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**FILE** MPD Chief Pamela A. Smith and the Bowser administration are part of nationwide efforts to recruit more women as law enforcement officers. (WI photo)

MPD Convenes First-Ever Women’s Conference

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore holds a fireside conversation with CNN legal analyst Laura Coates during the Whitney M. Young Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on March 15. (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

Greater Washington Urban League Gala Is Back

by James Wright Jr.March 18, 2024March 19, 2024

Politicians such as D.C. Council member Trayon White (second from left) and Mayor Muriel Bowser (center left), religious leaders such as Imam Talib Shareef (center right), and residents gathered for the ribbon cutting of The Clara, a new housing development in Ward 8. (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)

The Clara Makes Debut in Ward 8

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

Senate President Pro Tem Melony Griffith (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro speaks during a March 29 debate on the chamber floor at the State House in Annapolis over the state's new congressional redistricting map, which the Senate later approved. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Prince George’s Chamber Honors Noted Women

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

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MBDA, Black Groups Advance Women-Owned Firms

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Mayor Sponsors Seminars in Honor of Women’s History Month, Women in Business

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

The Washington Housing Conservancy received a $1 million grant from TD Bank Group as part of the TD Ready Challenge. (Courtesy of Washington Housing Conservancy)

Washington Housing Conservancy Gets Grant from TD Bank Group Grant

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

Dr. Willis Lonzer, general president of Alpha Phi Alpha, Richard Mattox, Eastern province polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi, and Mark E. Jackson, first vice grand basileus of Omega Psi Phi, talk about ways to get more Black men to vote during the National Panhellenic Council Fraternity Days on the Hill convening on March 12. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Black Fraternities Unite to Promote Black Male Voting

by James Wright Jr.March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

**FILE** Courtesy of Jobs Not Guns DC via Instagram

‘Jobs Not Guns’ Workshop Returns in April

by James Wright Jr.March 6, 2024March 7, 2024

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad was named president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and officially begins his new role on March 11. (Courtesy of Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies)

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad Named Joint Center President

by James Wright Jr.March 6, 2024March 7, 2024