Partying as One For Civic Pride
ONE DC marked its first birthday last week as a citywide group dedicated to issues of racial and economic equity. The party had food, drama and music, including the band No Artificial Ingredients with, from near right, Gerald Johnson, 16, Tedric Wells, 15, and Alex Altskan, 16. Marta Mejia, below, brought daughter Kenia Corea, 5, and niece Eileen Ortega, 8, to the celebration at Immaculate Conception School in Northwest.
(Photos By Rafael Crisostomo -- For The Washington Post)
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It was a coming-out party of sorts last Saturday for Organizing Neighborhood Equity DC (ONE DC), which celebrated its first year as an independent civic organization dedicated to issues of racial and economic equity.
For nine years, the group operated in Shaw as the Manna Community Development Corp., focusing mostly on housing rights, equitable development and access to living-wage jobs. But last March, the group reorganized as ONE DC, an independent citywide organization.
The celebration Saturday at Immaculate Conception School, 711 N St. NW, featured live music, dinner and a theatrical piece, performed in English and Spanish, which dramatized the urban struggles of primarily African American and Latino residents.
For more information about ONE DC, call Executive Director Dominic T. Moulden at 202-232-2915.
