You are doing such exciting things. You are addressing the quality of life is fronts and you have several wonderful projects in the works. Tell us how bbar g started. It began with the wc smith company, an orgization that purchased the properties, villages and parkland back in the 90s and saw a place for families to go. Because of that they created what i cona humanitarian mall right now at the arc, the town hall arts and recreation d it really was for residents to have a place to go in a very difficult neighborhood. So your programs and projects very creatively address social health, environmental, and economic disparities primarily in wards 7 and 8 . Yes. And in recent years you have expanded your footprint by leadin and partnerships in education and the artsre and rion campus, which we know as the arc. So tell us about some of these. Let me give you our vision. So our vision is really for resif nts easte river to create a community thats thriving, a community that is charactezed by
The president of Building Bridges Across the River talks about the equity challenges his organization works to address in the nation’s capital and the importance of giving community voices a platform.