Though temperatures are climbing into the sixties in the National Capital region, there was still time to grab some winter essentials before spring fashion blooms. Jubilee Housing’s Family Services team hosted a pop-up clothing giveaway on March 6 to brisk business, and the positive community response indicates more giveaways could be coming. Thanks to donations from Calvary Baptist Church and … Read More
Book Fair Breaks up the Boredom
For students, this school year has been filled with a range of emotions. Not being able to see teachers and friends in person and having to adapt to online classes has been difficult. But students living in Jubilee Housing got to experience a bit of school nostalgia at last month’s book fair. On February 28th, Jubilee’s Family Services team … Read More
Rosa Hatfield: Community Champion
When Rosa Hatfield moved to Washington DC from North Carolina, Adams Morgan was a very different place than it is now. It was the early 70’s and DC was recovering from the uprisings that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King. Tension was high between Blacks and whites and many parts of the city, including Adams Morgan, were distressed. Rosa, … Read More
Improving Outcomes through Out of School Time Programming
In this DC Action blog post, Audrey Walker, Jubilee Housing’s Director of Youth Services, discusses how Jubilee Youth Services has adapted its program during COVID to serve families though virtual and safe in-person out of school time programming. Many in DC know Jubilee Housing for its innovative justice housing model. For 45 years we’ve helped connect low-income people to the … Read More
Celebrating Jubilee’s Black Leaders of the Past, Present, and Future
Countless Black people — board members and staff, residents, community leaders, supporters and friends — have shaped Jubilee Housing into what it is today. We realize this is a story not often told, and 2021’s Black History Month seems like the perfect time for us to focus on doing just that. Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and founding … Read More
A Tribute to a Special Friend
Beverly Lynn Barnes, a longtime friend and contributor of Jubilee Housing, died on Jan. 16, 2021, at her sister’s house in Maryland of complications from ovarian cancer. Beverly came “from a family of strivers whose distinguished accomplishments are all the more remarkable when considered in the contexts of time and race.” She herself led an accomplished career in communications spanning … Read More
Jim’s Column
While 2020 was unimaginable in so many ways, there were many beautiful things that came out of the struggle. The residents of Jubilee Housing demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of tremendous obstacles and our community of donors, volunteers, and neighbors showed solidarity through gifts of time and treasure. In the stories that follow, you’ll read a tribute to our … Read More
A Story About the Power of Giving
Matthew Lesko (Lesko) who is affectionately known as the “question mark guy,” can often be found around Adams Morgan in his brightly colored suits and car covered in question marks. When we learned that Lesko coordinated a fundraiser for Jubilee Housing we asked to sit down with him over Zoom to talk about what giving means to him. Lesko’s wife … Read More
Statement on Wednesday’s Events
2020 was a year like no other. Like all of you, we hoped with a vaccine in hand and a new administration on the horizon, 2021 would bring a new dawn. Yet, as the sun rose on January 7th, we knew our work was far from done. We deplore the violent acts of insurrection that took place at our nation’s … Read More
The Year in Review
Jubilee Housing didn’t just survive 2020, we thrived. We couldn’t have done it without the gifts of our partners and friends. Last year, your support allowed Jubilee Housing to continue providing deeply affordable homes, at a time when having a home was so important. Because we could not meet in person safely, we had to think creatively about how to … Read More