**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Priscilla or Donnell Clarke
August 12, 2005 (202) 723-2200

MEDIA ADVISORY

ROOT, INC. , CALVIN WOODLAND FOUNDATION, AND FAMILIES FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES CALL FOR AN END TO HOMICIDE AND VIOLENCE IN THE WOODLAND TERRACE AND CONDON TERRACE COMMINUTES IN SE WASHINGTON , DC,


William (Big Bill) McDuffee was the latest of a series of a homicides taking place in these communities. He was shot on Saturday, August 6, and passed on the morning of August 10. Candle Light Vigil calling for an end to the senseless violence that is taking the lives of innocent victims.


WHO: Calvin Woodland Foundation, ROOT Inc., family members, and members of Condon Terrace and Woodland Terrace communities

WHAT: Candle Light Vigil remembering William (Big Bill) McDuffee and to
call for an end to senseless violence taking place between two the communities

WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 8:00 PM

WHERE: 2921 Knox Place, S.E., Washington, DC 20032

WHY: Reliable sources have stated that there have been at least 17 homicides between these two communities, Woodland Terrace and Condon Terrace, in the last 2 ½ years.

The Calvin Woodland Foundation and ROOT, Inc. as well as families from both communities are calling for a halt to the senseless violence taking place between the two communities. Calvin Woodland Jr. and Kenny Barnes, Sr., founders of CW Foundation and ROOT Inc., will mediate the differences between leaders of rival communities.


PRESS CONTACT: Priscilla or Don Clarke at (pclarkepr@aol) Clarke & Associates,LLC,
Tel. 202-723-2200 or visit www.clarkepr.com
EVENT INFO CONTACT: www.ROOTinc.org

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