservative interest in jail conditions gave further momentum to complaints that progressives, not to mention the facility’s primarily minority population, have been lodging for nearly 50 years.
Washington, D.C
Mayor Bowser Launches Encore Program to Support DC’s Creative Community
(Washington, DC) Right this moment, Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the Encore Program, an initiative created to assist DC’s artistic neighborhood by funding and subsidizing the event of stay in-person occasions. This system was created to take a position in and make use of native expertise, together with occasion producers, entrepreneurs, creatives, content material makers, and District companies that assist maintain the artistic financial system in Washington, DC. The Encore Program is made doable by way of the DC Artistic Affairs Workplace (CAO), the DC Workplace of Cable Tv, Movie, Music and Leisure (OCTFME) in partnership with the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Financial Growth (DMPED).
“Washington, DC is bustling with artistic expertise and as we keep centered on our restoration, we’re taking a look at all of the methods we are able to faucet into and assist native artists and creatives,” stated Mayor Bowser. “The Encore Program is about investing in native expertise and offering equitable and inclusive alternatives for artists to create and carry out proper right here within the District.”
By means of the Encore Program, native DC expertise may have the chance to develop and produce a sponsored stay efficiency occasion, demonstration, or showcase. All proposed occasions have to be open to the general public and happen by Friday, September 30, 2022. Collaborating venues embody:
- Kennedy Heart – Out of doors Areas | Ward 2
- Starburst Plaza – H Avenue | Ward 5
- The Wharf | Ward 6
- East River Park Buying Heart | Ward 7
- Sandlot Anacostia | Ward 8
The Encore Program is open to DC-based companies who should present the next:
- DC Enterprise License or proof of District residency if a sole proprietor
- An in depth description of the occasion they want to produce
- Proof of three beforehand produced occasions together with supporting documentation
- Proof of a damaging affect on their enterprise from March 2020 to current
- If chosen, applicant should submit a District Clear Palms Certificates
“It’s important for us to proceed to supply entry to programming, funding, and initiatives just like the Encore Program,” stated Deputy Mayor for Planning and Financial Growth, John Falcicchio. “Our metropolis thrives once we present dynamic alternatives for our creatives to be supported and proceed to develop.”
Following the appliance spherical, eligible Encore Program candidates will probably be chosen by an equitable and inclusive lottery course of for every neighborhood date and placement. To be taught extra and for an entire itemizing of particulars for the Encore Program, please go to theencoredc.com. Software submissions start Tuesday, April 26, 2022, and shut Tuesday, Could 24, 2022. A consultant will then contact chosen recipients to attach with the venue to coordinate occasion logistics and date availability.
“The work that CAO and OCTFME do by way of programming and varied initiatives are vital property for our artistic neighborhood,” stated Dr. Angie M. Gates, Director of the DC Workplace of Cable Tv, Movie, Music, and Leisure. “The Encore Program supplies native creatives the entry and leveraged partnerships wanted to flourish within the District. Encore will make use of DC expertise, improve native manufacturing, and put money into District companies and entrepreneurs.”
Info periods will happen on Wednesday, Could 4 at 12 pm and 5 pm, in addition to on Wednesday, Could 11 at 12 pm and 5 pm. candidates could RSVP to data periods right here. For all different questions or inquiries, please e-mail [email protected].
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Opinion | D.C.’s jail is finally getting an update. Just not the one it needs.
Thankfully, the city’s most recent budget allocates $463 million to upgrade the D.C. jail. Even so, that doesn’t mean some of the worst conditions will be fixed soon. In fact, the current plan puts the needs of only a small portion of those held at D.C. jail ahead of the rest.
Local officials agree on replacing the current facility. The main building, which opened in 1976, has experienced 10 deaths in the last 17 months. Five of these deaths occurred this year. The jail’s rigorous covid-19 policy confined detainees to their cells for 23 hours a day during the pandemic. A surprise inspection by the U.S. Marshals Service in 2021 further fueled outrage, finding instances of food withholding and a strong smell of backed-up sewage.
But agreement in principle has not yet led to shovels in the ground. Official discussions for a new jail in D.C. began 14 years ago, when the Department of Corrections requested $420 million in funding for a new facility. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and corrections officials have consistently argued that the new jail and renovated treatment facility are urgent needs. But, thanks to concerns over a clear execution strategy, any time money for the jail was included in the budget, it was promptly pushed out again. Until this latest round.
Money in hand, now, city officials have to figure out how to spend it to do the most good for the most detainees. Disagreements persist on how to do that — and the city’s current plan has it wrong. The D.C. Department of Corrections released a new timeline this month for the facility’s transformation. Under the plan, renovating the deficient primary holding space would not be complete until 2034 at best. The plan splits up the construction project with into two phases. The city would start by constructing a small administrative and behavioral health facility, then move to upgrading the existing housing for the general population.
The idea is that the current jail has bigger problems than the deterioration of the facility’s physical structure. Broader investment in the DOC, along with enhanced programming, educational opportunities and treatment for detainees’ physical and mental ailments, is necessary to change the current culture of D.C. jail so that its inhabitants can more easily reintegrate into society. And that requires building the behavioral health facility.
But, while accommodating special needs and services is undoubtedly important, D.C. officials should focus on general housing first. Of course, rehabilitation is important for transitioning back to life after detention. But the main facility’s current dilapidated state is not a safe and rehabilitative environment for any of the over 1,300 people locked up. By swapping the two phases and putting general housing ahead of specialized services, officials could provide these people with better living conditions and programming opportunities sooner, rather than leaving them to languish for another decade after so many years of neglect.
That doesn’t mean D.C. should set aside its plans for the behavioral health facility — quite the contrary. The city has an opportunity to join others in the nation committing themselves to comprehensive services for those behind bars, designed not merely to improve living conditions but also to increase their chances of successfully reentering society. Maryland public safety officials, for instance, are pushing ahead with plans for a $1 billion jail, hospital, and mental health and substance use treatment facility in Baltimore at the site of the previous detention center. The complex is set to open in 2029. By allocating funding promptly as well as responsibly, D.C. can start down the same path to providing all in its jail a safe, clean and truly rehabilitative environment.
Washington, D.C
Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past April
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April 10
Book party for Read Write Own at Café Riggs
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April 17
La Grande Boucherie preview celebration
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April 17
All In Together’s tenth-anniversary celebration at the Conrad Washington, DC
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April 26
The Washington AI Network’s TGAIFriday Lunch at the House at 1229
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April 26
Comcast NBCUniversal/Motion Picture Association reception at the Motion Picture Association
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April 26
Creative Artists Agency White House Correspondents’ Dinner kickoff party at La Grande Boucherie / April 26
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April 27
31st Annual White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch at Beall-Washington House
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April 27
Time/Amazon MGM Studios WHCD after-party at the Swiss ambassador’s residence
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April 27
Comcast NBCUniversal News Group WHCD after-party at the French ambassador’s residence
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April 28
CNN’s “Our Cup of Tea” WHCD Weekend Finale reception at the residence and gardens of the British ambassador
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April 10
Book party for Read Write Own at Café Riggs
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April 17
La Grande Boucherie preview celebration
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April 17
All In Together’s tenth-anniversary celebration at the Conrad Washington, DC
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April 26
The Washington AI Network’s TGAIFriday Lunch at the House at 1229
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April 26
Comcast NBCUniversal/Motion Picture Association reception at the Motion Picture Association
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April 26
Creative Artists Agency White House Correspondents’ Dinner kickoff party at La Grande Boucherie
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April 27
31st Annual White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch at Beall-Washington House
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April 27
Time/Amazon MGM Studios WHCD after-party at the Swiss ambassador’s residence
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April 27
Comcast NBCUniversal News Group WHCD after-party at the French ambassador’s residence
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Biden-campaign senior adviser and spokesperson Adrienne Elrod, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and Ashley Biden.
April 28
CNN’s “Our Cup of Tea” WHCD Weekend Finale reception at the residence and gardens of the British ambassador
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This article appears in the June 2024 issue of Washingtonian.
Washington, D.C
Veterans for Peace march to Washington, D.C.
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Veterans taking part in an anti-war walk from Maine to Washington, D.C., stopped in Philadelphia on June 14-15.
The Peace Walk 2024 began May 7 in Ogunquit, Maine, and will conclude around July 4 or 5 at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. Under the general theme “Silence the Drums of War,” participants are calling for an end to the threat of nuclear war and all wars.
After crossing the Benjamin Franklin Bridge from New Jersey on June 14, walkers held a press conference at Independence Park near the Liberty Bell. The next day, in their first “direct actions event,” they rallied outside Day & Zimmermann, makers of bombs, shells and missiles, including many used by the Israeli Occupation Forces against Palestinians in Gaza.
Veterans Peace March outside Day & Zimmermann, Philadelphia, June 15, 2024. (WW Photo: Joe Piette)
The veterans were joined by local anti-war activists, including Tina Sheldenm, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Betsey Piette, Workers World Party; and Joe Piette, who read a statement from Puerto Rican activist Fermin Morales, a member of IBEW (electricians) Local 98 who previously did work for Day & Zimmermann.
Morales said: “Day & Zimmermann is a partner in crime with the settler-colonial state of Israel in perpetration of genocide against the Palestinian people, because it is providing ammunition to the Israel Defense Forces. Day & Zimmermann needs to divest itself from the apartheid state of Israel and the military-industrial complex.”
Following the rally at Day & Zimmermann, marchers gathered outside Israel Bonds seller Development Corporation for Israel where they protested the purchase of these bonds by state and municipal governments.
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Peace March protests purchase of Israel Bonds, Philadelphia, June 15, 2024. (WW Photo: Joe Piette)
Their flier noted: “State and local treasuries across the U.S. invest hundreds of millions in the state of Israel. A record-setting $2 billion in sales was made in 2023 with $1 billion raised since Oct. 7 while Israel bombed hospitals and laid waste to infrastructure in Gaza. Under Stacy Garrity, the Pennsylvania Treasury Department invested $20 million in 2023. We will encourage Pennsylvania to divest until Israel agrees to end the occupation of Palestine.”
The day ended with a “Merchants of Death Tour” where walkers delivered “Cease and Desist” orders to 10 U.S. weapons profiteers with offices at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. These companies included Advanced Integrated Technologies, American Systems Corporation, AMSEC/Hll, Continental Tide Defense Systems, Inc., GBS Group, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NOBLIS MSD, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Paramount Enterprises International and Peraton.
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