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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 23, 2019                                            

CONTACT: Publicist, Shawn Hay

Office: (301) 641-0814
 
Jingle Bells on the Potomac: A Partnership Holiday Reception was a success!

OXON HILL, M.D., December 19, 2019 - The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. (PGCDPC) and the Maryland State Legislative District 26 had “A Partnership Holiday Reception” on Thursday, December 19, 2019, from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM at the Oxon Hill Manor, 6901 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745.

The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. collected more than 200 toys from guests in attendance.  The PGCDPC distributed the toys to an Angel Tree Ministry that serves children who have incarcerated parents and the 1441 Inc. organization that serves families of returning citizens and the homeless. Dr. Valencia Campbell, PGCDPC President, welcomed the guests and thanked them for their donations. Maryland State Senator Obie Patterson and Keisha Monroe (Delegate Turner's chief of staff) provided attendees with some updates for the upcoming work that will take place in Annapolis in 2020.  Maryland State Senator Joanne Benson (District 24), and Prince George’s Central Committee Members, Derrick Coley (District 24), Kent Roberson (District 25), Nora Carmichael (District 26), and Angela R. Jones (District 26) were among the other elected officials who came out to support the event. There were about 150 other community residents from the Prince George's County, Maryland District 8 (Camp Springs, Clinton, Forest Heights, Fort Washington, Glassmanor, Marlow Heights, Oxon Hill) area that came out to this holiday celebration. All the guests concluded the evening enjoying music, a free dinner and community fellowship.

Dr. Campbell, indicated that: "Our organization was extremely excited to host this event to help collect toys for the “Children of Incarcerated Parents” for the Christmas holiday!”  “We were honored to partner with the Maryland 26 District Legislative team members, Senator Obie Patterson and Delegate Veronica Turner, to help ensure that less fortunate children receive gifts.”

The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that promotes policies and laws that embrace the public health nature of drug abuse. Through our scholarship program, we provide community-based support to families within the county with a focus on students obtaining higher education and living a drug-free life. The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. represents one of many local affiliates of the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. Our national organization consists of a coalition of 25 preeminent organizations. Through the support of our national organization, interested organizational partners, and grassroots members like you, we hope to prevent and reduce illegal drug abuse and related crimes in Prince George's County. Visit our website at www.pgcdpc.com or email at pgcdpc@hotmail.com for more information about upcoming events and how to partner with us.

Seat Pleasant, MD, The World's First Authentic Small Smart City, hosts a Smart Cities Week Workshop and launches Smart Street Lights program with global partners, bringing cutting-edge technology to the city of 4,800

Seat Pleasant, MD: Today, the City of Seat Pleasant, located on the Maryland border of Washington, DC, hosted an educational workshop and live demonstration of its Smart City assets. Among those in attendance included Smart Cities Week conference attendees interested in learning about Seat Pleasant’s Small Smart City Process, a system that small municipalities can easily adopt to create a citizen-centric smart city with a focus on connectivity and data. In addition, the City of Seat Pleasant debuted its new Smart Street Lights Program and announced new partnerships with Verizon, AECOM, and Pepco.

Smart Cities Week is an annual gathering hosted by the Smart Cities Council that brings together partners, cities and supporting stakeholders in order to accelerate smart cities' action and investment in cities, towns, and regions across the world. This year’s Smart Cities Week D.C. conference is taking place at National Harbor, starting today, September 30th through October 2nd, and will be delivering structured dialogue, peer networking and educational content focused on the conference’s theme: Smart Infrastructure: Equitable Communities. This year’s conference introduces a new mobile workshop series meant to take conference attendees out of the classroom and into the communities around the Washington DC region, to visit some of the region’s cutting-edge smart city projects, including Seat Pleasant, A Smart City of Excellence, and the World’s First Authentic Small Smart City.

Visitors to Seat Pleasant were taken through an educational workshop that defined a practical approach and process to smart city transformation that any municipality, regardless of size, can take to begin their own smart city transformation. In addition, visitors were shown live demonstrations of the city’s Smart Systems, including the Seat Pleasant Police Department’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unit and Mobile Command Bus, as well as taken to a visit of the City’s Command Center where all city operations come together in a single system coined “the shared services hub.”

At the conclusion of the Smart Cities Workshop, the City of Seat Pleasant hosted a press conference to commemorate the visit, as well as to debut its Smart Street Lights program in partnership with Pepco, AECOM and Verizon. In attendance were distinguished members of each of those organizations, including, but not limited to Adam Beck, Chairman for Smart Cities Week, Tami Watkins, the Government & Public Affairs Manager from Pepco, Stefano Landi, Director & General Manager for Verizon Smart Communities, and from AECOM, Annika Moman, Senior VP for Energy and Michael House VP for Energy.

This public-private partnership will add tremendous value to the City of Seat Pleasant’s Smart City transformation by means of installation of Smart Lighting and Smart Video equipment for the City’s Smart Street Lights Program. The deployment will take place in key areas across the city and includes conversion of existing light pole lamps to LEDs along with lighting controls, a Smart traffic safety solution, and a Smart public safety solution.

The objectives of these solutions are to:

• Achieve energy and maintenance savings by upgrading to Intelligent LED lighting.
• Promote increased pedestrian safety through Intelligent Lighting features such as on-demand bright lighting, motion sensors, and remote-control capabilities.
• Reduce traffic hazards at a high use intersection by analyzing traffic-related conflicts among motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists.
• Provide Intelligent Video Analytics in support of the City’s Police Department public safety objectives.
• Collect, process and analyze data to better inform City policies.

About Seat Pleasant: The City of Seat Pleasant: A Smart City of Excellence and the World’s First Authentic Small Smart City is a small Maryland city with approximately 4,800 residents. The City was founded in 1931 and began its digital transformation into a Smart City beginning in the Fall of 2016. Seat Pleasant is consistently recognized for its work to digitally transform the government to promote safety, resilience, efficient service delivery, and effective civic engagement, including from IBM and the Smart Cities Council. The City’s guiding principle that the citizen is the most important stakeholder, as well as the strategic partnerships it has forged with private, educational and public institutions, have been the catalyst behind the city’s successful and historic transformation. The city’s most recent public-private partnership with PEPCO, AECOM, and Verizon to install Smart Street Lights is expected to improve public safety and traffic management.

To request interviews, or for additional media inquiries, please contact Christian Smith via email at Christian.Smith@seatpleasantmd.gov or via phone at (240) 468-6015.

#SmallSmartCity

PRESS RELEASE
The Robert Griffin III Foundation Announces Partnership with
Moms Motivating Moms to help individuals and families in need.

Teaming up to do more good for more people, champions of nonprofit organizations Robert Griffin III Foundation and Moms Motivating Moms come together in a strategic partnership.

Washington, DC, September 24, 2018 - Teaming up to help those who help others, Robert Griffin III Foundation and Moms Motivating Moms are proud to announce that they have formed a strategic partnership.

The Robert Griffin III Foundation was created to be the beacon of hope for families who are struggling, whether it be from the aftermath of domestic abuse, sacrifices they made for our country through their time in the military, or circumstances that were out of their control.

The Moms Motivating Moms (M3) organization's mission is to encourage, educate and energize Moms by fostering an environment of inclusiveness.

Recognizing that both organizations work to achieve a similar goal, Moms Motivating Moms is proud to partner with Robert Griffin III Foundation.

“This partnership is very exciting for both organizations. I believe when we invest in each other positive change happens for us and our families which results in our communities and our society prospering”, says Jacqueline Griffin, Founder & President of Moms Motivating Moms. “This partnership will help grow our Family with people who share our passion for helping others. I am also excited to work with Mrs. Grete Griffin, the new Executive Director of Robert Griffin III Foundation. We were meant to thrive together!”

“The strategic partnership with Moms Motivating Moms is consistent with our mission to ensure that future generations and people from all walks of life will have access to the necessary tools, guidance, and motivation needed to attain sustained success in life”, added Robert Griffin, CEO of Robert Griffin III Foundation.

About Robert Griffin III Foundation: A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strives to discover, design, and support programs that benefit struggling military families, underprivileged youth, and the victims of domestic violence.

About Moms Motivating Moms: Our goal is to help mothers (all women are and have mothered a child in their lifetime) empower each other through encouragement, resources and the support needed to make a difference in the lives of their children, their families, their communities and our society.

For more information, please contact Shawn Hay, Publicist at: heypapipromotions@gmail.com or visit website https://www.rg3foundation.org

- Congratulations to our HEY PAPI PROMOTIONS Network Member Jacqueline Griffin on your new partnership with the Robert Griffin III Foundation !!!