Euclid Street Journal

Joyce Hollyday 3-01-1984

Toni walked into my life on Good Friday.

Joe Roos 1-01-1984

The main office of Riggs National Bank is located just one short block from the White House.

Joyce Hollyday 12-01-1983

On Kyle's fifth Christmas, he gained a new and special excitement about the birth of Jesus.

Joyce Hollyday 11-01-1983

"I wish that I could find the words to express my thanks."

Joyce Hollyday 10-01-1983

"After a few generations of it, people get used to poverty."

Keary Kincannon 9-01-1983

The highlight of the day was the presentation of a large eviction notice to our nation's number-one recipient of public housing: Ronald Reagan.

Gayle Turner 6-01-1983

It was nearly noon on Good Friday. With feelings of both expectancy and trepidation, we were about to call Chicago again.

Joyce Hollyday 4-01-1983

Three years ago at our Annual Weekend After Groundhog's Day Sojourners Community Talent Show, one of our households portrayed a modern version of the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Joe Roos 3-01-1983

Although the sun had been up for more than an hour, the early morning April air remained chilly. 

"Good afternoon! Welcome to the second annual Southern Columbia Heights Tenants Union (SCHTU) Neighborhood Congress. Today is an important day in the life of our tenants union. We will elect our new officers, celebrate our victories--and they have been many--and set the agenda for the issues and problems we will take on in the coming year."

Joyce Hollyday 1-01-1983

Few places make me feel less at home than banks.

Joe Roos 12-01-1982

Last year Advent was a very special time for me. A child taught me, in a way only a child can, something precious, something true about the birth we all await.

Joe Roos 11-01-1982

The Peace and Justice Revival

Danny Duncan Collum 10-01-1982

Every summer there seems to be one song that dominates the atmosphere in our mostly black, low-income neighborhood. 

Joyce Hollyday 9-01-1982

Dawn. We begin our trek to merge ourselves with the thousands of other cars converging on the tunnels and bridges that lead into New York.

Joe Lynch 7-01-1982

Sitting on a bench in Peace Memorial Park, it is almost impossible to believe that the atomic bomb was dropped here.

Dolly Arroyo 6-01-1982

The three-quarter-mile walk between 13th and Euclid Streets and 18th and Columbia Road is usually alive with the cultural blend of black, white, and Hispanic faces and accents.

Joyce Hollyday 5-01-1982

It was just past sunrise when the car radio said, "Cheese will be given out to any person who can prove need at twelve locations throughout the city."

Barb Tamialis 4-01-1982

Month after month in "Euclid Street Journal" we have shared bits and pieces of our lives as a community. We have told about our hopes, dreams, and successes.

Joyce Hollyday 3-01-1982

Washington was blanketed in snow that day, three inches on the ground and more falling fast as I walked to the magazine office about noon.