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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the second annual “Project Homeless Connect,” a one-day resource fair, today, Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at Central Union Mission (65 Massachusetts Ave, NW). The event, presented by United Way of the National Capital Area, will provide on-site medical and dental care and access to housing, employment and other vital services to residents who are experiencing homelessness.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) and three Ward 6 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners will testify before federal officials at a roundtable hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on potential locations for a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)-contracted halfway house for men in the District of Columbia tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at 1100 4th St. SW, Room E200.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Local elected officials from the District of Columbia will testify to federal officials about the placement of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)-contracted residential reentry centers in the District at a roundtable hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at 1100 4th St. SW, Room E200.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said evidence of the urgency of her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian Institution’s fundraising capacity and governance is clear from the Smithsonian’s launch today of a crowdfunding campaign to raise $300,000 to preserve and display Dorothy's ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” in the National Museum of American History.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend President Obama’s speech on his administration’s education initiatives tomorrow, Monday, October 17, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (800 Euclid St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 4C06 and residents of the Petworth community this evening, Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Petworth Branch Library (4200 Kansas Ave. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 7D06 and residents of the Deanwood community this evening, Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library (3935 Benning Rd. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at an event hosted by the TransSTEM Academy that will bring together 75 General Electric (GE) African American Forum volunteers and more than 200 Cardozo High School and Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science students for hands-on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects today, Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus (1200 Clifton St NW).