Why can’t Long Reach Village Center just be great? Why y’all? After months and months and MONTHS of negotiations, letter writing, meetings, pleads from neighbors requesting that something wonderful happen to that center to revitalize it nothing will happen. Or at least for now. The center was already in decline when I moved to Howard … Continue reading
So someone special put a bug in my ear about something special coming up tomorrow. Celebration Church in Long Reach is hosting a Community Resource day. And since this is Healthy Howard and I’m kinda health-focused my eyes immediately sought out the health components to this day. There are several. Fitness demos, health screenings, and nutritional lessons. Oh! And they … Continue reading
My part time job is health journalist. I write for publications in Washington, DC (my fabulous hometown). I cover health and community news in neighborhoods in an area of the city known as “east of the river”. These areas have the highest concentration of Black residents. It also has the highest concentration of poverty, homelessness, … Continue reading
From the Scratch Pad of An Urban Bushwoman 