Sam Collins
Politics and Education Reporter at The Washington Informer
Host and Founder at AllEyesOnDC
A Garveyite campaigning for the United Afrikan States | Grassroots Journalist & Educator | Author | Staff Writer at @washinformer
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1 week ago |
washingtoninformer.com | Sam Collins |Stacy Brown
With the House on a two-week recess and D.C.’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget still under siege, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced the start of a government-wide freeze on new hires, overtime spending, pay raises, promotions, and non-personnel expenditures. This freeze, which went into effect on Tuesday afternoon, will more than likely lay the foundation for furloughs and government facility closures that City Administrator Kevin Donahue will recommend toward the end of April.
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1 week ago |
washingtoninformer.com | Stacy Brown |Sam Collins |Richard Elliott
For years, as the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) expanded operations throughout the U.S., executive director Nana Gyamfi oversaw the launch of a District-based policy research office, while collaborating with grassroots groups focused on statehood, police accountability, and migrant housing. These days, from BAJI’s Brooklyn headquarters, Gyamfi stays abreast of developments in the nation’s capital, especially as President Donald J.
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washingtoninformer.com | Sam Collins |Lindiwe Vilakazi
For Alyce McFarland, Ward 8’s newest hospital presents opportunities she wished she had as: a mother who gave birth miles away from her home; a sister who recalled watching her sibling slowly die from undiagnosed liver cancer at Greater Southeast Community Hospital; and a godmother whose godson died on the way to Washington Hospital Center near North Capitol Street.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtoninformer.com | Sam Collins
For local homeschool student Zwe Spacetime, winning first place at The Washington Informer’s 43rd annual Citywide Spelling Bee was as easy as spelling pinafore, status quo, and, before that, a bevy of other multisyllabic words.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtoninformer.com | Sam Collins
March marked six years since the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC) celebrated the launch of its new headquarters one floor above Busboys & Poets on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast. Since that move to downtown Anacostia, FSFSC has continued its decades-long mission under the leadership of native Washingtonian and social entrepreneur Dionne Reeder.
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Earlier today, @WashPost confirmed that Kevin Young resigned as director of @NMAAHC. Not too long ago, I spoke to museum patrons about what a @realDonaldTrump executive order against the Smithsonian means. Check out my @WashInformer story for more. https://t.co/1yvYmhvCGj
ICYMI: @DCPoliceDept unveiled the Juvenile Investigative Response Unit (JIRU) as a youth crime prevention tool. My @WashInformer article features Dionne Reeder of the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, a community-based partner. https://t.co/MtlQCFOqOv
Congress is gearing up for another recess, even though @MikeJohnson has yet to bring to the House floor a bill that saves D.C.'s budget. My latest @WashInformer story features the community members showing up on Capitol Hill to effect change. https://t.co/QVWDWUtZGB