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Community Showcase
Join us on April 10, 2025, at 6 pm at the Anacostia Arts Center for a celebration of bold ideas, even bolder questions, and some powerful stories to go with them. Together, we'll honor the outstanding work of our 2024 Community, Culture & Heritage grantees. Engage with fellow curious minds as we share the diverse stories and […]
Culture Series: The War on Drugs in DC
Busboys and Poets 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, DC, United StatesWhat does it mean for DC residents to say, "the drug war is over"? In 1989, Washington, DC, was an epicenter for the crack epidemic. Elected officials, including then-President George H.W. Bush, politicized the city's struggles to further misguided and punitive policies that were implemented by Nixon's "war on drugs." For decades, these policies unjustly […]
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