jonetta rose barrasa day ago6 minDC's Abuse of Women HomeownersWHEN nine Black women were accepted into DC’s Home Purchase Assistance Program for first-time homebuyers, they believed they were moving ...
jonetta rose barrasFeb 169 minTHE WOMAN UNDER THE BEDAs if a baby needing physical protection, she swaddled herself in the mauve quilt her grandmother gave her decades earlier. She had alway...
jonetta rose barrasFeb 164 minCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND BUILDING THE CIVIC CULTUREAS I read Arnie Graf’s wonderful book, Lessons Learned: Stories from a Lifetime of Organizing (ACTA 2020), I was reminded of the years I ...
jonetta rose barrasFeb 126 minBeyond Defunding the PoliceThe District Task Force on Jails & Justice may have begun its work “examining questions” about building a new correctional facility in DC...
Ben JealousJan 183 minWe Cannot Not Lose Sight of the Historic MilestonesMartin Luther King Jr. Day feels complicated this year. We have new reasons to celebrate. High on that list is the election of Rev. Rapha...
jonetta rose barrasJan 156 minAn Assault and An InsurrectionIn truth, the signs of danger and harbingers of the assault on sanity, truth, democracy and the U.S. Constitution were glaringly present ...
jonetta rose barrasDec 28, 20201 minTrauma and Academic AchievementAs cities and states prepare to reopen schools in 2021, the issue of mental health services become extremely important. In 2019, jonetta ...
jonetta rose barrasDec 28, 20206 minThe Coronavirus Pandemic and ViolenceDC Council member Charles Allen’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held a public roundtable with advocates and experts last w...
