Shirley Ruhe

Arlington

Freelance Photographer and Columnist at Alexandria Gazette Packet

Freelance Photographer and Columnist at Arlington Connection

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Arlington Clergy Support Transgender Day of Visibility

1 week ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

A crowd carried signs, carried children on their shoulders and for part of the afternoon carried umbrellas at the Transgender Day of Visibility held on the National Mall the afternoon of March 31. A number of Arlington clergy including Rock Spring UCC showed up to support the Transgender Day of Visibility Rally. Each year on March 31 observers all around the world gather to raise awareness about transgender people.
Town Hall Offers Practical and Spiritual Support

1 week ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

The Arlington Coalition of Black Clergy (ACBC) town hall attracted about 50 federal workers and contractors on March 25 at Macedonia Baptist Church. Rev. DeLishia Davis, pastor of Calloway Methodist Church and president of the Arlington Coalition of Black Clergy says, “We had so many of our congregants who had been fired or feel they may be soon that we wanted them to know their rights and get resources and be able to spend time in a safe space.” At the end of the meeting Rev.
AARP Offers Free Tax Assistance in Arlington

2 weeks ago | connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe

AARP Tax-Aide is offering free tax clinics at both the Central Library on Quincy Street and the library branch on Columbia Pike. The nationwide program helped over 1.7 million people in the 2024 tax year with 28,000 volunteers at 3,300 sites. Karen Miller, Tax-Aide and the local coordinator at the Central library location in Arlington, says they have doneabout 700 returns since the clinic began in February this year.
Hope Backs Changes in County Board

3 weeks ago | reston-connection.com | Shirley Ruhe

Del. Patrick Hope is pushing legislation to change the current Arlington County governance structure which he says was set up in the 1930s to disenfranchise Blacks and when Arlington’s population was 25,000. “It has grown to over 240,000, and the current structure is no longer relevant.”HR 2768 has passed the House of Delegates and Senate and is sitting on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk. Youngkin has until March 24 to sign or veto it. “I haven’t had any indication of which way it will go,” Hope says.
Hope Backs Changes in County Board

1 month ago | connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe

Del. Patrick Hope is pushing legislation to change the current Arlington County governance structure which he says was set up in the 1930s to disenfranchise Blacks and when Arlington’s population was 25,000. “It has grown to over 240,000, and the current structure is no longer relevant.”HR 2768 has passed the House of Delegates and Senate and is sitting on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk. Youngkin has until March 24 to sign or veto it. “I haven’t had any indication of which way it will go,” Hope says.
Hope Backs Changes in County Board

1 month ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

Del. Patrick Hope is pushing legislation to change the current Arlington County governance structure which he says was set up in the 1930s to disenfranchise Blacks and when Arlington’s population was 25,000. “It has grown to over 240,000, and the current structure is no longer relevant.”HR 2768 has passed the House of Delegates and Senate and is sitting on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk. Youngkin has until March 24 to sign or veto it. “I haven’t had any indication of which way it will go,” Hope says.
Kitchen of Purpose Trains Bilingual Culinary Students

1 month ago | connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe

Culinary students wearing black “Kitchen of Purpose” aprons have just completed their risotto made with chicken broth and a little Parmesan. Chef Martha, the Culinary Manager and instructor, inspects one dish and remarks, “Not enough salt. You used the wrong broth; you used fish stock instead of chicken stock.”Kitchen of Purpose is the only dual language culinary institute in this area outside of New York City, and recently received a $50,000 Jacques Pépin Partnership (JFP) Circle Grant.
Kitchen of Purpose Trains Bilingual Culinary Students

1 month ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

Culinary students wearing black “Kitchen of Purpose” aprons have just completed their risotto made with chicken broth and a little Parmesan. Chef Martha, the Culinary Manager and instructor, inspects one dish and remarks, “Not enough salt. You used the wrong broth; you used fish stock instead of chicken stock.”Kitchen of Purpose is the only dual language culinary institute in this area outside of New York City, and recently received a $50,000 Jacques Pépin Partnership (JFP) Circle Grant.
’Flip the Script’ Pairs with Community Food Culture

1 month ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

The Rossana food trailer is parked in front of Thomas Jefferson Community Center on Sunday, Feb. 23 while Encore Stage and Studio’s “Flip the Script: Jamila’s Table” plays at the theatre inside. This is an original play about a young African American restaurant owner on Columbia Pike in Arlington. She is trying to expand her family’s generational soul food restaurant to incorporate the foods of other diverse cultures along the Pike including Vietnamese and Hispanic.
Hispanic Community in Today’s Political Whirlwind

1 month ago | arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe

Alvaro Alacon lives in Fairfax City but has worked with Arlington youth for many years including the Second Chance program. This was developed a number of years ago to give students who are found with drugs or alcohol the opportunity to attend Second Chance instead of being suspended. In addition, Alacon’s company, Impel, operates a program to mentor, provide after school activities, life skills and a model for a positive future for Arlington youth and their parents.