In the fundraising world, donors do not often come from the neighborhoods of the people to whom they give. It is quite powerful to suggest that residents in a community can harness their collective strengths to bridge the economic gaps to support local organizations and the individuals they serve. What is even more powerful is through that collective effort, social ills such as poverty, domestic violence, sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS are localized and seen not as just worthy causes, but issues that impact the everyday lives of folks in their community. What is the Village?


Regulating Money in Politics: Creating Cleaner and Fairer Elections


 On January 17 civic activists Bryan Weaver and Sylvia C. Brown filed paperwork with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) to establish the D.C. Committee to Restore the Public Trust. The committee will work to get a ballot initiative to ban corporate contributions to D.C.’s political funds on the November 6 general election ballot.

Political funds include candidate campaign committees, constituent service funds, legal defense funds, and transition and inaugural committees

The Council of the District of Columbia debated and passed an overhaul of city ethics laws in the wake of a guilty plea by former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. in late December 2010. Members of the Council and the Mayor continue to be under legal scrutiny. During the debate, however, amendments to regulate political contributions were knocked down. 
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Ward 7 (and Friends) Neighborhood Holiday Party

Smith Commons
The 2nd Annual Ward 7 (and Friends) Neighborhood Holiday Party, held on December 18, 2011, saw a doubling in attendees from the year before and a tripling in funds raised. At the end of the evening, we had over 100 participants and provided $250 worth of gift cards to five Ward 7 families served through East River Family Strengthening Collaborative. In addition, we received generous donations from Smith Commons and DC CHEW (Community, Harvest, Education, Ward 7). 



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