This one was awesome because there was actually a cup of coffee on the railing. First person to get the location gets a free PoP t-shirt:
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I know there’s been some interest on Roof Decks getting installed so I wanted to share these photos. I stumbled upon the finishing touches of an installation in Columbia Heights.
It’s interesting how they built the deck over/around the chimney. I guess no more fires for that fire place…
Photo from PoPville flickr user mediaslave
It’s Amy from Free in DC happy to be back with you here at PoP! Below you will find a list of free and low cost events to choose from tonight and this weekend!
Highlights for Thursday April 22nd – Sunday April 25th
Tonight, you can head over to Busboys and Poets at 5th & K for a chance to hear SpeakeasyDC storytellers perform for free as part of The Big Read, 7pm -8pm or head over to Politics and Prose for a free author event at 7pm with Andrew Young and Kabir Sehgal – Walk in My Shoes. At 6pm tonight at Macy’s Metro Center, Chef Marcus Samuelsson from Bravo’s Top Chef Master is also giving a free Cooking Demo at 6:00pm, RSVP is suggested. It’s also the new date for the “Give Me a Vote” Mural Jam with Albus Cavus from 4pm – 8pm where you can paint your own hand as part of this collective mural project.
During the day this weekend…
It’s the first of two weekends for the Annual Embassy Open Houses, Passport DC! This Saturday from 10am – 4pm you can tour over 30 embassies. Next Saturday, May 8th, EU Embassies will be highlighted, more here. If you want to head out to Greenbelt, MD, there is a free all day festival, The Crazy Quilt Music Festival, from 10am – 11pm. On Sunday, you can visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts for free, for their monthly first Sunday community day. It’s also the new date for the “Bow Wow Pow Wow” from 11am – 5pm in Adams Morgan, a festival for dogs originally scheduled for last Sunday. The Embassy of France is also hosting a French Street Festival from 12:30pm – 6pm on Sunday, $5 to get in, looks like it should be fun for all ages.
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The photo below by photographer Dave Adams was one of the winners of the 51 Faces of DC: Census 2010 Portraits Contest by DCCAH.
Killer porch from up in north Cleveland Park.
Creperie, Chinatown by DC Photographer Mike Hicks. Join the LOOKDC group.
Photo by Danny Harris
Danny Harris is a DC-based photographer, DJ, and collector of stories. In September, he launched People’s District, a blog that tells a people’s history of DC by sharing the stories and images of its residents. Every day, People’s District presents a different Washingtonian sharing his or her insights on everything from Go Go music to homelessness to fashion to politics. You can read his previous columns here.
“I was born in Poland, but I grew up in Italy. In 1958, I was molested by a Catholic priest at the age of 15. He was the priest of a small village where I was camping in the mountains on Italy. To this day, I still do not know the name of the priest. He offered to tutor me in Latin and then he molested me. In my case, it was only once. I can’t imagine what it is like for people who are molested more than once. I was so traumatized. It was literally like being hit by lightning.
“After that, I was totally crushed and helpless. My first thought was that I ruined my life forever. My personality changed. I started to stutter and it stunted my growth. It made me insecure and withdrawn. When I went back to high school, people used to ask me why I was so sad all of the time. I used to tell them that my best friend died to get them off my back. The worse thing is that I blocked it out of my mind for 39 years.
“When I was 20, I left home and went to Canada by myself to get away from everything. When my younger brother wanted to join me, he was not able to get a Canadian visa, so we moved to Washington in 1963 because the American government was still issuing visas. We served in the U.S. Army together and then I went on to work in construction. I never really made anything of my life as I was so traumatized by my molestation. In my head, I was always a dish washer. My father had two Ph.Ds and a good job in Italy. I disappointed everyone in life, my parents, my wife, and my children. Continues after the jump. (more…)
This photo was shot on 35mm Kodak film with a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm lens. Join the LOOKDC group.
Brighid © 2010 Matt Dunn
This is one of the coolest I’ve seen in a while. Perhaps not that impressive from the above photo but when you see it perched atop this house…
Photo by PoPville flickr user AWard Tour
Youth wrongfully charged in Southeast shootings
rash judgment about 14 year-old and juvenile justice agency led
to escalated tensions rather than responsible dialogue
WASHINGTON, D.C.
In light of new information clearing the wrongfully accused 14 year-old of any connection to the tragic shooting in Southeast D.C., experts and advocates condemn hasty judgments which have misdirected attention to the youth and escalated tensions about the juvenile justice system in the city. The three other individuals allegedly involved in the shootings are all adults. The advocates also condemn the public disclosure of the young person’s name, which brazenly ignores the District’s confidentiality laws which prohibit the identification of court-involved youth.
“While this tragedy rightly required swift response, ignoring the presumption of innocence and the myopic focus on a youth rather than the multiple shooters was unacceptable and irresponsible,” says Daniel Okonkwo, executive director of DC Lawyers for Youth (DCLY), an advocacy group focusing on juvenile justice reform in the city. “Rather than a reasoned exploration of public safety, confidentiality laws were ignored when the young person was publicly accused of a crime he didn’t commit. We need to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
Following the March 30 shootings in Southeast Washington, a 14 year-old was arrested and charged with being the driver of the car involved in the drive-by shooting. But on April 22, the Office of the Attorney General dismissed all 41 charges against the youth after learning that he had no involvement in the planning or execution of the incident. Like many other states, the District of Columbia prohibits the publication of the names of youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Media outlets, policy makers and community members disclosed the name of the 14 year-old youth, who has been cleared of all connection to the shootings.
“The inappropriate focus on the youth has vilified the juvenile justice system and distracted us from important issues relevant to the shooting, like the availability of automatic assault weapons and more coordinated approaches to public safety,” says Okonkwo. “We’ve been talking about derailing juvenile justice reforms that have helped reduce juvenile crime and improved conditions of confinement, rather than talking about ways to prevent violence in our most vulnerable communities. It’s time to get back on track.”
Recent hearings focused on the role of the Department of Youth and Rehabilitative Services (DYRS), although all of the individuals now believed to be associated with the violence are adults. DYRS is nationally recognized for its juvenile justice reforms, which have contributed to more serious youth offenders being confined for longer periods of time and a drop in juvenile re-offense rates.
DCLY supports continued juvenile justice reforms based on experience, research, data-analysis, and a review of best-practices. To further strengthen juvenile justice and crime prevention efforts in the city, DCLY commended Councilmembers Jim Graham, Tommy Wells, and Phil Mendelson for calling for the creation of a Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and urged them to charge ahead with the Commission’s creation despite the fact that no youth was known to be involved in the planning or execution of the March 30 shootings.
“While DYRS has made incredible strides in improving safety for our youth and community, more can be done,” said Eduardo Ferrer, DCLY’s Chief Operating Officer. “The Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform proposed by Councilmembers Graham, Wells, and Mendelson, if implemented correctly, will be a great vehicle for exploring how we can improve current reforms and implement others. This idea should not be scrapped just because those currently charged with the March 30 shooting were all adults. The time to act is now.”
DC Lawyers for Youth is a local non-profit dedicated to improving the D.C. juvenile justice system through advocacy, direct service, and the dissemination of information. By bridging the worlds of ideas and action, DCLY empowers and engages the District’s legal community and youth to effect positive change.