Rashida Brown has spent nearly half of her life in Ward 1, a part of Northwest that includes her alma mater Howard University, as well as the communities of Park View and Pleasant Plains, where she currently serves as an advisory neighborhood commissioner .

With the Ward 1 D.C. Council seat currently up for grabs , Brown has her eyes on an elected office that she said would allow her to serve the entire ward. If elected, Brown said she would draw upon her decades of professional and civic experience to fight for socioeconomic diversity.

“I’ve seen a gentrifying Georgia Avenue. I saw a lot of liquor stores and not enough child care centers. I saw joblessness, homelessness, mental health issues, and not enough services or connections to services and good jobs,” said Brown, advisory ne

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