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🎃👻 Ward 7, it’s time for a SPOOKY GOOD time! 👻🎃

Join us for the Ward 7 Trunk or Treat Extravaganza on Saturday, October 31, from 5–7 PM at RFK Lot 6 (575 Oklahoma Ave NE, at Benning Road & Oklahoma Ave NE)!

Bring the family for an evening of Halloween fun, treats, and community! 🍬🍭

🚗 Want to decorate your trunk? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/Ward7TrunkOrTreatCars26

🍬 Want to bring the little ones for treats? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/Ward7TrunkOrTreat2026

Costumes encouraged. Good times guaranteed! 🕷️🦇

#Ward7 #TrunkOrTreat #Ward7DC #Halloween2026

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Today, we honor Indigenous peoples, their history, cultures, resilience, and lasting contributions to our communities and our country.

#indigenouspeoplesday reminds us why learning our history matters. We must understand the challenges of our past, recognize the challenges and opportunities we face today, and work together to build a better future.

As a @dcsboe representative, I believe our students deserve to learn history from different perspectives, including the stories and experiences of Indigenous peoples.

Here in DC, that means recognizing the history and contributions of Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and Piscataway peoples, whose connections to this region long predate our city.

Learning history is about more than knowing what happened. It is about asking questions, understanding one another, learning from past mistakes, and making better choices moving forward.

We cannot change our past, but we can learn from it, take action today, and build a better future for generations to come. 💛

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Technology in Schools: Closing the Digital Divide in DC

Today, I submitted written testimony to the DC Council Committee of the Whole addressing technology access, digital literacy, and educational equity across our city, particularly in Wards 7 and 8.

As a Ward 7 resident, parent, and educator with more than 15 years of experience, I believe providing students with laptops and tablets is only the beginning.

Access to technology does not automatically equal digital literacy.

Historical research from the Urban Institute documented significant disparities in household broadband access:

Ward 7: 45%
Ward 8: 48%
Ward 3: 86%

These figures demonstrate longstanding inequities that demand updated data, intentional investment, and measurable solutions.

My testimony calls for:

* Comprehensive Pre-K–12 digital literacy standards.
* Equitable access to devices and reliable internet.
* Technology training for educators and families.
* Responsible artificial intelligence education.
* Greater accountability for technology investments.
* Public reporting on digital equity across all eight wards.

Our students should graduate prepared for college, careers, entrepreneurship, and whatever opportunities they choose to pursue.

A child’s ZIP code should never determine their access to educational opportunity.

Our children deserve more than access to technology. They deserve the ability to use technology to build their futures.

Digital Literacy. Brighter Futures. Stronger Communities.

What technology skills do you believe every DC student should have before graduating?

#DigitalEquity #Ward7DC #Ward8DC #DCEducation #EducationalEquity

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🚨 ERIC’S LAW IS OFFICIALLY LAW! 🦋

This week we celebrate a powerful step toward making unseen disabilities seen in the District of Columbia.

I’m incredibly proud that the Eric’s Law resolution I brought before the @dcsboe was unanimously passed in May, helping lay the groundwork for this legislation.

Thank you to Councilmembers @cmzparker5 and @cmlewisgeorgew4 for introducing Eric’s Law and to Councilmember @cmcharlesallen for being a champion as this legislation moved through committee and toward final passage.

And most importantly, thank you @eric_grantham for your vision 🙏🏾

This is what advocacy looks like: listening to families, bringing their experiences to the table, building support, and turning an idea into lasting policy.

Eric’s Law will help make sure that people with hidden and non-apparent disabilities have a way to communicate their needs and receive understanding when they need it most.

One more step toward a DC where we see people for who they are and make space for everyone.

Eric’s Law is official! 🦋

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I am pleased to inform you that in addition to the WPFW 89.3FM on-air debate Oct 14th @ 5pm we have now confirmed the McKinley Tech Student Civic Engagement Candidate Debate. This in-person debate in the 1.5k auditorium will take place on Friday, October 23, 2026. 6pm - 8pm

The evening will proceed as follows:

Ward 5 D.C. State Board of Education Candidate Debate
Candidate Arrival: 5:30 PM
Debate: 6:00–7:00 PM
Candidates: Lynn Jennings and Jon Alfuth

Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives Candidate Debate
Candidate Arrival: 6:30 PM
Debate: 7:00–8:00 PM
Candidates: Robert White, Denise Rosado, and Kymone Freeman

At the center of this event will be the students.

McKinley Tech students will develop and ask three questions during each debate, focusing on issues that matter to young people, their education, their communities, and the future of Washington, D.C. Each candidate within a race will receive the same student questions and an equal opportunity to respond.

Following the student-led portion of each debate, the conversation will transition to Dr. Jacque Patterson, President of the D.C. State Board of Education, who will serve as moderator and continue the discussion with an additional series of questions for the candidates.

I am Not Republican
I am Not Democrat
I'm DC #freedc

Freeman4congress.com 💚
No @dcstatehood51 No Federal Income Taxes

"We Need a Radical Revolution of Values" - #MLK

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🚸 Our crossing guards should not have to risk their lives to get our children safely across the street.

Today, I spoke with Ms. Didi, a longtime crossing guard serving families near KIPP on Benning Road in ANC 7E. She shared that drivers have nearly struck her while she helps students and families cross safely. I have witnessed these dangers firsthand: during arrival and dismissal, cars double park, traffic backs up, and some drivers speed or drive recklessly through the school zone.

I am requesting that DDOT immediately open a formal traffic safety investigation, conduct on-site reviews during arrival and dismissal, and provide the community with a written timeline for corrective action. DDOT should evaluate and implement near-term measures—including additional crossing support, high-visibility signage and markings, daylighting, traffic-calming treatments, and targeted enforcement—and determine whether automated traffic enforcement can be deployed lawfully and quickly.

I am also calling on DDOT, KIPP, Councilmember Wendell Felder, Transportation & Environment Committee Chair Charles Allen, Chairman Phil Mendelson, State Board of Education leadership, families, and crossing guards to convene a coordination meeting before the next school term. The meeting should establish safer arrival and dismissal procedures, including a clear traffic-management plan, designated loading and drop-off areas, enforcement responsibilities, and a public process for tracking progress and resolving hazards.

A school zone should feel like a school zone.

Our children deserve to get to school safely, and our crossing guards deserve to return home safely.

Safer streets. Safer school zones. Safer Ward 7.

#Ward7 #ANC7E #SafeRoutesToSchool #TrafficSafety #SaferStreets

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Oh marvelous Monday has arrived again. This week is about setting a new morning routine for the #StamperBoys because we are working towards zero tardies and on time attendance! PJ expressed that he wanted to be on time this week and Patrick not to be left out of course wants perfect attendance to earn a dress down day. That means the Stamper Family needs to be walking out of the house on time every weekday morning! As a single mother and educator I know for a fact routine is vital to ensure improved behavior and more regulated children. Plus I am blessed to have before care and after care this school year! *Insert praise dance* #StamperFamily #StamperBoys #StameprOnTheMove #StamperForWard7

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It’s the first weekend of October! 🍂🎃

The weather is changing, the Halloween decorations are starting to pop up, and fall is definitely making its way through Ward 7.

This weekend, take a little time to get outside and enjoy our city. Take a walk through the neighborhood. Check out the decorations. Find a free event. Support something local. Spend some time with family, friends, and neighbors—or simply enjoy a little fresh air and a moment to yourself.

There is so much beauty, creativity, and community right here in Ward 7. Sometimes we just have to slow down long enough to enjoy it.

Have a safe and beautiful weekend, Ward 7—and have a great weekend, D.C.! 🍁

Get outside. Be in community. Enjoy the weather. Enjoy our city. And most importantly, be safe. 💛

#Ward7 #WashingtonDC #DCCommunity #FallInDC #Ward7DC

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So y’all know I love a good field trip and this one to the @eascarpenters Training Facility did NOT disappoint. 🦺🔨

We got into the nuts and bolts of carpentry careers, apprenticeship pathways, and the life changing skills our students need to build a future and literally build projects like RFK.

Career pathways aren’t just about getting a job. They’re about building skills, confidence, and economic opportunity.

Let’s make sure DC students can see themselves in every pathway and have a real path to get there. 🛠️

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Happy 1st of the month! Today is October 1st 2026 and if you are reading this you are alive! I am thankful I made it to another month another day another opportunity to celebrate my boys! I am so proud of each of my kiddos! #PJStamper is working hard to maintain As & Bs so he can earn 1st honors for the 1st quarter!

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Thank you, @wlapcs for the opportunity to engage in today’s DC AI Collaborative conversation on the Current State of EdTech, TeenTech, and AI.

@dcpcsb
@dcsboe

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