News & Stories Archive
June 11, 2015
Alice Ferguson Retrospective The life and legacy of Alice Ferguson is the subject of an exhibition at the Stanford in Washington Art Gallery now through August 30, 2015. “Hard Bargain […]
June 11, 2015
Alice Ferguson Foundation Executive Director, Lori Arguelles, Inducted as Honorary Commander at Joint Base Andrews Joint Base Andrews recently inducted AFF Executive Director Lori Arguelles, along with thirteen other community […]
April 8, 2015
By Tim Murphy, Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Coordinator At Peace Lutheran Church in Waldorf, Maryland, we have had a long standing and robust Social Concerns Ministry. Under the direction of […]
April 1, 2015
By guest writer David Thompson, a high school junior in Prince George’s County. On March 21, along with eight others, I cleaned up a few streets in a Maryland residential […]
March 24, 2015
By Tim Murphy, Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Coordinator I recently had the privilege of addressing a communications class at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) taught by Assistant Professor Michelle […]
March 6, 2015
Recognizing the importance of public education and awareness in creating behavior change, AFF’s Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative created the Regional Litter Prevention Campaign to target active litterers in the […]
December 12, 2014
Located on 32nd and Branch Ave in Temple Hills, MD is a 5,000 square foot abandoned street scape project that has existed since 1974. Thirty years later this forgotten site, […]
October 24, 2014
By Lori Arguelles, AFF Executive Director It was 60 years ago today that the pioneers of the Alice Ferguson Foundation (AFF) realized the first fruits of their labors. On October […]
October 3, 2014
By Kara Pennino, AFF Community Outreach Liaison There has been a lot of talk recently about how to grab the attention of people in their teens and twenties, also known […]
July 7, 2014
By Alena Rosen, AFF Communications Coordinator This year reveals another record breaking year for the Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup with 14,766 volunteers removing 288 tons of trash from 671 sites throughout the Watershed. […]