Christina Sturdivant : Features

Nonprofit Critical Exposure has been helping teens express themselves through photography for a decade. 

The nationwide competiton to design an elevated park over the Anacostia has reached its home stretch, with four finalists unveiling their designs Thursday. Any would be a welcome addition to D.C.

As change comes to the NW neighborhood of Pleasant Plains, the Emergence Community Arts Collective knits neighbors together.

The built environment plays a crucial role in a neighborhood's health. Would upgrading Ward 7's downtown create healthier people?

Teens in all eight wards are surrounded by peer pressure to have sex and a lack of knowledge about how to be safe. So why is it that the majority of pregnant teens are in just two wards?

In wards 7 and 8, there are only a handful of sit-down restaurants for almost 150,000 people. Change is slowly coming, but here's what we can do better. Paging all entrepreneurial restaurateurs: your opportunity is here.

Southeast D.C. native Trayon White speaks with Elevation DC about the nonprofit he created that keeps Ward 8 middle-schoolers on the right track.

 If students are engaged in meaningful activities after school and during the week, they're less at risk, say experts. These programs cure a host of social ills through providing positive opportunities for teens and young girls.

"Kidical Mass," the biking movement for kids and their parents, is active in the District. We sat down with the D.C. chapter's founder for a Q&A session about bikes and safer streets.

Tenant-owned apartment buildings are rare in the District, but are a key tool in preserving affordable homes in our quickly growing city. Here, a look at two--and one group that helps make them happen.

The ice slide at the G8WAY Pavilion on the St Elizabeths campus has the potential to be much more than just a slide.

A newly formed group aims to fight "bike shop deserts" in Wards 7 and 8.

We asked three figures in the art scene to tell us their favorite works of public art in the District. Then, we hope you'll tell us ours.

Chefs and restaurant owners are finding that their clientele is growing steadily more diverse. Here are three business owners following that trend to success.