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Intentionality Builds Cities: What the St. Elizabeths Update Revealed About Our Future

Intentionality Builds Cities: What the St. Elizabeths Update Revealed About Our Future

Monica T Ray
Published on: 20/11/2025

When you center community and expand opportunity, excellence rises. This is equitable development in real time—and it’s a blueprint for every chronically disinvested community.

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POWER OF POTENTIAL

POWER OF POTENTIAL

Monica T Ray
Published on: 17/11/2025

New Blog Post DescriptionA Week in the Life of a Community Developer: Accountability, Equity & the Future We’re Building in Congress Heights Some weeks in this work feel ordinary. Others remind you exactly why you do it. This past week was the latter — a full immersion into the promise, pressure, and possibility of community development in Washington, DC.

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A New Chapter for Congress Heights: Reclaiming Our Narrative, Rewriting Our Future

A New Chapter for Congress Heights: Reclaiming Our Narrative, Rewriting Our Future

Monica T Ray
Published on: 15/11/2025

This moment in Ward 8 isn’t accidental. It’s the result of years of organizing, advocacy, and unapologetic belief in the potential of our people and our place. And now, with more than $1B in public and private investment in just the last decade, we are finally stepping into the future we’ve been preparing for.

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Community Rising: Reflections from the Whitman-Walker Gala

Community Rising: Reflections from the Whitman-Walker Gala

Monica T Ray
Published on: 14/11/2025

Community Rising: Reflections from the Whitman-Walker Gala

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