Archive for January, 2010
DC Voting Rights & the State of the Union
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010DC Vote has been making an aggressive push to get President Obama to address the lack of representation in Congress for the District of Columbia during his State of the Union address. They recently dropped off 41,000 petitions to be delivered to the White House at a Capitol Hill post office. It was a lot [...]
Funds Available to Promote DC Statehood and Voting Rights
Monday, January 25th, 2010Last month I wrote about grant money being made available by the DC government for organizations working in support of DC voting rights and/or statehood. More details were recently released by the Office of Partnerships and Grants Services on how to go about applying for some of this money. The deadline to apply is [...]
District of Columbia Statehood Efforts in 2010
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010This is an exciting time for DC Statehood, and I know I speak for many when I say how pleased I am to see all the renewed efforts and energy surrounding the goal of making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
If there ever was a time to move forward on this issue, that time [...]
Statehood Stakeholder’s Meeting on Jan. 19
Friday, January 15th, 2010The Statehood Stakeholder Committee has now has several subcommittees to manage the planning and implementation of several activities in furtherance of our push for full democracy and statehood. I’ll be very active in this process (of course) and I encourage others to get involved as well. There is a lot of renewed energy from the [...]
