GIVING | A Forbes article about women-led philanthropic organizations investing in female populations praises the Washington Area Women’s Foundation as a model of success. (Forbes, 3/28)
COMMUNITY | Congratulations to David Bowers, a steering committee member of the Community Development Support Collaborative, for being awarded the Livable Communities Leadership Award from the Coalition for Smarter Growth! David joins the ranks of previous honorees Dan Tangherlini, Bob Peck, and Harriet Tregonning, among others, and will be honored at a reception in May.
THE DISTRICT | Mayor Gray delivered his first State of the District speech last night, down-playing the controversy surrounding his administration and instead focusing on “improving education, generating jobs and reducing crime.” Returning to the theme of his campaign, he said, “I will work to make one city out of the two very different realities that coexist today.” (WaPo, 3/29)
- Related: Full speech text.
POLICY | GOP lawmakers to unveil own plan to wind down Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (WaPo, 3/29) “[I]t mirrors the Obama administration’s approach to shutting down the taxpayer-backed mortgage giants but only on a faster timetable.”
HEALTH | Opinion: Putting D.C.’s health-care agency on the right track by director of the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance Wayne M. Turnage. (WaPo, 3/29) “Mayor Vincent Gray has set four priorities for the agency: improving health outcomes; strengthening program integrity; improving oversight of and increasing Medicaid billing for public providers; and implementing health-care reform.”
ARTS | Have you heard about Bank of America’s Museums on Us program? If you are a BofA/Merrill Lynch cardholder, you get free access to more than 150 museums across the country the first weekend of every month – including The Phillips Collection and National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C.
HIV/AIDS | Needle Exchange Could Lose Funding (WAMU, 3/29)
EDUCATION
- Rhee, D.C. Board of Ed. Respond To Test Tampering Allegations (DCist, 3/29)
- Montgomery County charter schools blocked again (WaPo, 3/29)
- In D.C., Nia Community Public Charter School and Ideal Academy Public Charter School might lose their charters. (Examiner, 3/29)
