In today’s rundown: D.C. Women’s Agenda helps you get ready for the primary elections in D.C. | The revitalization of one District neighborhood appears to be back on track. | The number of families entering homeless shelters is on the rise. | A D.C. post office may be named after an African-American woman for the first time.
— Tomorrow is primary day in the District of Columbia and Maryland, so be sure to get out and vote! To help you with these very important decisions, D.C. Women’s Agenda (a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner) has put together an election guide that focuses on issues affecting women and girls. Click here to read the guide.
— Efforts to reshape the riverfront area in Southeast D.C. are underway once again after being stalled by the economy. Those working on the development of the area say in another 18 months the neighborhood around Nationals Park will be “ready for prime time.”
— The number of families entering homeless shelters is on the rise, according to the New York Times. The Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that the number of families in shelters went from 131,000 to 170,000 from 2007 to 2009.
— D.C. is on track to name a post office after an African-American woman for the first time, reports WAMU. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton will introduce a bill to Congress that calls for naming the post office by Union Station after Dorothy Height. A leader in the civil rights and women’s rights movements, Height died earlier this year.
