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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will be one of the recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Service to the Humanities Award, to be presented Thursday, October 18, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the offices of Hogan Lovells LLP (555 13th Street NW). The Humanities Council of Washington, DC will honor Norton for the contributions she has made as a member of Congress, tenured professor of law at Georgetown University, civil rights figure, and feminist leader.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today alerted residents in the Ward Circle neighborhood to sidewalk and lane closures as the construction project at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Nebraska Avenue complex finishes up. The sidewalk along Nebraska Avenue NW in front of the DHS complex is closed for three weeks and the curb lane adjacent to the sidewalk is closed to traffic during daytime hours.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will welcome home from Afghanistan 70 soldiers of the D.C. Army National Guard's 273rd Military Police Company and 45 members of the D.C. Air National Guard's 113th Wing Security Forces Squadron at a ceremony Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 9:15 a.m. at the D.C. National Guard Armory (2001 East Capitol Street SE). Norton, who is devoted to the D.C. National Guard, has never missed sending off or welcoming home members deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a showing of artwork by young people responding to drugs in their communities on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. inthe Eastern Market North Hall (225 7th Street SE), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak about substance abuse prevention efforts underway in Wards 5 and 6 as well as about her upcoming town hall meeting on Synthetic Marijuana. Tuesday's event, held by the Ward 5 and 6 D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold an All-Parks Town Hall on Thursday, October 25, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 412). The meeting will begin with a panel examining how residents can work with the National Park Service (NPS), which owns most of the city's parks, to enliven D.C.'s green spaces and adapt them to the needs of the individual neighborhoods where they are located.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join D.C. Mayor Vincent C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the passing of Dr. Andrew Brimmer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement following the Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled, "The Security Failures of Benghazi."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 1000 New Jersey Avenue, SE at 10:30 a.m. The Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research focuses on research to reduce cancer disparities among underserved and minority populations in the District of Columbia, including African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will address challenges facing the African American LGBT community during a celebration for the re-naming of the International Federation of Black Prides, now known as the Center for Black Equity, on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at The National Council of Negro Women, 633 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.