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LATEST WARD 5 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
January 23, 2026
Dear Ward 5 neighbors,
Today is a sad day as we mourn the loss of a pillar of our community: Pierpont Mobley. Pierpont grew up in DC, was a long-time Ward 5 neighbor, and was a champion of civil rights as an equal employment opportunity advocate and public servant. His career spanned four federal administrations as he worked for the U.S. Drug Administration, the White House, the Executive Office of the President, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Mines. He and his wife of 58 years, Jeanette Mobley, have been politically active in the District for decades and their influence is hard to rival.
It would be difficult to overstate my gratitude for Pierpont and the Mobley family. Pierpont was full of integrity, steadfast in his democratic commitments, and a true force for good. In 2024, he released a book detailing many of his experiences in the District, titled The Black Side of the White House. I mourn his passing alongside his many loved ones and I am inspired by the legacy he leaves us—a legacy of humble and clear-eyed public service. Please join me in sending love and prayers to Jeanette and the family in this time of grief.
LATEST WARD 5 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Remembering Pierpont Mobley, and ❄️Preparing for Snow❄️
January 23, 2026
Dear Ward 5 neighbors,
Today is a sad day as we mourn the loss of a pillar of our community: Pierpont Mobley. Pierpont grew up in DC, was a long-time Ward 5 neighbor, and was a champion of civil rights as an equal employment opportunity advocate and public servant. His career spanned four federal administrations as he worked for the U.S. Drug Administration, the White House, the Executive Office of the President, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Mines. He and his wife of 58 years, Jeanette Mobley, have been politically active in the District for decades and their influence is hard to rival.
It would be difficult to overstate my gratitude for Pierpont and the Mobley family. Pierpont was full of integrity, steadfast in his democratic commitments, and a true force for good. In 2024, he released a book detailing many of his experiences in the District, titled The Black Side of the White House. I mourn his passing alongside his many loved ones and I am inspired by the legacy he leaves us—a legacy of humble and clear-eyed public service. Please join me in sending love and prayers to Jeanette and the family in this time of grief.
Progress Report: January 2023 - January 2025
Check out the latest Progress Report from Councilmember Parker! Our office has been hard at work alongside Ward 5 neighbors to build healthy communities through transformative policy, fighting for Ward 5, and making government accessible and transparent. View the full report and see more of what we achieved together here.
COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER
Since taking office in January of 2023, Zachary has delivered for Ward 5 residents through responsive constituent services and significant budget wins. He has introduced dozens of transformative pieces of legislation, including bills to establish the District’s State Superintendent of Education’s School Support Office to improve low-performing schools, and the District Child Tax Credit which provides low-income and middle-class families fully refundable tax credits for children 17 years of age and younger.
LEGISLATION
Since taking office, Councilmember Parker has introduced more than 30 pieces of legislation, and co-introduced more than 150 additional bills. Learn about Councilmember Parker’s legislation, co-introductions, and committee assignments on the Legislation page.
COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER
Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker is an educator and a public servant. He taught 7th-grade math in New Orleans, post-Katrina, with Teach For America, and spent nearly a decade supporting DC school administrators at Ward 5 schools like Dunbar High School and Mundo Verde PCS.
Zachary sees firsthand the human impact of a system that leaves our most vulnerable behind. He grew up watching his oldest brother struggle with a one-size-fits-all school system that did not have the resources to support him, and now sees the challenges he faces in life because of it.
And Zachary suffered alongside his middle brother through a long and exhaustive battle with a healthcare system that treated him more like a problem than a patient before he ultimately passed away at 36 from kidney failure. These shouldn’t be the experiences families have when interacting with our public institutions. Zachary has dedicated his life’s work to transforming the systems that failed his brothers and so many like them.
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