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Loose Lips Jumps Ship
6/21/2007
James Jones, the Loose Lips columnist for Washington City Paper, joins DC Appleseed as a senior program associate.
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Needle Funding Ban May Soon End
6/5/2007
Walter Smith, executive director of DC Appleseed, comments on the possibility of a congressional ban being lifted, which would assist the District's effort to fight AIDS, again allowing D.C. to use local tax dollars for needle-exchange programs.
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City Urged to Pay Attention to Housing and Jobs
4/11/2007
DC Appleseed leads a coalition of community groups to advocate for affordable housing and jobs in the development along the Anacostia River.
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Forum: Framers intended D.C. vote
3/12/2007
Walter Smith, executive director of DC Appleseed, and Rick Bress, partner at law firm Latham & Watkins, respond to an article in The Washington Times about Washington DC voting rights.
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A Breath of Fresh Dialogue in HIV/AIDS Fight
2/27/2007
Featured in a new film, Walter Smith, executive director of DC Appleseed, speaks about DC Appleseed's HIV/AIDS research in the District.
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District of Columbia tries to improve HIV/AIDS initiatives
2/4/2007
The District of Columbia's health director has launched a campaign to address what has been called an AIDS/HIV crisis in the nation's capital.
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District Continues to Fail the Public on HIV-AIDS
1/4/2007
The promises made by former mayor Anthony A. Williams more than a year ago to bolster the battle against HIV have not been realized. The HIV-AIDS epidemic in the District remains disturbing and depressing. The rate of infection remains 10 times the national rate. African American women make up 90 percent of all infected female residents, and many thousands of residents with HIV do not know their status.
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District's HIV Testing Found to Be Falling Short
12/16/2006
A citywide HIV testing campaign, launched with bold pronouncements that brought the District national attention, has been hampered by poor planning and wasted resources in its first six months, according to a report released today by a public advocacy organization.
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AIDS office director meets with activists
10/1/2006
Shortly after the Appleseed Center released its blistering report on the problems at D.C.’s HIV/AIDS Administration, a new director was chosen to head the agency, former AIDS Action Executive Director Marsha Martin.
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When It Brainstorms, It Pours
5/1/2006
Columnist John Kelley updates readers on some interesting ideas from DC Applseed's "Solving DC Problems" contest.
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