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Ms. Adwoa Beidleman-Aggrey reflects on her life, training, and involvement as a member and President of the Washington Section, National Council of Negro Women. She shares candid conversations and her insights concerning issues affecting some of the needs faced by women and their families.

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David Reed discusses the murder of Yulanda Ward, the subsequent investigation, and the end of the City Wide Housing Coalition.

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David Reed discusses the murder of Yulanda Ward, the subsequent investigation, and the end of the City Wide Housing Coalition.

Abstract Ms. Deborah Gilliam-Stevenson reflects on her life and involvement as a member of the Washington Section of the National Council of Negro Women. She shares candid conversation and insights concerning the impact of a few of the programs of the Washington Section of the National Council of Negro Women from the 1980s to the present time. Ms. Gilliam-Stevenson offers inspirations for life, personal development, and commitment to community service. She discussed some of the needs in the community...

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Debra Frazier discusses her background, becoming an organizer, and becoming involved in public housing organizing within her community of Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg and beyond.

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Dominic Moulden discusses his background, organizing efforts working with tenants and black-owned small businesses in D.C., and the importance of political education in organizing.

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Esther Siegel discusses her background, the effort to create a limited-equity cooperative at her apartment complex, her work helping tenants across the city turn their buildings into cooperatives, and her work training co-op members nationally and internationally.

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Esther Siegel discusses her background, the effort to create a limited-equity cooperative at her apartment complex, her work helping tenants across the city turn their buildings into cooperatives, and her work training co-op members nationally and internationally.

Abstract Ms. Thomas discusses growing up in North Brentwood, just outside D.C., her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, other people treating her as a girl from a young age, the importance of support from her family, how D.C. was the center of things and where she found community with transgender women, sex work, the AIDS epidemic and working as a home health aide, her involvement with gay, transgender and HIV/AIDS organizations including Transgender Health...

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Ms. Inez Davis reflects on her life and involvement as a member and past president of the Washington Section of the National Council of Negro Women. She holds a wealth of knowledge concerning the organization and the section programs’ impact in the community. Ms. Inez Davis discusses some of the challenges and some changes needed to ensure the future of the organization and section.