Fellow Affinity Lab member Brian Weaver was recently featured on the Washington City Paper’s website with the debut of his new political commercial. The video features Weaver moving through some of Ward 1′s most notable locales, including restaurants, bars and a other landmarks. The film was directed by Olivia Abtahi, director of Dreaming Out Loud’s “When Dreams Emerge, Communities Arise!” commercial and a forthcoming documentary on the experience of our summer program Project Dream Green.

Weaver has a strong record of community-engagement and youth-advocacy through organizations such as Hoops Sagrado. Sum of Change – a blog dedicated to socially, politically and culturally conscious media – has included the Ward 1 contestant among its coverage of this year’s DC election season.

With the hotly contested Democratic Primaries slated for September 14th, this is a critical stretch-run for all of the candidates. Jeff Smith, Executive Director of DC Voice and incumbent Ward 1 Councilman Jim Graham will vie for the seat which Graham has occupied since 1998.

With the increased attention brought by the ad debut on the Citypaper’s site -District’s premier source for all things fresh and new – the Weaver Campaign hopes the momentum can help springboard them to victory.