Upcoming Speakers
In-Person/Hybrid Washington DC Weekly Club Meeting
Lessons Learned From the Building and Evolution of a Movement
Rev. David Bowers is vice president, Mid-Atlantic market and senior advisor, Enterprise Faith-Based Development InitiativeSM for Enterprise Community Partners. David’s work includes facilitating affordable housing and community development transactions, and policy implementation in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. David leads a team that provides access to financing, capacity building and technical assistance to local developers, and participates with local coalitions advocating for increased resources for affordable housing and community development.
Throughout David’s tenure, his team co-initiated and co-convened the Housing Leaders Group of Greater Washington, lead the Purple Line Corridor Coalition, initiated several efforts, including the Enterprise Faith-Based Development InitiativeSM, as well as a transit-oriented preservation and resident displacement prevention initiative (GreenPATH), and the D.C. Green Communities Initiative.
Prior to joining Enterprise, David was a program manager for a single-family housing program at the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. Before joining the trust, David was a financial and programs advisor at the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Before that, he worked in the office of U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, at the time the ranking member of the Senate VA-HUD Appropriations Committee.
David earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his Master of Divinity degree from Howard University. He is an ordained minister and the founder of the all-volunteer NO MURDERS DC movement, launched in 2000.
In-Person/Hybrid Washington DC Weekly Club Meeting
A Time for ALL: Moving Beyond DEI to True Liberation
Grace Virtue, Ph.D.
Grace Virtue is a social scientist and public affairs practitioner from Silver Spring, Maryland, and Manchester, Jamaica. She earned her doctorate and master's degree from Howard University and her bachelor's in journalism and social science from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She also holds an executive leadership certificate from Yale School of Management and a Diploma in Secondary Education from Church Teacher’s College, Jamaica. A former fellow of the Inter-American Press Association, and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, her career has spanned non-profits, including higher education and global health, and the US government as a public affairs strategist and leadership development facilitator.
Grace is the author of Old House and Red Neckties: A Memoir of Race, Resilience, and Selfhood, published in July 2024 for which she received a Congressional Citation declaring it an outstanding analysis of the issues of the day and an outstanding contribution to public affairs. Across disciplines and professional endeavors, the thread that binds her work and aspirations is the quest for dignity and justice for vulnerable and marginalized peoples.
Upcoming Events
In-Person/Hybrid Washington DC Weekly Club Meeting
Speaker: Rev. David Bowers
Topic: Lessons Learned From the Building and Evolution of a Movement
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In-Person/Hybrid Washington DC Weekly Club Meeting
Speaker: Grace Virtue, Author, Public Affairs & Leadership Development Consultant
Topic: A Time for ALL: Moving Beyond DEI to True Liberation
More info