Reminder! Join tomorrow's Ward 5 Public Safety Call for updates on recent incidents, reports from public safety agencies, and the chance to ask questions about efforts to improve public safety in our communities. Sign up 👉🏾 ward5.us/publicsafety... bsky.app/profile/cmzp...

The latest Ward 5 Weekly Newsletter is available now! You can read at ward5.us/news and subscribe at ward5.us/newsletter. This week's newsletter includes the reminder that Early Voting for the 2026 General Election starts on Monday, October 26!

Burglaries near Turkey Thicket. A shooting in Edgewood. Robberies in Eckington. All of it: unacceptable. My team + I have coordinated targeted meetings in response to these incidents, + we want to provide updates to the whole community @ our Ward 5 Public Safety Call 👉🏾 ward5.us/publicsafety...

The Council's Committee of the Whole meeting is extending beyond its scheduled time today. There's a hint as to some of the topics of our discussion in this picture. Tune in to the meeting—and our Additional Legislative Meeting to follow—here: dc.granicus.com/player/camer...

The latest edition of the Ward 5 Weekly Newsletter—Talking Taxes: Council’s Revenue Hearing—is available now. You can read it at ward5.us/news and subscribe at ward5.us/newsletter.

The revenue hearing in the Committee of the Whole has started! Tune in as we hear from witnesses on numerous proposals 🧵 www.youtube.com/live/ANYAxH7...

The latest Ward 5 Wave covered a lot of ground, but there's one segment of the episode I hope you listen to: the "voices of Ward 5." We set up a podcast mic at Ward 5 Day and captured some great audio of our beautiful community. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or visit ward5.us/podcast 🎙️

The story of our country and of the peoples who first called this land home is one of broken promises. This Indigenous Peoples' Day, may we honor those peoples—the Nacotchtank, Doeg, Piscataway, Monacan, and Powhatan—and recommit to reparative action for the harms inflicted through centuries.

Happening now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKl...

Public Roundtable: DYRS' Fifth Rulemaking on the Community Placement of Juvenile Offenders

YouTube video by DC Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker

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Councilmember Zachary Parker@cmzparker5.bsky.social · 3w ago

DYRS is proposing sweeping changes to their process for community placement of juvenile offenders—changes that could make our rehabilitation work among youth even harder and with worse outcomes. (1/2)

DYRS is proposing sweeping changes to their process for community placement of juvenile offenders—changes that could make our rehabilitation work among youth even harder and with worse outcomes. (1/2)

Tonight! Tune in for @dcdpr.bsky.social's latest updates on Ward 5 capital projects. 👉🏾 dc-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looking forward to talking with @nnamdikid.bsky.social and @trsdc.bsky.social later today! Tune in at 12:30 👉🏾 wamu.org

This rainy weather has me daydreaming back to the biggest and best Ward 5 Day yet! Thanks to everyone who joined us Saturday. 🥳 #ward5day #ward5week

We celebrated Ward 5 week with neighbors - first at a bike ride highlighting important wins for bike connectivity (all roads lead to Lost Generation, it seems!), and then tabled for ANC 5F at Ward 5 Day. @cmzparker5.bsky.social @joe5f6.bsky.social

The Ward 5 Week celebrations continue! Thanks to all the neighbors who joined us for fun times and sweet treats at Rita’s today! Special thanks to Manny & Olga’s, Zeke’s Coffee, and DC Squared + RIA Main Street! It’s all building to the big day: Ward 5 Day on Saturday, 12-5pm at Turkey Thicket!

Food from Ward 5 restaurants. Live music from Sirius Company go-go band. Go-karts + moon bounces. DC United soccer clinic. Line dancing. Resource tables. Giveaways. And more! You don’t want to miss the biggest party of the year celebrating all things Ward 5. Turkey Thicket, Saturday, 12-5pm!

Join us tomorrow for a Meet-up at Rita's with sweet treats, games, and a raffle for Jonas Brothers tickets. On Friday, meet us at 17th and Maryland Ave for a bike ride to Eckington where there will be a mural fesitval and the Ward 5 Week Happy Hour at 5:30 at Lost Generation! ward5.us/ward5day

Ward 5 Week continues! I had a great time at Senior Bingo in North Michigan Park this morning. And I even won a round or two! We've got a few more great events lined up before the big day—Ward 5 Day!—on Saturday, September 19. ward5.us/ward5day

Good news! The bill that would give Buwa Binitie development rights at Parcel 13 on St. Elizabeth's campus is off the agenda for markup today. This is a win for all the neighbors who have been calling for an end to business as usual and a land giveaway to a developer the District is actively suing.

It was a great Ward 5 night! Thanks for coming out!

Geoffrey Hatchard@imgoph.bsky.social · last mo.

At the @nationals.com game for Ward 5 night. Thanks to @cmzparker5.bsky.social for the tickets!

The sun is shining. The humidity is dropping. There's a light breeze and the forecasted temperature for this evening is 75°. In other words, it's the perfect day to join us for Yoga in the Park at the U.S. National Arboretum at 6:00 p.m. Sign up and see you tonight! 👉🏾 ward5.us.yoga #ward5week

Ward 5 Week starts today! All free tickets have been claimed for this afternoon's Official Tailgate + Watch Party for the Commanders' season-opener, but tickets are still available for purchase here: ward5.us/commanders Tomorrow, join us for Yoga in the Park at the Arboretum! ward5.us/yoga

Shanah Tovah to neighbors in Ward 5 and beyond celebrating Rosh Hashanah beginning with sundown this evening! May you enjoy sweet time with loved ones this new year. ✨

The latest editions of the Ward 5 Weekly Newsletter and Ward 5 Wave Podcast are available now! You can read at ward5.us/news, listen at ward5.us/podcast, and subscribe at ward5.us/newsletter.

Our country was forever changed 25 years ago on 9/11. I was honored to join this morning’s memorial unveiling for two Ward 5 victims—Sara Clark and Asia Cottom of the former Bertie Backus school. May their memory inspire us to love our communities well and foster the change needed for peace.

Kick off Ward 5 Week with us at Langston Golf Course on Sunday for the Washington Commanders Tailgate + Official Watch Party! Tickets 👉🏾 ward5.us/commanders 🏈 Then meet us across the Ward throughout the week, and especially on Ward 5 Day, September 19 @ Turkey Thicket! 🎉 #ward5week #ward5day

🚨 The Council is considering giving development rights to a contractor our government is actively suing. This defies reason. Join me in urging my colleagues to force Buwa Binitie to remedy concerns at 1400 Florida Ave NE and other properties that he's neglected with impunity for years.

Crank brought by Sirius Company. Eats brought by Ward 5 restaurants. Fun brought by Wow Wheelz, @dcdpr.bsky.social, and more. Community brought by you! Bring the block and celebrate everything Ward 5 with us on September 19, 12-5pm at Turkey Thicket! #ward5day #ward5week

Whether it's fighting for good-paying jobs in the RFK deal, joining the picket line w/ hotel workers, voting to expand the minimum wage, or standing w/ teachers for better contracts, I am proud support DC workers and grateful for the wins secured by generations of labor organizers. Happy Labor Day!

The latest Ward 5 Weekly is available now! You can read it at ward5.us/news and subscribe at ward5.us/newsletter. It covers storm recovery, shares the latest Ward 5 updates, and features the newly released Ward 5 Week schedule for September 13-18!