Click here to download a copy of the November CHV News.

In the November News:

• Would you like a Thanksgiving meal delivered to your home? Or, join others for dinner? CHV can make it happen—and there are opportunities for volunteers to pack and deliver meals.
  
• Urban farming, community gardens, nutritious fresh food for DC residents. Josh Singer and
  DMV Urban Greens’ Taboris Robinson are building local food economies.
  
• Time to start thinking about year-end charitable giving; we have pointers for gifts to
  Capitol Hill Village.
  
• Medicare enrollment is open; we’ve got what you need to know.

Thank you to Insight for Sponsoring CHV for the month of November!

Interested in sponsoring CHV for a month? To find out more, contact Judy Berman for details: jberman@capitolhillvillage.org.

Capitol Hill Village is hiring! We are seeking a fulltime Member Services Coordinator to join our staff. Applications must be sent in by October 29th. For the full job description and how to apply please go to the job openings section of our website.

Click here to download a PDF of the CHV October Village News.

Interested in sponsoring CHV for a month? To find out more, contact Judy Berman for details: jberman@capitolhillvillage.org.

Click here to download a PDF of the September CHV News.

• Home health care aide training, a key priority of the CHV Advocacy Team, takes a step forward in the City Council budget. See page 1.
  
• CHV Board President Bruce Brennan, who steps aside at the end of the year, introduces leadership for the coming year. See page 4.
  
• CHV is on social media; learn how to get connected. See page 5.
  
• District Dialogues—CHV’s contribution to conversations on race and justice—explored how a novel approach to urban gardening is helping to address food insecurity in DC. See page 10.
  
• The LGBTQ Intergenerational Symposium, September 24-25, will be filled with panel discussions, wellness sessions, and opportunities for fun and making connections. See pages 11 and 24.
  
• Norm Metzger reflects on some positives after a rather calamitous year. See page 13.
  
• For people with hearing loss, video captioning is invaluable; Vira Sisolak outlines how to enable captions including on Zoom. See page 14.

Thank you to Age-Friendly DC for Sponsoring CHV for the month of September!

Interested in sponsoring CHV for a month? To find out more, contact Judy Berman for details: jberman@capitolhillvillage.org.

Click here to download a PDF of the July/August Village News.

In the July-August CHV News:

• Be Cool, Capitol Hill.  Tips for avoiding the heat and how you can access one of the DC Cooling Centers. See pages 1 & 2.
  
• The CHV Advocacy Team continues its push to close gaps in availability and pay for home health aides—in testimony before the DC Council Committee on Health. See page 5.
  
• The National Park Service is seeking community input on the redesign of Anacostia Park, a redesign that will form a continuous link for people on both sides of the Anacostia river. See page 5.
  
• The CHV Anti-Racist Reading Group winds up a year of in-depth focus on three acclaimed books. Judy Canning reflects on their impact. See page 8.
  
• The Jon Genderson Memorial Fund helps ensure that any resident of Capitol Hill can join and participate in the benefits of the Capitol Hill Village.  We have a $10,000 match challenge for contributions received by July 20. Join us July 15 for an in-person gathering on the Hill! See pages 11 and 15.

Click here to download a PDF of the June 2021 Village News.

In the June Issue:

• Don’t miss your chance to hear Sam Horn, former executive director of the Maui Writers Conference (named “Best Writers Conference in the World” by Writers Digest), who will be guest speaker for the CHV Memoirs Affinity Group at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24 (via Zoom). See page 1.
• The Capitol Hill Village Literary Club has chosen the 10 books that will be discussed during the upcoming year. The Club alternates fiction and non-fiction, and also devotes a meeting to poetry. New Literary Club participants are invited; some Village members attend regularly, and others attend when they want to read the assigned book. See page 5.
• On June 3, the Capitol Hill Village Antiracist Reading Group had its final discussion of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. Author Heather McGhee’s central thesis is that society should be a cooperative project, not a zero-sum game. The group agreed to read over the summer White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, by Robin DiAngelo, and to discuss the book when we meet in late September. See page 6.

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Click here to download a PDF of the May 2021 Village News.

Click here to download a PDF of the April 2021 Village News.

Thank you to National Capital Bank for their sponsorship of CHV during the month of April!

Interested in sponsoring CHV for a month? To find out more, contact Judy Berman for details: jberman@capitolhillvillage.org.

Didn’t get to attend this month’s Village Voices? You can check out the recording on our youtube channel! We heard from Tamara Copeland, who discussed what it means to be a “first” amid the evolving racial dynamics in the United States. Village Voices is a monthly public event showcasing the lives and expertise of Capitol Hill residents through discussions and presentations.

Watch the recording at: https://youtu.be/Vgp5bT2Tng4