Historic Anacostia and other communities are experiencing gentrification, causing many of its residents to lose their homes and the community’s culture and history.

Author Archives: Zerline Hughes Spruill
Zerline Hughes Spruill curates Our House DC, The ߲ݴý Informer's monthly newsletter encouraging Black homeownership in Wards 7 and 8. A Ward 7 resident herself, Zerline's reporting and writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Ebony magazine, the Boston Globe, Dance magazine and HBCU Times. Her communications expertise helped fuel criminal legal system policy change while managing outreach and engagement for several national organizations in ߲ݴý, D.C. She is a proud Howard University alumna and loves to dance.