This quarterly publication covers the research, teaching, and institutional partnership activities of the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) at the University of the District of Columbia. WRRI activities focus on the uses, quality, and management of the water and aquatic life of the Anacostia River and Potomac River watersheds. WRRI is one of the 54 state water institutes established by the U.S. government's Water Resources Research Act of 1964.
"Water Highlights," Vol. 5, No. 1 was published in September 2011.
A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil by Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton. New Society Publishers, 2009
Last month I was privileged to portray abolitionist and educator Charlotte Forten at the “In Her Honor” reception to honor the service of women in the Washington DC neighborhoods of Pleasant Plains/Park View. This traditionally black neighborhood in northwest Washington, DC, anchored by Howard University, was home to an orphanage with its roots in the Civil War era.