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The Recreation Wish List
Committee and Southeast Tennis and Learning Center
are frequently featured in news stories that appear
in major newspapers and broadcast outlets. Many of
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2009 News Coverage & Media Releases
Fenty Won't Evict Cora Barry's Group—The Washington Post, Nikita Stewart, October 2, 2009
Cora Masters Barry Reaches Settlement with DC—NBC Washington, Matthew Stabley, October 1, 2009
20 DC Women Receive Ford Motor Awards—The Washington Post, Yamiche Alcindor, October 1, 2009
Public Roundtable on SETLC Slated for Thursday, October 1, 4 PM
Council Honors Height and Angelou (Article includes: Height praises Cora Masters Barry for work with children.)—The Washington Post, DC Wire, Washington Post Editors, September 24, 2009
D.C. Council Hears from Child-Care Community (Article includes: Council approves emergency legislation preventing eviction of RWLC from SETLC)—The Washington Post, Nikita Stewart and Tim Craig, September 23, 2009
Barry, Wish List Committee Staying Put, for Now—The Washington Informer, Leah C. Taylor, September 17, 2009
Judge Rules for Recreation Group: Restraining Order Bars Eviction from City-Owned Building—The Washington Post, Keith L. Alexander, September 16, 2009
Cora Masters Barry Enjoys Victory—DC Community Examiner, Khadijah Ali-Coleman, September 16, 2009
Judge’s Order: Big Victory for Cora Masters Barry—City Paper, Mike Debonis, September 15, 2009
Cora Masters Barry Scores in Superior Court—NBC Washington, September 15, 2009
Cora Barry Taking Her Case to Court—The Washington Post, D.C. Wire, Gene Fynes, September 14, 2009
Restraining Order Filed to Halt Eviction Of Recreation Group
—The Washington Post, Keith L. Alexander and Nikita Stewart, September 12, 2009
D.C. Wire : Barry, Wish List Seek Court Protection from Tennis Center Eviction
—The Washington Post, Anne Bartlett, September 11, 2009
Deadline Nears for Wish List Eviction: Community Rallies Behind Cora Masters Barry—The Washington Informer, Leah C. Taylor, September 10, 2009
Mayor Fenty Regrets He's Unable To Meet Today
—The Washington Post, Nikita Stewart, September 3, 2009
Angelou, Height Defend Recreation Wish List
—NBC4, September 1, 2009
D.C. Wire : Maya Angelou, Dorothy Height Can't Get Meeting With Fenty
—The Washington Post, Christopher Dean Hopkins, August 31, 2009, 2009
Game, Set, Match ... But Why?—NBC Washington, Tom Sherwood, August 27, 2009
D.C. Wire : Mendelson: City Should Back Off Tennis Center Eviction
—The Washington Post, Anne Bartlett, August 21, 2009
Wish List Committee Tries to Halt Eviction
—The Washington Post, Hamil R. Harris and Tim Craig, August 20, 2009
D.C. Wire : Mayor Rethinks Recreation Wish List Eviction
—The Washington Post, Gene Fynes, August 19, 2009
D.C. Wire : Southeast Tennis Program Tries to Avert Eviction
—The Washington Post, Anne Bartlett, August 18, 2009
RWLC of Washington, D.C. Files Application and Petition for Reinstatement for Domestic Non-Profit Corporation: Organization hopes filing will result in Mayor Fenty, and other City officials, rescinding “Notice to Quit”—RWLC Press Release, August 17, 2009
Statement of Support by Venus and Serena Williams—RWLC Press Release, August 17, 2009
Tennis Center Equally Valuable for Shaping Kids Off Court, Parents Say: Organizing Group Faces Eviction
—The Washington Post, Hamil R. Harris, August 16, 2009
SE Tennis Center's Founders Receive Eviction Notice
—The Washington Post, Hamil R. Harris, August 14, 2009
DC Tennis Pied Piper: Cora Masters Barry is Role Model for Her Southeast Tennis and Learning Center Students—Mid-Atlantic USTA, May 1, 2009
DPR Partner 2009 Press Releases
Runway Youngins Second Annual Fashion Show This Saturday—DPR Press Release, May 19, 2009
DPR's “Blacks in Wax” Event Features Over 50 Figures from Black History—DPR Press Release, January 29, 2009
Students From DPR's Sew N' Know Program Selected to Help Dress Attendees of "People's Inaugural Ball"
—DPR Press Release, January 15, 2009
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