Outreach Opportunities

Lincoln-Westmoreland Housing, Inc.

In April 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Washington, D.C., erupted in protest. More than 6 blocks with affordable housing were lost in the ensuing protests. This was directly east of Lincoln Congregational Temple, a UCC church in Washington. This created a wasteland; new construction was needed. Lincoln Temple and Westmoreland had already developed a partnership as they attempted to deal with some serious problems in Washington. Lincoln-Westmoreland Housing, Inc. was ready to develop land in the Shaw neighborhood, on Seventh Street N.W. between R and S Streets. 

Today the Corporation owns and manages two multi-family low-income apartment buildings in the area and is preparing for additional buildings in other areas of the District of Columbia. Representatives from Westmoreland serve on the board that administers these buildings.

Click HERE to read the 2023 annual report of Lincoln-Westmoreland, Inc.

Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center

Since 2004, Westmoreland has provided various forms of assistance to the Marie Reed Elementary School and Marie Reed Community Center. In 2022 we continued our support by conducting an after-school Chess Club at the to Shaw Community Center at Lincoln Temple . Additionally our  Social Justice and Action grants supported the Marie Reed PTA’s Food Prints Program  and the Shaw Community Center’s computer lab.

Contact: Pete Davis

Shaw Community center

Shaw Community Center (SCC) was founded in 1991 as ‘Shaw Community Ministry’ (SCM), an urban ministry of Westmoreland and Lincoln Temple Churches and the Potomac Association, United Church of Christ. SCM's mission was to work together with the children, youth, adults and seniors of the Shaw community to enhance lives and to expand opportunities. SCM had office space in Lincoln-Westmoreland Apartments. Today SCC operates from the former Lincoln Temple Church building.

Over the years, Westmoreland has provided financial and volunteer support for SCM/SCC activities. For more information, visit https://www.shawcommunity.org.

Other Outreach Opportunities




  • Bethesda Cares

  • Action in Montgomery

  • Interfaith Works

  • Denominational Offerings

  • Briggs Center for Faith and Action