Sam P.K. Collins, Author at The Washington Informer https://www.washingtoninformer.com/author/samcollins/ Black News, Commentary and Culture | The Washington Informer Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:16:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png Sam P.K. Collins, Author at The Washington Informer https://www.washingtoninformer.com/author/samcollins/ 32 32 121622320 Collins Council Report: The Return from Summer Recess https://www.washingtoninformer.com/collins-council-report-the-return-from-summer-recess/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/collins-council-report-the-return-from-summer-recess/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:16:06 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214835 **FILE** Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor on June 21. (WI photo)

This edition of The Washington Informer’s Collins Council Report comes on the heels of a controversial summer recess.

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Ward 7 State Board Candidates Debate Effective Advocacy Strategy https://www.washingtoninformer.com/ward-7-sboe-candidates-education/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/ward-7-sboe-candidates-education/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:40:00 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214797 **FILE** Ward 7 State Board of Education Representative Eboni-Rose Thompson launched her reelection bid this summer. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Eboni-Rose Thompson, Charles Boston, Toni Criner, and write-in candidate Sherice Muhammad are all running for the Ward 7 State Board of Education (SBOE) seat, with Thompson focusing on special education and vocational education, Boston advocating for vocational education, Criner emphasizing advocacy for students in foster care, and Muhammad aiming to bring the state board closer to the community.

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Even with Mortgage Relief, Questions about Housing Affordability Persist for Talbert Street Condo Owners https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-condominium-owners-mortgage-relief/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-condominium-owners-mortgage-relief/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:40:00 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214813 After nearly four years of fighting for recompense, rallying (as pictured here in May 2023) and contentious mortgage relief negotiations, most, if not all, of the owners of condemned condominiums on Talbert Street in Southeast have received mortgage relief. However, there is still work to be done to ensure beleaguered homeowners can afford to settle elsewhere in the District. (WI File Photo)

The D.C. government has agreed to provide mortgage relief to the displaced condominium owners of River East at Grandview Estates, after a court battle over their right to seek recompense from the District.

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Third-Party Candidates, Supporters Assert Presence During Historic Election Season https://www.washingtoninformer.com/third-party-candidates-supporters-assert-presence-during-historic-election-season/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/third-party-candidates-supporters-assert-presence-during-historic-election-season/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:36:07 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214720 **FILE** Changing his affiliation from Democrat to the D.C. Statehood Green Party, grassroots activist Kymone Freeman is working to unseat D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in the November general election. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

There remains an ever-increasing segment of the American population that looks to neither major party candidate as the end all, be all,

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As Write-In Campaigns Get Underway, D.C. Council’s Trayon White Fights for His Freedom https://www.washingtoninformer.com/write-in-candidates-ward8-elections/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/write-in-candidates-ward8-elections/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:44:00 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214630

Write-in candidates, including Olivia Henderson, are campaigning for the Ward 8 council seat, despite the skepticism of some residents, while Republican nominee Nate Derenge is also running, and Councilmember Trayon White is facing a federal bribery charge.

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MPD Releases Full Body Camera Footage from Justin Robinson Shooting https://www.washingtoninformer.com/mpd-releases-full-body-camera-footage-from-justice-robinson-shooting/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/mpd-releases-full-body-camera-footage-from-justice-robinson-shooting/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:37:18 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214260

The videos that are currently online each span more than 18 minutes, with only Robinson’s body, and that of a special police officer on the scene, obscured. However, there’s more than enough on the tape to determine what happened on Sept. 1. 

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Ny’lah Newkirk: A District Ambassador for Youth Violence Prevention https://www.washingtoninformer.com/nylah-newkirk-a-district-ambassador-for-youth-violence-prevention/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/nylah-newkirk-a-district-ambassador-for-youth-violence-prevention/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:25:08 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214217

Ny'lah Newkirk currently serves as a gun violence prevention specialist and youth ambassador with The T.R.I.G.G.E.R. Project, where she engages people in discussions about their feelings, and other topics and represents The T.R.I.G.G.E.R. Project in the community.

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Increased Accountability Measures for 911 Dispatch on the Way https://www.washingtoninformer.com/increased-accountability-measures-for-911-dispatch-on-the-way/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/increased-accountability-measures-for-911-dispatch-on-the-way/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:14:26 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214185 **FILE** D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto, Ward 2 Democrat (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

On Sept. 9, she conducted a tour of Office of Unified Communications headquarters, one of several she said will take place this fall in conjunction with monthly council committee oversight hearings and new legislation.

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Community Members Demand Release of Unredacted Body Cam Footage of Justin Robinson Shooting https://www.washingtoninformer.com/community-members-demand-release-of-unredacted-body-cam-footage-of-justin-robinson-shooting/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/community-members-demand-release-of-unredacted-body-cam-footage-of-justin-robinson-shooting/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:17:56 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214132

Family members say that they want to prevent MPD’s propagation of a narrative that paints Justin Robinson as the aggressor in the police-involved shooting.

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Religious Leaders Lift Councilmember Trayon White in Prayer https://www.washingtoninformer.com/religious-leaders-lift-councilmember-trayon-white-in-prayer/ https://www.washingtoninformer.com/religious-leaders-lift-councilmember-trayon-white-in-prayer/#comments Sun, 08 Sep 2024 17:02:06 +0000 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/?p=1214114

After Wilson, White and several religious leaders walked into the main sanctuary of Union Temple, Wilson set the tone with scripture and what he called a reminder to those critical of the beleaguered Ward 8 council member.  

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