Perspective: Washington natives are about to get a day that honors them. It’s a start.
By Theresa Vargas Theresa Vargas Local columnist who previously wrote for the local enterprise team about poverty, race and people with disabilities. Email Bio Follow Columnist March 23 at 7:30 AM If you have ever read a government resolution, you know they are written in a way no one speaks.
Tony Lewis Jr., left, and Angel Gregorio organized a photo shoot at Union Market last year for people born and raised in the District. Gregorio, who owns the Spice Suite, a spice bar not far from the house in Northwest Washington where she grew up, is one of two people who pushed for the resolution.It may seem strange that any city needs a day to celebrate residents who grew up on its streets, but this is not just any city. In many hometowns, a corner store can remain a marker for generations.
He also knows what it feels like to attend a D.C. tasting event and find you’re the only one there who grew up knowing those flavors. Gregorio and Lewis decided that was not enough. They wanted to create a counter image, so they put out a social media call for D.C. natives to attend their photo shoot. They expected maybe 40 people would come. More than 200 people, most of them black, showed up.“That day was such a beautiful day,” Lewis said. “It was such a day of pride and community and culture.”Afterward, the two decided to maintain that momentum this year, too, by creating a celebration on May 20.
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