Guardian Angels will be handing out safety tips for the Holidays on Black Friday November 25, 2011. We will also be doing escorts from stores to cars and public transportation. We will be looking for snatch and grabs, pickpockets, car break ins, and crimes of opportunity. If we witness a crime in progress we will make a citizens arrest. Our goal is for the general public to not become a victim this Holiday Season. The Guardian Angels will start handing out safety tips at the Columbia Heights metro station (5am-10am) at the corner of (14th and Irving street, NW) After 10 we will patrol metro trains and hand out safety tips at other metro stations. Criminals beware, we know who’s been naughty this year.
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Guardian Angels will be handing out safety tips for the Holidays on Black Friday November 25, 2011.
Monday, November 21st, 2011Update Washington DC Guardian Angels
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Chinatown/Gallery Place
Guardian Angels have prevented youth violence by breaking up fights and deterring others from fighting through our presence and proactive involvement. When we routinely patrol China Town/Gallery Place, we spend the majority of our time on 7th & H street, where juveniles typically gather. By posting up where the youths hang out, we have succeeded in deterring criminal activity and encouraging teens to join the Guardian Angels. This gives young men and women an alternative to the gang life and teaches them how to give back to their community.
Adams Morgan
While patrolling Adams Morgan during the peak hours of nightlife activity, we frequently escort patrons back to their parked cars, deterring snatch-and-grab and pickpocketing attacks. We also patrols side streets and alleys and help police prevent fights when the bars let out.
2400 Block Elvans Road, SE
Guardian Angels maintain a presence in this area five days a week at the request of community management. Many residents have told us that since we began patrolling the 2400 block of Elvans Road, disorderly conduct and altercations have been reduced. Residents also report that shooting has decreased in the area as well.
Metropolitan Bike Trail
Guardian Angel patrols on the bike trails have been reduced since the high-alert days of the summer. The spike of robberies that occurred on the trail ended once Guardian Angels, MPD, and community groups began a consistent bike patrol. With additional support from the community, Guardian Angels look to continue patrolling the bike trail during peak biking seasons in the Fall and Spring.
1st & O Street NW
Guardian Angels have been coordinating safety walks with the Bates/Hanover communities for the last three weeks, with community patrols on Thursday night from 8 PM to 10 PM. An average of six residents from the community have been coming out to walk. We believe that this cooperation will help residents from the Bates and Hanover communities to get to know each other and learn better ways to work with the police to combat crime. These safety patrols are helping decrease crime in their area and have the full support of the Guardian Angels.
Metro Trains
Guardian Angels patrol the Red and Green Metro lines four evenings a week. In between guarding cars, we post members and high-traffic stops, such as Anacostia, L’Enfant Plaza, Ft Totten, and Gallery Place. The patrols are especially targeted to help with the weekend and after school crowd, and help commuters riding home after a long day of work travel in peace.
The DC Guardian Angels plans to increase patrols on the Metros as New Year’s approaches. However, we cannot do this alone. If any residents have four hours a week to help, please contact us ASAP. By joining or assisting the Guardian Angels you will become part of the “Us” and the “We” instead of the “ I” and “Me”. We want to work together to make our city a safer place to live, work and visit.
Thug Life
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Code Of
“I didn’t create T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., I diagnosed it.” – Tupac Shakur.
In 1992 at the ‘Truc Picnic’ in Cali, Tupac was instrumental in getting rival members of the Crips and Bloods to sign the Code Of THUG LIFE.
He and Mutulu Shakur had helped write up the ‘code’ , with help from other ‘og’s’. The Code of THUG LIFE is listed here.
It details do’s and don’ts for being a righteous thug and banger.
Code OF THUG LIFE:
1. All new Jacks to the game must know: a) He’s going to get rich. b) He’s going to jail. c) He’s going to die.
2. Crew Leaders: You are responsible for legal/financial payment commitments to crew members; your word must be your bond.
3. One crew’s rat is every crew’s rat. Rats are now like a disease; sooner or later we all get it; and they should too.
4. Crew leader and posse should select a diplomat, and should work ways to settle disputes. In unity, there is strength!
5. Car jacking in our Hood is against the Code.
6. Slinging to children is against the Code.
7. Having children slinging is against the Code.
8. No slinging in schools.
9. Since the rat Nicky Barnes opened his mouth; ratting has become accepted by some. We’re not having it.
10. Snitches is outta here.
11. The Boys in Blue don’t run nothing; we do. Control the Hood, and make it safe for squares.
12. No slinging to pregnant Sisters. That’s baby killing; that’s genocide!
13. Know your target, who’s the real enemy.
14. Civilians are not a target and should be spared.
15. Harm to children will not be forgiven.
16. Attacking someone’s home where their family is known to reside, must be altered or checked.
17. Senseless brutality and rape must stop.
18. Our old folks must not be abused.
19. Respect our Sisters. Respect our Brothers.
20. Sisters in the Life must be respected if they respect themselves.
21. Military disputes concerning business areas within the community must be handled professionally and not on the block.
22. No shooting at parties.
23. Concerts and parties are neutral territories; no shooting!
24. Know the Code; it’s for everyone.
25. Be a real ruff neck. Be down with the code of the Thug Life.
26. Protect yourself at all times..
Truxton Circle Thanks You Guardian Angels
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Thank you John Ayala and the Guardian Angels for your presence and your support. You have helped demonstrate how every day citizens can unite and make our streets safer.
The next walk with the DC Guardian Angels is scheduled for Thursday, October 27th at 8pmat the corner of First and O St NW. We hope enough neighbors join us so that the groups may split in two so we may cover more ground.
Bates Area Civic Association Members, we will be resuming our regular Neighborhood Walks on Tuesday, October 25th at 7pm at the corner of P and First St NW. All that join will receive a pedometer (so you can measure your steps to better health and a pocket note pad. On Thursday we will join with the Guardian Angels.
We hope to have more individuals come out, bring their dogs, strollers and walking shoes. Together, we can make our community a safer one.
Thank you!!!
Up Coming Events in Washington DC
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Sunday Sept. 25, 2011, Washington DC Guardian Angels are the Marshals for Fiesta DC 2011
The Latino Festival in Washington DC, also known as Fiesta DC, is an annual celebration highlighting the Latino culture with a Parade of Nations, a children’s festival, a science fair, a diplomatic pavilion for embassies and consulates, arts & crafts, and international cuisine. The free festival is huge and takes over the Columbia Heights neighborhood bringing together dozens of non profit organizations, community leaders, and members of the corporate and private sector.
October 1, 2011 DPR Ward 8 Inter-Generational Old-New School Family Reunion
There will be a 6 Point Rotation Sporting Challenge consisting of Kickball, Basketball, Softball, Flag-Football, Tug-of-War, Relays (Sack Races, and Three Legged Races) and Senior games that will run throughout the day, teams must participate in all activities. Teams will sign up at DPR Sites Ward Wide as Families. Agencies, Organization and sponsors will also be participating in the 6 Point Rotation to show a United Front, displaying Solidarity with the Ward 8 Community. Teams will compete for the Ultimate Bragging Rights Trophy which they have to bring to next years event defending their title; 2nd , 3rd and 4th places will be awarded as well. The Trophy will be given to the 1st placed Ward 8 Team, all other Teams/Families outside the ward are playing solely in the Spirit of Healthy Completion.
Taste of DC Along Pennsylvania Ave.: October 8 – 10, 2011
Taste of DC is a food, wine, beer, and music festival in Washington DC, taking place from October 8th – 10th, 2011 along Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 9th St. and 14th St. The event is being brought back to life by serial Entrepreneur Steuart Martens from season 10 of NBC’s “The Apprentice” and his incredible team of wizards and food nuts.
The event will feature tastings and dishes from more than 80 of DC’s best restaurants, eateries and food trucks, and a Farm-to-Fork zone. The event will also feature wine & beer pavilions, live entertainment on four stages, and family fun!
DC Guardian Angels will attend all three events. See you there.
Free Tickets for Youth – Skateboarding Competition
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011Title
Free Tickets for Youth – Skateboarding Competition
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This event comes to us from John Ayala:
John Ayala, Director of DC Guardian Angels, a long time community activist, not just in the DC area, but around the world has partnered with Maloof Money Cup, an organization with a track record of successes in bringing youth to athleticism and taking them off the streets.
The MMC is also looking to work with schools and youth groups to further its mission to prevent gangs and violence in our schools and streets.
The event will take place on September 3 and 4th from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in RFK’s Stadium Lot 3.
FREE TICKETS FOR ALL YOUTH GROUPS (church, YMCA, schools, bands, recreation centers, etc).
MMC & John Ayala will give away hundends of free tickets to youth groups for this event. This is to promote the new permanent world-class skateboarding park built by MMC to give the youth a safe place to have fun and learn to skateboard. This will help keep some youth off the streets and away from street violence. There will be a professional skateboarding competition on both days and on Sunday live entertainment by Doug E. Fresh.
FREE TICKETS FOR ALL YOUTH GROUPS (church, YMCA, schools, bands, recreation centers, etc).
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Who: Maloof Money Cup (MMC) & John Ayala, Director of DC Guardian Angels
When: September 3-4, 2011
Where: RFK Stadium Lot 3 Time: 10 AM to 6 PM
When: September 3-4, 2011
Where: RFK Stadium Lot 3 Time: 10 AM to 6 PM
John Ayala, Director of DC Guardian Angels, a long time community activist, not just in the DC area, but around the world has partnered with Maloof Money Cup (http:// maloofskateboarding.com ), an organization with a track record of successes in bringing youth to athleticism and taking them off the streets.
The MMC is also looking to work with schools and youth groups to further its mission to prevent gangs and violence in our schools and streets. FREE TICKETS FOR ALL YOUTH GROUPS (church, YMCA, schools, bands, recreation centers, etc).MMC & John Ayala will give away hundends of free tickets to youth groups for this event. This is to promote the new permanent world-class skateboarding park built by MMC to give the youth a safe place to have fun and learn to skateboard. This will help keep some youth off the streets and away from street violence. There will be a professional skateboarding competition on both days and on Sunday live entertainment by Doug E. Fresh.
To get your youth group free tickets please contact:
Diondra (event manager) at 916-847-3583 diondra@maloofskateboarding. com
John “Unique King” Ayala
DC Chapter Leader/East Coast Director
Alliance Of Guardian Angels/DC Chapter
1425 K Street, NW Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
202-359-0601
1425 K Street, NW Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
202-359-0601
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Join The Washington DC Guardian Angels Safety Patrol
Monday, August 22nd, 2011Thank you for interest in the Guardian Angels. We are a 100% Volunteer Safety Patrol Organization. The Guardian Angels were originally founded in 1979 in New York and 32 years later we proudly have over 144 chapters around the world. We rely heavily on team work to execute our mission and that is to ensure the safety of everyone; Civilians and
Angels. Below are some links that describe in better detail what we do If you are interested in joining up with the organization, you can text me or call us at 202-359-0601. We normally meet up: Monday, at L’Enfant Plaza Green line platform (Green belt side) at 7pm. Or Friday and Saturday nights in Adams Morgan in front of TomTom 2233 18 street, NW at 11:30pm. Please come meet with us.
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Latino Festival in Washington, DC – Fiesta DC 2011 An Annual Celebration of Latino Culture
Thursday, August 11th, 2011| September 25, 2011 |
Washington DC Guardian Angels are the Marshals for Fiesta DC 2011
The Latino Festival in Washington DC, also known as Fiesta DC, is an annual celebration highlighting the Latino culture with a Parade of Nations, a children’s festival, a science fair, a diplomatic pavilion for embassies and consulates, arts & crafts, and international cuisine. The free festival is huge and takes over the Columbia Heights neighborhood bringing together dozens of non profit organizations, community leaders, and members of the corporate and private sector. The festival coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15).
Date and Time
September 25, 2011
12 – 7 p.m.
Parade: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Festival Location
Mt. Pleasant St. NW, between Argonne Pl. and Park Rd.
Washington, DC
Guardian Angels keeping watch over D.C.’s streets by night
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011The Washington Post Life Style
Christian Hernandez, 21, drove from Chicago with other Guardian Angels volunteers to help the D.C. chapter patrol Adams Morgan on a bustling Friday night.
(Astrid Riecken/ For The Washington Post ) – Gerald McFadden, 18, called “Big Mac” by his friends, of the Guardian Angels guards 18th Street, making sure no one is jay-walking. The Guardian Angels are a volunteer law enforcement group that helps D.C. police keep order at night in Adams Morgan.
BY Dan Zak, Published: August 1
Cheshire moon, rising.
Drunks, falling.
Britney blasts over the boulevard.
We ain’t stopping
Keep on dancing till the world ends . . .
Columbia Road doglegs to Champlain Street.
Which slopes down to Kalorama.
Which doglegs to Columbia.
All bisected by 18th Street.
A Trapezoid of Iniquity.
The social contract strains amid the cops, cars and coeds.
This is where the Angels ride.
“Big Mac to Braveheart.”
0230 hours.
The Guardian Angels volunteer citizen crime patrol unit has three members on bikes tonight.
T-Bone, 24, diamond earrings.
Agent M, 18, glasses and spandex skullcap.
Braveheart, 22, goatee.
White T-shirts. Utility belts. Walkie-talkies.
A molten summer night.
The invisible rolling fog of car exhaust.
Eight hours of stand-up pedaling.
Swooping down alleys.
Shining lights into urban crannies.
Jumping curbs.
Straining calves.
Awaiting rumbles.
Flushing loiterers out of the Marie Reed Recreation Center grounds.
Panting, skidding.
Nerding out on civic duty.
“Use the crosswalk, please.”
“Seatbelts save lives. Buckle up.”
Do the right thing.
Dreadlocked pedestrian: “Fake [bleep] police.”
Minivan driver: “Guardian Angels! Peace, brothers, thank you.”
Salutes. Jeers.
0259 hours.
Bars close.
Music stops.
Le deluge.
The steps of the Madrid apartment building on 18th.
A man screaming.
A woman sobbing.
Agent M squeezes the brakes. His bike fishtails.
The angels swarm. Contain the situation.
The cops arrive. Handcuff the man.
Woman: “Please don’t lock him up. He didn’t do nothing wrong. We just fighting.”
Man: “I didn’t do [bleep] wrong.”
They lead him away.
Man: “Here I go, Roxy.”
The angels remain.
Woman: “Why are cops such [bleep], man?”
T-Bone: “We’re just doing our jobs.”
Woman: “Yeah, but you’re not cops.”
Braveheart: “We’re with the cops.”
Woman: “He has my keys. I want you to personally pay for my taxi home.”
Good intentions.
Indifferent world.
0340 hours.
A break.
Bottles of warm water at the Angels squad car on Columbia.
T-Bone, flop sweaty: “You know I lost 25 pounds tonight.”
Then, out of nowhere, a cool breeze marches down the street like a liberating army.
Sweat evaporates.
Energy returns.
Let’s do one last check, T-Bone says. The alley between Columbia, Biltmore and Mintwood.
The Angels pass two squad cars. Cops are interviewing witnesses to an assault and robbery.
Left into the alley.
Hot garbage.
Right toward 19th.
The butts of cars.
The calisthenics of rats.
The wanderings of SuperCans.
Wait.
Look.
A wallet.
In a square of light on the concrete ground in a brick recess of a fire escape.
Kickstands deploy.
The Angels approach.
The wallet doesn’t move.
They bend down.
They flip it open.
Driver’s license. Foggy Bottom address.
Credit cards.
No cash.
Ditched after a robbery?
Maybe the robbery a block away?
This is the most action they’ve seen all night.
Agent M: “I love my job.”
Braveheart, into his radio: “Possible recovered wallet from a robbery.”
Indeterminate crackling over the channel.
One assault victim, at the hospital, losing faith in mankind.
Three Angels, in an alley, restoring it.
Braveheart: “I need some police assistance.”
Radio silence. 0400 hours.
No assistance arrives. They pick up the wallet. Ferry it to the squad car. Are told an officer just got to the scene. Return to it.
The officer checks the ID.
“That’s him. We’ll take it to GW.”
The angels ride high back to Columbia. Braveheart continues to 18th.
T-Bone and Agent M are intercepted by a cop on a bike.
Cop on bike: “Who moved the wallet?”
The angels stammer.
It’s late.
No one was coming.
We’re just trying to help.
Cop on bike: “We really appreciate what you do. But you [bleeps] [bleeped] with my crime scene.”
T-Bone: “Sorry.”
Agent M: “Sorry.”
Cop on bike: “Lesson learned.”
He turns on his bike and pedals off to a flashing squad car.
The moon is grinning.
