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Duties: Serves as a member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC). Commissioners represent the views of residents of their Single Member District (SMD). After deliberation and votes, the ANC Commission advises the Mayor, Council and executive agencies in local matters such as parking, zoning, traffic, liquor licenses, permits, etc.Deberes: Se desempeña como miembro de la “Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC)”. Los comisionados representan las opiniones de los residentes de su distrito miembro único “Single Member District(SMD)”. Después de la deliberación y las votaciones, la Comisión del ANC asesora al alcalde, al consejo y a las agencias ejecutivas en asuntos locales como estacionamiento, zonificación, tráfico, licencias de venta de bebidas alcohólicas, permisos, etc.

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    Sterling Speirn
    (NON)

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Qualifications • Member of League of Women Voters of DC • Co-Founder and active gardener of the all-volunteer Mariposa Garden in Kalorama Park • Member of KaloramaConnects Citizens Brigade • Active supporter of the Ballot 83 initiative for Rank Choice Voting and Semi-Open Primaries • Former CEO of the National Conference on Citizenship • Trustee Emeritus of the Greater Washington Community Foundation • Member of the AAAS Commission that produced the 2020 report, "Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century" • Resident of SMD 1C02 and Washington, DC since 2016.
• Rats and Trash in local neighborhoods and in our beloved Kalorama Park are a concern for many of our 1C Single Member Districts. • DC Statehood - Achieving equal rights and local autonomy by becoming the 51st State is one of my top issues to improve the lives of all DC residents as national politics continue to shift.

Reaching out to my neighbors to raise awareness of our single member district (SMD) and developing a transparency agenda to update constituents on local projects like the Taft Bridge and the Kalorama Park Erosion Project, and other ongoing concerns or issues. Working with fellow 1C Commissioners to address issues across our Districts. Exploring how we might use decentralized online conversation platforms like Polis for local surveys, ideas collection, and dialogue about our neighborhood, Adams Morgan and DC. As Co-Founder of the Mariposa Garden in Kalorama Park, I have direct connections to more than 120 volunteers active on our 2026 roster and have an ongoing way to connect with neighbors face-to-face whenever they visit the garden on Saturday mornings. Working with Ward 1 Counclmember
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