Don’t Mute DC was honored with the 2019 “Pioneer Award” from Think Local First, was invited to join the inaugural Kennedy Center Cultural Caucus; Featured in The Atlantic’s City Lab, New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, Atlantic Live, Associated Press, Washington Post, WUSA 9, TV One, Washington Informer and featured in a cartoon oral history by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture.

 

 The group has been the subject of a number of documentaries, as well as given invited talks at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Forum, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, American University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, DC Public Libraries, and Empower DC and countless faith organizations, schools and community organizations throughout the region.