In 2018, the Langston Civic Association will be partnering with the Alice Ferguson Foundation and the Anacostia Watershed Society to take a new, more evidence-based approach to fighting litter on our streets. Rather than traditional monthly cleanups, we will be hosting 3 cleanups throughout the summer and calling on neighbors to participate in an anti-litter advertising campaign that has helped other neighborhoods achieve up to 30% less litter in just one year. Here is how the campaign works: 1. CLEAN THE STREETS: Evidence suggests that people tend not to litter on streets that are already clean and to litter more on streets that are already dirty — even during anti-litter ad campaigns. So, we will begin our anti-litter efforts by setting a standard that this is a clean community with our first clean up of the year on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 9 am. 2. OUTREACH & REINFORCEMENT: Our advertising will introduce and support the idea that home extends to all public space in the community. Studies suggest that frequent litterbugs do not litter in front of their own homes. By extending the concept of home to the community as a whole, the goal is to stop those littering withing 4-5 block radius of their own house. 3. PARTNERSHIP & ENFORCEMENT: We will also be partnering with the environmental crimes unit to identify and place cameras in locations that have frequent issues with illegal dumping. DPW will also be helping by focusing cleaning efforts on areas that are especially resistant to our advertising campaign. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The first clean up this year will be Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 9 am. We will meet on the corner of 20th and H St NE. This cleanup will help us establish exactly how much litter we currently have and provide a starting point to measure our progress throughout the coming weeks and months. The Psychology of LitterLittering and Following the Crowd (2014) Published in The Atlantic
Potomac Watershed Trash Free Initiative National Visible Litter Survey and Cost Study (2009) A Focus Theory of Normative Conduct (1990)
UPDATED: Video added March 28, 2018
This is not your last chance to speak up... Thanks so much to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to attend the Langston Civic Association's community roundtable with Mayor Bowser. These meetings are only effective when neighbors show up and address the issues that are important to them and make it clear that we care. Please know that this will not be the last of these conversations with the mayor or councilmember and that every single issue addressed will receive follow up from the mayor's staff as well as our civic association president, Sydelle Moore. If you have additional issues, questions or comments, please email us. There is already a map of sidewalk and street repairs in the hands of our Mayor's Office of Community Relations as well as DDOT to address the specific concerns raised last night. MPD will also be attending the next Langston Civic Association meeting to continue to work on our concerns about recent shootings in the area. The Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement has also dispatched members of their response team to try and help with getting appropriate violence intervention staff to track down and mediate between the parties involved in recent shootings. The civic association meetings are open to all and we look forward to continuing to work together to enhance civic pride, community engagement and safety. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 AT 6 PM at 2109 Maryland Ave NE (rear entrance). Thank you! Sydelle Moore President, Langston Civic Association Share your budget priorities and ideas with fellow DC residents and the Bowser Administration as next year’s budget is developed.
WHAT: 12th Annual MLK Peace Walk and Parade
WHEN: Monday, January 15, 2018 WHERE: Start Location: Anacostia Park (Good Hope Road Entrance) End Location: Barry Farms Recreation Center (1230 Sumner Road SE)
To rsvp, please visit: https://2018mlkdayparade.eventbrite.com LCA was proud to partner with Carver Terrace Tenants and Civic Association (CTTCA) to help spread Christmas cheer to kids in our community. A warm thanks goes out to all of the members who helped prepare food, entertain the kids as well as those who donated toys to the annual Christmas party! Please enjoy the photos below. |
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