A Losing Strategy
Dear Strategists:
Continuing our discussion from the last issue, Loose Lips, in his
column this week, dismisses Council Chairman Gray as a mayoral candidate
for belonging to a political generation he doesn’t favor, one that he
believes should just be gone from Washington political life, http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/38647.
Valencia Mohammed, as a spokesman for mayoral candidate Leo Alexander,
does the same in an even nastier fashion in this issue of themail. It’s
a strategy for diminishing and politically wounding Gray that is shared
by the local “experts” on the Post’s editorial board,
Jo-Ann Armeo and Jonathan Capehart, who will write repeated attacks on
him (the latest at http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/04/would_someone_tell_vincent_c_g.html).
It’s also a losing strategy.
First, running a mayoral race aimed at the narrow slice of
Washingtonians who are twenty-somethings, single, and sports oriented is
self defeating. If Fenty campaigns for the bicyclists’ vote and Gray
campaigns for the drivers’ vote, if Fenty campaigns for the runners’
vote and Gray campaigns for the
people-who-are-annoyed-at-all-those-races-blocking-the-streets vote, the
race is already over. Second, the strategy is transparently in-your-face
insulting to seniors and near-seniors. If any candidate even hints to an
entire generation of people, whether twenty-somethings or sixty-somethings,
that he doesn’t think they have anything valuable to contribute to the
city and he doesn’t value them, he writes off that segment of the
population and their votes. Third, old people are reliable voters and
they vote in disproportionately large numbers. It wasn’t that long ago
that politicians in this city spent half of their campaigns in senior
citizens’ centers, because that’s where the votes were; they’re
still there. Fourth, it’s a losing strategy because it’s so shallow
and easily countered. In the 1984 presidential race, Democrats were
certain that Ronald Reagan’s age was a winning issue for them. They
stressed how the old man couldn’t do the job, how out-of-touch such an
aged man was, how lacking in strength and energy he had to be. And all
the hot air was let out of that balloon with one joke when Reagan, in
his first televised debate with Walter Mondale, said that, “I am not
going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and
inexperience.”
Don’t mistake this, as Valencia does, for an endorsement of Gray.
Neither themail nor DCWatch endorses candidates. Gray’s nicer than
Fenty, and he’s more open to consultation and listening to the
citizens than Fenty. But Gray has to give some policy reasons for people
who are unhappy with Fenty to vote for him, and so far he has failed to
put any distance between his policy positions and Fenty’s. Instead, he
has made a point of sharing blame for the mayoral takeover of the
schools, and of refusing to admit any error in that decision. He has
shared Fenty’s contempt for traditional morality, and has echoed Fenty’s
opposition to allowing citizens to vote on the definition of marriage.
Gray hasn’t criticized the repeated mistakes made by the Department of
Youth Rehabilitation Services; quite the opposite, he shares the
philosophy that led to those mistakes, supported its former director,
Vincent Schiraldi, who made those mistakes, and is likely to repeat
them. When it comes to favors for large corporations and developers
dealing with the city, Gray hasn’t demonstrated any more fiscal
responsibility than Fenty. But if it’s a losing campaign for Fenty to
run against Gray just on the basis of generational disdain, neither is
it a winning campaign for Fenty to point out, “He’s not any better
than I am.”
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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Barbara Zartman, a Georgetown resident and a longtime civic activist,
has passed away. Barbara was best known for her years of service (as
chair, trustee, and zoning commission chair) with the Committee of 100
of the Federal City. The Committee is a “nonprofit organizations
dedicated to safeguarding and advancing Washington’s historic
distinction, natural beauty, and overall livability.” Barbara’s
civic activism was “in the service of responsible planning in
Washington.” In addition to the Committee of 100, Barbara was at
various times president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, an
at-large member of the DC Republican Committee, and president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations. In her professional life, Barbara
was appointment by President George Bush as deputy director of the Peace
Corps in 1989.
Services will be held at St. Albans Episcopal Church, 3001 Wisconsin
Avenue, NW, on Wednesday, April 7, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at
Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made in her name to St.
Alban’s Episcopal Church.
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Prevent Unimaginable Metro Service Cuts
Dennis Jaffe, DennisJaffe@Gmail.com
If you speak up now, you can help prevent previously unimaginable
cuts to Metro bus and rail service. Almost all of Metro’s budget comes
from riders’ fares and funding by local governments. The mayor’s
budget leaves many train riders on the station platform and bus riders
at the curb. I wish that were only rhetorical. We can preserve Metro
service by conveying to the DC council and the mayor our support for
transit.
The cuts slated to take effect on July 1 include: no more eight-car
trains even as we face already dangerous overcrowding on train
platforms; elimination of sixteen bus routes and reduction of service on
fifty more; starting train service thirty minutes later on weekdays and
sixty on weekends; stopping train service as early as midnight on
weekends; half-hour waits for trains after 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and
after 6:00 p.m. on weekends; no more Yellow Line north of Mt. Vernon
Square at all; and no Yellow Line north of King Street (including the
Airport and Verizon Center!) after 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day on
weekends.
Metro is proposing an $89 million fare increase and bus and rail
service cuts producing $34 million in net savings to eliminate a $189
million deficit. The proposed budget didn’t ask local governments to
provide a single penny more than last year. Many government-funded
programs facing cuts. But, as the private sector recognizes, Metro is
the region’s economic engine. The FairShareForMetro.com campaign,
launched by local transit advocates, has called upon local governments
to stop underfunding Metro and provide the funds necessary to prevent
service cuts. Unless all agree, the cuts will happen. Northern Virginia’s
local governments have informally indicated a readiness to put up their
fair share for Metro.
Mayor Fenty’s budget proposal provides Metro with the same amount
of funding as last year. On April Fool’s Day, he E-mailed constituents
a confounding message that said, WMATA ‘s “Board of Directors has
sole authority over WAMATA’s [misspelled] budget formulation. . . .“
That’s an alternative reality. Metro’s budget is not formulated
independently of the jurisdictions that fund Metro. Besides, Mayor Fenty’s
city administrator, Neil Albert, sits on the Metro Board. Contact the
mayor and council and urge them to preserve Metro service. DC can’t
afford not to.
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My Graduation Speech
Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com
I’ve never been asked to give a graduation speech, but in case I’m
asked, I’m fully prepared. My speech lasts all of two minutes. See http://bit.ly/bYgRdE
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Property Taxes More than Double for Many City
Residents
Richard Urban, rurban@rufordc.com
Many DC home owners have seen property taxes increase as much as 220
percent (more than doubled) between the September 2009 bill and the
March 2010 bill. This is due to the Fiscal Year 2010 budget Support
Emergency Act of 2009 (Bill B18-0409; change to section 47-864), which
all councilmembers voted for on July 31, 2009. This legislation removed
the 10 percent cap on property tax increases by putting in place a 40
percent of assessed value minimum. Yet, at the same time as taxpayers
are struggling to make ends meet due to the tight economy, etc., tens of
millions of tax breaks are given to corporations, we are paying middle
school students to go to school, and tens of millions of dollars have
been stolen and also lost due to cost overruns. In the summer youth
program just two summers ago there was a thirty million dollar overrun,
and many youths were paid who did not even work, or who worked many
fewer hours. Contact your councilmember to demand an immediate
legislative fix to this egregious hit on the small taxpayer while giving
huge breaks to corporations, as well demand that they control
irresponsible spending.
I will be writing more about which councilmembers were responsible
for inserting the 40 percent minimum language. Did anyone do research to
see what the effect would be on longtime homeowners? Presumably these
are the folks that the city council would like to stay in DC, not move
out to the suburbs.
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Connecticut Avenue Pedestrian Action: Be Part
of the Solution
Andrew Aurbach, apa67@yahoo.com
There has been a lot of discussion in recent months and years
regarding the general safety on Connecticut Avenue in Ward 3. Out of
this discussion, a volunteer effort has been launched. Connecticut
Avenue Pedestrian Action (CAPA) is comprised of residents from Woodley
Park and Cleveland Park to Forest Hills and Chevy Chase. After years of
pedestrian accidents and fatalities, residents have come together to
seek a comprehensive solution for a safer Connecticut Avenue. With the
generous support of Iona Senior Services, affected ANCs (3C, 3F, and
3G), and Community Associations, and in conjunction with DDOT, Murch and
Oyster Safe Routes to School Programs, and Councilmember Mary Cheh, CAPA
has retained Toole Design to support a study and audit of Connecticut
Avenue from the perspective of the pedestrian.
We would like broad participation from residents, visitors, and
employees of the study area. First, we would like stakeholders to fill
out a simple survey and interactive map on our web site: http://capa-dc.org/.
Second, we are recruiting volunteers from up and down the corridor to
help with the audit process. This will require training at a short
session in late April and then a few hours of time during the study
period in May. If you have interest in pedestrian safety, community
activism, and solidarity with the other communities along Connecticut
Avenue, this is a great opportunity for you. Please feel free to ask
questions via the web site or through me. We look forward to your
feedback and participation.
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Chancellor Rhee’s Failure to Engage Her
Teachers
Mai Abdul Rahman, spotlightoneducation@yahoo.com
As required by the Department of Education “Race to the Top”
application guidelines Delaware and Tennessee’s skillful strategy to
engage their teachers secured them statewide teachers’ and unions’
buy-in to implement school reforms and $600 million in federal grants to
improve their states’ failing schools. Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan praised both states for their ability to gain their
schoolteachers’ support, and suggested that this was a clear
demonstration of their “capacity and commitment to turn their ideas
into practices that can improve outcomes for students.”
DC’s “Race to Top Assurances” application, which was signed by
Mayor Fenty, showed commitment and resolve to improve DCPS schools, but
DC’s failure to secure teachers’ and union’s support to implement
school-wide reform plans plummeted DC’s application rating and ranking
to the bottom of the list at 16 of 16. The Department of Education “Technical
Review” offers this insight, “Applicant boasts of reform efforts and
improvements but without teacher support, movement towards increased
achievement particularly in high poverty, high minority schools will not
be as successful as it could be.”
Interestingly, DC’s” Race to Top Assurances” application
recognizes “Human Capital” is a critical factor in implementing the
“Race to the Top Theory of Change,” and confirms the toxic
relationship that exists between Chancellor Rhee and DCPS teachers.
However, there is no mention of a plan to improve or improve the
existing situation. DC’s application describes DC school reforms as
contentious and the mayor and DCPS leaders as vigilant, “standing
steadfast in the face of substantial political resistance . . . doggedly
committed to a bold vision for a reform in which all adults will be held
accountable.” As for lessons learned, the following is offered: “A
highly contentious issue requires both courage and thoughtful
involvement of the Stakeholder.” Yet the DC application fails to offer
a solution or articulate a desire to rectify the situation our schools
face. Instead, it reiterates the same old approach “To implement human
capital [DC] will use multiple pipeline strategies with non-profits,
Provide TEAM awards as incentive for schools with 20% increases in
reading and math, provide performance pay through IMPACT for highly
effective teachers.” DC’s “Race to the Top Assurances”
application offers a clear articulation of the obvious: Mayor Fenty and
Chancellor Rhee fail to recognize the need to engage teachers
constructively and the school community meaningfully.
Implementing successful school reform requires the collaboration and
cooperation of schoolteachers, who are the main drivers of school reform
plans. Mayor Fenty and Chancellor Rhee continue to overlook the fact
that regardless of how laudable their school reforms may be, DCPS
teachers are the critical change agents who will implement their school
reform vision in class. To succeed, Mayor Fenty and Chancellor Rhee must
work to gain DCPS teacher’s collaboration and commitment. Otherwise
they will continue to be “doggedly committed to a bold vision” with
little meaningful results. The technical review form is available
online: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase1-applications/comments/district-of-columbia.pdf
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Prevention Doesn’t Pay
Samuel Jordan, Health Care Now!, samunomas@msn.com
The illness treatment establishment, propped up by the third-party
payer (insurance carrier) system, is locked in a battle to save its
life. Although the recent yearlong, revealing Congressional and national
debate on health care centered on who pays for health care, a
significant number of alert residents noticed that the discussion did
not address health outcomes, health care delivery systems, or the role
of community residents in the improvement of their own individual and
collective health conditions. Just as importantly, very little attention
was given to the upstart, illness prevention establishment. Health Care
Now! has been a card-carrying participant in the promotion of
community-based chronic illness prevention strategies since its
inception in 1997. Yet our experience in Washington, DC, Baltimore, and
Lancaster, PA, indicates that we have a long way to go before public or
private funders of health care programs take cognizance of the promise
of prevention.
In a blog on health insurance in 2007 (http://healthinsurance.about.com/b/2007/05/09/prevention-doesnt-pay-at-least-not-right-away.htm),
the following paragraphs captured the dilemma well: “Diabetes care is
an example of this phenomenon [little fiscal support for prevention - SJ].
Evidence shows that preventive care through diabetes management programs
can lead to fewer hospital stays and reduced incidence of
life-threatening and costly complications. However, a recent study shows
that some diabetes management programs only realize cost savings after
as many as ten years. Insurers point out that it is rare for anyone to
be covered under the same health care plan for that long. Furthermore,
diabetes complications may not appear for decades - often after a person
is old enough to qualify for Medicare and is no longer covered under a
private health insurance plan.
“Therefore, from a strictly business perspective, it doesn’t pay
for insurers to invest in the health of their patients. However, from a
common sense perspective, it doesn’t seem right to deny coverage for
blood glucose test strips, but then pay for an amputation. Many proposed
healthcare reforms center around changing this ‘short term’ mindset
so that patients will be healthier throughout their lives, and not just
for that brief window of time when a particular payer happens to be
covering their healthcare expenses.”
Over the balance of the year, Health Care Now! (HCN) will keep you
posted on the effort of the illness prevention establishment to break
the bonds of the insurance company dominated health care services and
illness treatment establishment. A showdown of titans? Maybe not as
immediately dramatic as Beowulf versus Grendel or even the Earps versus
the Clantons, but clearly a defining struggle for the future of the
nation’s understanding of the meaning of personal and community health
versus health care “coverage.” Are you aware of the dimensions of
this struggle in the local health policy debates right here in the
District of Columbia? We’ll try to help you follow the issues and “players.”
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Food Revolution in DC Schools
Ed Bruske, euclidarms@yahoo.com
Did you hear what Jamie Oliver said last night? Parents should be
really angry about what their kids are being fed in school. Well, there
is a food revolution underway in DC schools and it’s called Parents
for Better DC School Food. We are a Google group, http://tinyurl.com/ye5slv9;
a Facebook page, http://tinyurl.com/y89mehx
; a blog, http://betterdcschoolfood.blogspot.com/
, and you can follow us on Twitter, @dcschoolfood. Please join us, join
the conversation, and spread the word.
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InTowner
Street
Crimes Report Updated
P.L. Wolff, intowner@intowner.com
The Selected Street Crimes feature, while no longer included in the
print edition but instead available exclusively on our web site by
clicking the Street Crimes button directly below that for Community
News, is now updated through March 14th and has been added to the
archived reports back to July 3, 2009.
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[Re: Jack McKay, “The Metropolitan Police and Immigration,”
themail, March 17] It is a crime, punishable by a fine and up to six
months in jail, to sneak across the border “without inspection.” It
is estimated that 60 percent of illegal aliens get here this way. I have
included the law below. The reason for the civil penalties is that civil
cases can be disposed of quickly. If we were to try everyone for the
crime of illegal entry, with all the additional prescribed safeguards,
the courts would be overwhelmed. Indeed, most illegal entrants are not
even subjected to civil penalties, but simply sent back across the
border.
What about the other 40 percent? For reasons best known to the US
Chamber of Commerce, various ethnic organizations, travel agencies, and
airlines, coming here with a visa and overstaying that visa is not a
crime. I am reasonably sure that no other First World country would lack
laws against overstayers. It’s weird that around two hundred thousand
or more people are added to our population each year this way, and the
only remedy is deportation. Once deported, however, should one try this
again, one could be in a lot more trouble. Also, if visa overstayers
work (which is what they do), that is a crime, and if they use a false
identity that could be yet another crime. In other words, to the extent
that illegal entry is not treated as a crime, it is merely a concession
to the fact of the tremendous numbers versus the limited resources. Do
we have jails for a half million more illegals every year? Have we
holding areas? Have we medical facilities, have we court rooms, judges,
court appointed lawyers?
And even if illegal immigration were not a crime, what is Jack McKay
defending? We have laws limiting who may come here. We are said to
believe in the rule of law and that that is the source of our success.
These laws are crucial to our sovereignty, our environment, our way of
life, our potential to have a job and earn a decent living. If we had no
law against murder, would murder then be okay? Jack McKay is a crock.
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The Race and Revolution Already Began
Valencia Mohammed, Leo Alexander for Mayor Campaign, vmohammed16@aol.com
The revolution and race for mayor of DC started long ago while
Vincent Gray was waiting for his Geritol and other energy pills to act.
If your electronic newspaper were governed by the FCC then you would owe
the same amount of publicity, words, etc., to Leo Alexander, a declared
candidate for mayor since September 14, 2009. In “Now It’s a Race”
[themail, March 31], it appears that Gray has been endorsed by DCWatch.
While it seems that the authors of this venue may be excited, for many
others not duped by the media, Gray puts them to sleep. Gray is 68;
maybe the authors of DCWatch feel more comfortable with someone running
in their age bracket.
This race will be quite different from the past, when Gray slid into
office with the help of the Barry machine. Sure, there are Barry
organizers in his camp, but the machine has been split between those who
were well paid by Fenty and others drawn to the mega-millions of
Peebles. It’s a recession and tens of thousands of black people have
been unemployed and desperate for money. While campaigning, there’s
not a day passed when some well-respected organizer calls the office to
tell Leo Alexander that they love his campaign and will vote for him,
but they are about to go into foreclosure, lost their job with the
government, or unemployment ran out, and they will be working for his
opponent. Money is the motivating factor, not hope and vision for a new
day in DC. The political antics of the Fenty administration and Gray’s
“rubber stamping leadership” have left most black people in the
lurch. It’s not Fenty, Gray, or Peebles they support. Some people are
looking for a candidate who pays that won’t insult them later. On the
other hand, Alexander is looking for people who understand that the
majority of people involved in freeing blacks from slavery and the civil
rights movement were not paid, they volunteered for the cause.
Neither Fenty nor Alexander has rested one day in the last six
months. Rain and shine, both candidates and their supporters have been
knocking door-to-door and hitting the pavement while Gray and Peebles
relied solely on the media to push their names and drum up campaign
interests. The “Anybody bur Fenty” movement will not translate that
easily to votes for Gray like some people think. So keep pumping your
man while Alexander continues to knock on doors on Gray’s turf to find
out that many residents in Ward 7 and across the city don’t like
Chairman Gray or his politics. This is not the season for incumbents to
continue or advance. Gray and Fenty are going into retirement.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Dupont Circle Citizens Association, April 5
Robin Diener, president@dupont-circle.org
At the meeting of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association on Monday,
April 5, at 7:30 p.m., at the Hotel Dupont, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue,
NW, a representative of the National Park Service will discuss plans for
Dupont Circle Park. However, there will not be the previously scheduled
presentation on streetcars by the District Department of Transportation
(DDOT). Rather, there will be a panel discussion on this topic at a
future meeting.
The 2010 DCCA Nominating Committee will present its slate of nominees
for officers and board members: Robin Diener, president; Debbie
Schreiber, first vice president; Charles H. Ellis, III, second vice
president; Ingrid Peterson, Secretary; James Dudney, treasurer; Rosemary
Carr, board member (three-year term); Yara Freeman, board member
(two-year term); Ruth Horn, board member (three-year term); Mary Lord,
board member (two-year term); and Doug Rogers, board member (ones-year
term). Short biographies of nominees are available on DCCA’s web site,
http://www.dupont-circle.org.
Members may also put forward nominations from the floor at the April 5
meeting. For board eligibility requirements, please consult the DCCA
bylaws on the web site. The election will be held at the annual meeting,
scheduled for Monday, May 3, 2010. Members must be present at that time
to vote.
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Get on the Metro to Rally for Public
Education, April 10
Candi Peterson, saveourcounselors@gmail.com
Join together with teachers, students, parents, and community members
to demand that Arne Duncan, Mayor Fenty, and Chancellor Rhee stop toying
with our students’ lives. Make your voices heard along with teachers
and students from Michigan, Connecticut, California, Virginia, and
others. Take a stand against attacks on teachers, unfair IMPACT
evaluation schemes, removal of competent principals, wrongful employee
terminations, inequity in public school funding, and privatization of
public education. No matter your reason, join us at a defend public
education rally on Saturday, April 10 at noon at the US Department of
Education located at 400 Maryland Avenue SW (closest to L’Enfant
Metro, 6th Street exit). E-mail inquiries to saveourcounselors@gmail.com
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Potomac River Watershed Cleanup, April 10
James Merrill, merrillj@ruderfinn.com
The twenty-second annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup will take
place on Saturday, April 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. In an effort
to reduce litter in our waterways, the Alice Ferguson Foundation (AFF)
is looking for volunteers and site leaders to remove trash and debris
from the Potomac River at hundreds of cleanup sites throughout
Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The
annual cleanup is part of the larger Trash Free Potomac Watershed
Initiative, which seeks to have the watershed trash free by 2013.
“We started the Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative because the
problem with litter in our waterways is more severe than many in the
community believe,” said Tracy Bowen, executive director of the Alice
Ferguson Foundation. “The Potomac River makes up 80 percent of the
metro area’s drinking water and is a tremendous source of recreation.
The pollution of the water from trash is harmful not only from a visual
standpoint, but also with respect to public health and our regional
economy. Through these efforts, we want to create a greater awareness of
this challenge.”
Trash and debris has a negative effect on many aspects of life
throughout the area. The problems that it creates include: harm to
wildlife and degrades marine habitats; decreased fish catch revenue;
decreased property value; hurts business, recreation and tourism; a
financial burden for local governments which require increased funds for
cleanup and removal; and a threat to public health due to the increased
breeding grounds for virus carrying insects and rodents. The cleanup, a
vital component of this initiative, depends on volunteers to help
achieve its goals. To volunteer, please visit the cleanup web site at http://www.PotomacCleanup.org
or contact Becky Horner at 518-7415. All volunteers will receive gloves
and trash bags on-site, and those interested in participating as a site
leader will receive training through AFF.
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National Building Museum Events, April 10
Johanna Weber, jweber@nbm.org
April 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Construction Watch Tour: Arena Stage
Redux. Anna Streufert, Clark Construction Group, leads a tour of the
renovation and expansion of Arena Stage, nearing completion in southwest
DC. Designed by Vancouver-based Bing Thom Architects, the project
includes a new 200-seat theater, prominent cantilever roof, and
undulating glass curtain wall. $25, members only. Prepaid registration
required.
April 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Pop-Up Architecture. Experience the
street you live on in a whole new way by creating a pop-up version!
Learn how to make basic folded pop-up structures, develop your
dimensional design skills, and bring architecture to life in this fun,
creative 3-D workshop. $10 per child, member; $15 per child, nonmembers;
adults free. Prepaid registration required; ages eight and up. At the
National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Judiciary Square Metro
station. Register for both events at http://www.nbm.org.
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Safe Shores Child Prevention Training, April
13-28
Jessica Gallimore, stewardsofchildren@safeshores.org
In recognition of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month this
April, Safe Shores is offering free educational opportunities for
child-serving professionals and caring adults. Stewards of Children is a
revolutionary interactive prevention training program developed by
Darkness to Light, a national child sexual abuse prevention
organization. This program educates adults to take simple, proactive to
protect children from sexual abuse, including how to prevent, recognize
and react responsibly.
Training Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; registration
deadline, April 9. Thursday, April 22, 8:30 p.m.-12:00 p.m.;
registration deadline, April 20. Saturday, April 24, 10:00 a.m.-12:30
p.m.; registration deadline, April 22. Wednesday, April 28, 5:30
p.m.-8:00 p.m.; registration deadline, April 23. All trainings are being
held at Safe Shores’ NEW Home and Learning Center, 429 O Street, NW.
For registration information, please visit http://www.safeshores.org/prevention.
For more information, contact Jessica Galimore at stewardsofchildren@safeshores.org.
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