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Update: The memorial service will be held at 10 am on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, 4606 - 16th Street NW, Washington, Free DC!
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Hilda Howland Minnis Mason, DC Statehood advocate, former DC Council member and "Grandmother to the World" passed away this morning at 7:15 A.M. at the Washington Hospital Center.
Funeral services will be conducted by Cook & Minnis Funeral Home at Shiloh Baptist Church in Lynch Station, VA. Hilda will be interred at the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery where her parents and most of her siblings and her grandson are interred. (Latest: services will held of Saturday Dec. 22 and funeral on Sunday Dec. 23 noon)
The members of Stand Up! mourn the loss of Ms. Mason, and we will forever honor her for her devotion and works for DC Statehood and for her lifetime of hard work for the good of all. Adding these unselfish achievements to her generous financial and moral support, you'll understand how special is her legacy!
Links:
Washington Post article Longtime District Politician Hilda Mason Dies at 91
Spirit of 'grandmother' dances on in District
by Adrienne Washington at Washington Times
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 Thank you so very much, DC Democracy Activists, for your support
for Stand Up!/Free DC's 10th anniversary celebration. Whether you
attended in person, sent a donation or simply sent good wishes, we
thank you!
We ask you to join us as we continue the movement for
DC full democracy and statehood. Stand Up! meets the 2nd and 4th
Tuesday of each month* (with the exception of 10/23/07) at the John A.
Wilson Building located at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
at 6:30 pm (Room 103 or check at the security desk.) For more
information call 202-232-2500 FREE DC! Statehood NOW!
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It would seem our hard-charging shadow senator, Michael Brown, has gotten Mayor Adrian Fenty to swap his fedora for a Free DC ballcap. Also pictured here is Hellen Matarazzo. Way to go, Mike! 