Student Programs & Scholarships
H Sreet CDC has evolved since its founding in 1984 from focusing on the revitalization of the H Street NE corridor to becoming a strategic community development partner for the entire city. It has expanded affordable housing, nurtured small business enterprises, developed commercial centers, trained residents to become homeowners, and improved neighborhood/merchant relations.
HSCDC started The China Challenge program in 2006. The classroom is the whole city--from ordering food in Chinatown, learning taichi at the Chinatown Cultural Community Center to viewing Chinese art at the Smithsonian Freer/Sackler Galleries. A native Chinese certified Chinese language teacher and a D.C. teacher link language instruction with discussions of China's impact on the U.S. and the world. Vocabulary words and Chinese characters come alive when paired with concrete examples of globalization and the personal significance to the student. Quizzes, papers, newsletters and group discussions measure the progress of the students.
Through The China Challenge, HSCDC provides a unique opportunity to primarily minority students for college advancement but also plants seeds of limitless and lucrative global employment opportunities for their future.
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The Honorable John A. Wilson devoted his career to serving the public and championing education and opportunities for youth. Raised in poverty on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Mr. Wilson became a courageous leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s civil rights movement, then moved to Washington and began a distinguished political career. He led the successful 1974 campaign for adoption of the District's Home Rule Charter, then served 18 years on the D.C. City Council. From 1991 until his death in 1993, he was the City Council Chairman. At his death, it was said of him: "Johnny was a soldier in the army of social justice."
H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) established the John A. Wilson Scholarship Fund as a lasting memorial to the late civil rights leader, 18-year member of the D.C. City Council, and Council Chairman from 1991 until his death in 1993.
Our Board of Directors and Executive Director William J. Barrow III announced the action as a celebration of the organization's 25th anniversary. Mr. Wilson was a founding member of the HSCDC. His leadership helped facilitate the 1984 birth of the organization, which has produced new affordable housing and commercial retail and office space throughout the area.
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