Dear Ward 8 Residents:

Please join us for our 2nd Annual Ward 8 Trunk & Treat in partnership with Bullying is not Dope this Saturday, October 29th, from 4 pm - 7 pm. The event will be held at Oxon Run Park on the Wheeler Road SE & Valley Avenue SE side near the basketball courts. This is a free, family-friendly event.

There will be many fun activities for children, such as a game truck, bounce house, hayrides, face painting, food, drinks, concession snacks, and live performances.

We strongly encourage children and their families to get into the Halloween spirit and wear costumes. Get creative with your costume and put something together from items in your home that you already have.

See you Saturday,
Trayon White, Sr.
Councilmember, Ward 8


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Join Councilmember Trayon White Sr., alongside community partners for a 10-mile bike ride around the great Ward 8.
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COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION NOTICE

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Director of Community Affairs: Emanuel D. Briggs
(202)787-2003 or [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Greetings DC Water Community Stakeholders:

As the project in your area moves forward, we want to inform you that the Contractor will be working at 700 Southern Avenue SE this evening beginning at 8:00pm. Specifically, they will be relocating an existing 8-inch water main, installing new 8-inch water main, all while performing a number of other construction activities at this location. This portion of work should take approximately 8 hours to complete, and there will be scheduled water service outage to customers at the following addresses during the work:
* 860 Southern Avenue SE
* 820 Southern Avenue SE
* 800 Southern Avenue SE
* 814 Southern Avenue SE
* 700 Southern Avenue SE (Johenning Baptist Church)

All affected customers listed above have been given the standard 48-hour notification prior to this portion of work and scheduled water service outage.

We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your continued patience as this critical portion of work is completed.

For any additional questions or concerns, please contact our 24-Hour Emergency/Command Center at (202) 612-3400.


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Passport Acceptance Office

Planning some international travel for the holidays and need a passport? You can apply for a new passport at DC Public Library's Passport Acceptance Office, located on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Please note that the office does not accept passport renewals. To learn more, including the office's hours and what you will need to bring to apply for a passport, visit the Passport Acceptance Office page linked below. Questions? Call 202-727-3257 or email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

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B24-0946 Eliminating Restrictive and Segregated Enclosures.

The Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs held a meeting on Thursday, October 20th on legislation that would prohibit nearly all forms of segregated confinement for incarcerated individuals. If passed, this legislation would apply to institutions that are controlled, owned, and operated by the DC Department of Corrections and The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

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The Mayor-Council Breakfast

On Tuesday, October 25th, Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted the first Mayor-Council breakfast since January 2020.

The Mayor, Administration officials, and councilmembers discussed career opportunities at DC Government, tourism and the District’s recovery efforts, and public safety.

Councilmember White spoke about the hospitality industry and asked questions about the rise in the cost of hotel rates and Airbnb.

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Councilmember Trayon White addresses public safety concerns at the Mayor-Council breakfast.

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Press Conference held on October 21, 2022, in front of MPD Headquarters following a viral video showing officers using excessive force in arrests.

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Councilmember Trayon White held a press conference following a video of MPD officers using excessive force in arrests.

On October 15th, Councilmember White received numerous calls from the community about Metropolitan Police Officers (MPD) using excessive force to arrest two residents, who will be referred to as "TJ" and "TC," on Stanton Road, SE.

MPD officers reported to the location following a report of rounds of gunfire. Councilmember White arrived at the scene around 10:45 pm to follow up on a disturbance.

"There is no doubt MPD officers used excessive force to make an arrest. The cell phone footage clearly shows an officer slamming TJ into a fence before throwing him to the ground and kicking him. The video also shows a second individual, TC, being forcibly taken into custody by officers," stated Councilmember White in a press statement.

Councilmember White spoke to the families and held a press conference in front of MPD headquarters located at 300 Indiana Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.

Councilmember Trayon White had the opportunity to meet the brilliant young minds at Johnson Middle School.

Councilmember Trayon White had the opportunity to meet the brilliant young minds at Johnson Middle School. The Councilmember met students from Mr. Haas’ Social Studies/Geography class as well as students in Ms. Montgomery’s class.
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WASHINGTON - Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White ([link removed]) and community activists criticized members of the D.C. Police Department Friday for using what White described as "unacceptable" and "excessive use of force" during an arrest ([link removed]) this week.

The altercation between several officers and a group of men was captured on a cellphone camera ([link removed]) Thursday night in Southeast D.C.

In the video, which has since gone viral on social media, an officer can be seen pushing a man against a short fence. The man’s back bends backward before he's hurled to the ground. Community members can be heard shouting at the officers, accusing them of breaking the man’s back.

As another man grapples with police, a voice can be heard wailing in the background. It’s not clear who was screaming. Police told FOX 5 that the two men involved, and the officers sustained injuries.

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A new bill in the D.C. Council would open up the city to multiple mobile sports betting apps, effectively undoing the virtual monopoly currently held by the D.C. Lottery and its widely criticized GambetDC app.

The measure, authored ([link removed]) by Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), would also terminate the city’s current sole-source contract with Intralot — the Greek gaming giant that operates the city’s lottery and developed the Gambet app — when it’s up for renewal in 2024, and require that any future lottery and sports betting contract be competitively bid.

Silverman’s bill addresses some of the simmering frustrations with GambetDC and the controversial sole-source contract that the D.C. Council granted Intralot in 2019 to develop the sports betting app ([link removed]) for the D.C. Lottery.
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