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As we come to the close of another year, Destiny – Pride is honored to have as the Spotlight for the month of December 2012, Mr. Phinis Jones, businessman and President of Capitol Services Management, Inc., a construction / real estate company located here in the District of Columbia. Mr. Jones has been doing business in the…

We are honored to have as our Spotlight for the month of November 2012, the Honorable City Council Chairman, Philip Heath Mendelson, who prefers “Phil” Mendelson. Chairman Mendelson previously served as an At-Large Member of the DC City Council, and was elected Chairman by the Council following the resignation of Chairman Kwame Brown in June. Chairman…

Our spotlight for the month of October 2012 is someone with whom I have worked for numerous years during my employment at the Department of Human Services, and I am very happy that she has accepted our invitation to be this month’s Spotlight. She is Ms. Deborah A. Carroll, and she is an Administrator of…

Our spotlight for the month of July 2012 is Ms. Ella McCall-Haygan, a community activist and the Founder and CEO of “From Streets To Skills Social Services Inc.,” a nonprofit organization located in Washington, DC. “From Streets To Skills” is, among other things, a literacy program, which also provides a myriad of other social services…

Our spotlight for the month of June 2012 is Dr. Carolyn N. Graham, with whom I have had the pleasure of working when she served here as the Deputy Mayor of Children, Youth, Families and Elders under Mayor Anthony Williams. With her prior years of experience as a human services professional here in Washington, DC…

1926 – 2014 Our spotlight for the month of May 2012 is someone who is near and dear to many of us who reside in the District of Columbia. She is none other than Mrs. Virginia E. Hayes Williams, affectionately known as “Ma” Williams, the loving and devoted mother of our former Mayor Anthony A. Williams.…

Our spotlight for the month of April is Chief Kenneth Ellerbe, Chief of the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, also called “DC FEMS.” Chief Ellerbe was hired as Chief of FEMS by Mayor Vincent Gray in 2010.  He and his staff provide all-hazard services, including advanced life support care, to the residents and visitors of…

Our spotlight for March 2012 is Ms. Soohyun Koo, or “Julie” Koo, as she is known to most of us. Ms. Koo is the Director of the Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA), which is under the Office of the Mayor of DC. I have known Director Koo for quite a number of years, going back…

1939 – 2015 Our Spotlight of the Month for the month of November 2011 is a young lady who has been toiling in the neighborhoods for a very long time.  She is the Founder and Director of Children of Mine Youth Center, an after-school program which serves as a safe haven for more than 100…

Our spotlight for the month of October, 2011 is Apostle Stephen E. Young, Sr., who is Bishop and Pastor of Holy Christian Missionary Baptist Church for All People, also known as the House of Praise, located in Washington, DC.  Apostle Young has had a long and committed relationship with the DC residents, especially its youths, and he…