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    On   Wednesday, August 21, 2013, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold her annual Jobs Fair at the Washington Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.     Norton will open the Job Fair with an hour of workshops, helpful to people looking for jobs or changing jobs   Says Norton, "DC and this region has more openings than anywhere else."   Speakers will offer tips on federal jobs available despite the sequester, on top job openings in the region, and on resume writing and interviewing in today’s job market.    After a brief dress for success fashion show, the job fair will take place between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and will feature more than 80 employers with federal, state, local and private-sector jobs, and jobs for recent graduates.    The job fair is free, but open to D.C. residents only.  Job-seekers must bring proof of D.C. residency (photo ID, voter registration card, p...

Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will join President Barack Obama to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s “I Have a Dream” speech in in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 2013. Obama, Clinton and Carter will deliver remarks at the Let Freedom Ring Commemoration and Call to Action event at the Lincoln Memorial.   Three of the five pictured presidents will attend the 50 th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, August 28th. Obama, Clinton, Carter and King family members, along with coalition members and dignitaries, will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to “Let freedom ring” by ringing bells at 3:00 p.m. EST, a half-century to the very minute after Dr. King delivered his historic address.  Groups across the country will also pause to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech by ringing bells at 3:00 p.m. EST in their home states.   “Martin Luther King’s unforgetta...