BFC In the News

This week, we jump on the phone with Sekou Murphy, Chief Financial Officer of Bread for the City, a non profit in Washington DC dedicated to helping the city’s most vulnerable citizens break the cycle of poverty.

We talk about how he has focused on helping his staff improve their own personal finances so they can be better serve Bread for the City’s clients, how poverty affects your psyche and what the non profit does to overcome these barriers, and why financial literacy education is so important at such a young age.

Washington, D.C. residents who plan on volunteering at their neighborhood non-profit might want to ask to see their harassment policy first.

Every DC resident deserves access to quality legal representation to improve their lives, protect their families, and strengthen their communities. 

Roughly 75 District residents rallied outside D.C. General Family Shelter on a rainy Saturday, Oct. 1, to demand that Mayor Muriel Bowser prioritize spending for affordable housing over policing and jails in next year’s budget.

Speaking at a groundbreaking last week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser drew cheers from the crowd when she made a big announcement: During the 2016 fiscal year, which ended in September, the city had spent $106 million on affordable housing.

To say that Prophets of Rage is political doesn’t quite cover it. When reporters or pundits — from ABC to Bill Maher to Rolling Stone — call this combination of musicians from Cypress Hill (1988), Rage Against the Machine (RATM – 1991) and Public Enemy (PE – 1982) a “supergroup,” guitarist Tom Morello is quick to counter them. “We’re an elite task force of revolutionary musicians determined to confront this mountain of election year bull****,” he says.

CEO George A. Jones speaks about what Armin meant to Bread for the City

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center is leading an effort to explore how gentrification in the District of Columbia is affecting nonprofit organizations serving the city's neighborhoods.