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All posts tagged "david mariner"

  • Center Soiree

    With a new venue and a few other tweaks, the 2010 fall reception for The Center, D.C.'s LGBT community center, may be the organization's grandest...

  • Book It

    ''It's so rare these days that we have the opportunity to celebrate LGBT literature,'' says David Mariner of The Center, D.C.'s LGBT community center. ''We've...

  • Center Addition

    The Center, the area's LGBT community center, hired its second full-time staffer this week. Justin Johns, 28, has been brought onboard as The Center's Tobacco...

  • NYAC's Last Days

    Monday's announcement from the National Youth Advocacy Coalition may not have been a complete surprise to board and staff, but much of the community has...

  • D.C. Goes for Orange

    While the results are not yet official, it appears that D.C. voters returned Vincent Orange (D) to the City Council in Tuesday's special election to...

  • Center to Move Again

    David Mariner, executive director of The Center, announced today, March 22, that the organization is expecting to vacate its current space at 1318 U St.,...

  • Pager Problems

    Mayor Vince Gray's Office of GLBT Affairs made its first public announcement under the new leadership of Jeffrey Richardson this week, sharing the Metropolitan Police...

  • Budd's Cancer Battle

    The doctors didn't lie to Earline Budd. The Oct. 25 surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital to treat the colon cancer Budd was diagnosed with in...

  • Seat Taken

    The D.C. Democratic State Committee elected, on Jan. 6, School Board member Sekou Biddle to fill the At-Large City Council seat left by Kwame Brown,...

  • Defining Meth's Impact

    Comments attributed to Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier regarding crystal methamphetamine use in the District resulted in a minor skirmish last week with prominent gay...

  • Back-n-Forth Budget

    The D.C. City Council relieved some concern last week for HIV/AIDS organizations receiving city funding by voting to restore budget cuts proposed by outgoing Mayor...

  • Expanding Effort

    More than 60 people applied for a part-time, paid position, to become the first HIV program associate at The Center, the area's LGBT community center....

  • Rhee Recap

    Michelle Rhee has been a controversial figure in D.C. politics since her appointment as D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor by Mayor Adrian Fenty in June...

  • On the List

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia's Diversion Program includes a list of 45 different locations in D.C. where community service hours may...

  • Missing Persons Report

    The Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs on June 30 released ''A Report of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Health in the District of Columbia,'' based on...