Speaking Of…by Katherine Gotthardt

You’ve come to grips with it: no one’s in the audience. Every day, you hear yourself, reverberating in the mic, saying the same things in different ways, repeating your truths like mantras, your words like they came from the mountain. You must be doing something wrong, though. Nothing is happening. Nothing is changing. Nothing nods […]

Conversations in the Community announces upcoming events

During the next several weeks, Conversations in the Community has announced several events throughout the Northern Virginia areas: Virtual Conversation:  Join our virtual conversation on Thursday, April 21st at 7:30 p.m. EST“We Have Not Arrived:  Apathy in the African American Community.”  We will discuss the contemporary challenges of racism in social systems such as housing, education and politics […]

Offensive changes lead to same results for Rampage

Turnovers, questionable officiating leads another loss for the Rampage Among the gray skies at Chuck Coles Memorial Stadium in Dumfries on Saturday, there was a sense of optimism in the air as the Northern Virginia Rampage returned home to face the DMV Knights. The reason being was the introduction of new offensive coordinator Dennis Cornwell, […]

Dream Big and Live Your Dreams Boldly

“I believe the children are our future…” these lyrics from the song, Greatest Love Of All, originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, became even more well known for a version by Whitney Houston, whose 1985 cover eventually topped the charts. But these words are more than just lyrics in an amazing song, at least […]