About ACC
The Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) was established in 1983 as a volunteer, membership consortium of organizations and individuals involved with the revitalization of Anacostia and its adjacent neighborhoods. Founded to organize community support for getting the Anacostia Metro Station built, the ACC has expanded to address a large amount of issues that face the community.
ACC is involved in information gathering and sharing, networking, advocacy and community organizing.
Since its inception, ACC has welcomed over 1,000 guest speakers to its monthly meetings to discuss some of the community's most pressing issues and to share important information pertaining to the community.
Every year, ACC sponsors or co-sponsors several evening community meetings that attract hundreds of residents. The Anacostia Coordinating Council has been involved in hundreds of activities that address the daily needs of our community members.
ACC is involved in information gathering and sharing, networking, advocacy and community organizing.
Since its inception, ACC has welcomed over 1,000 guest speakers to its monthly meetings to discuss some of the community's most pressing issues and to share important information pertaining to the community.
Every year, ACC sponsors or co-sponsors several evening community meetings that attract hundreds of residents. The Anacostia Coordinating Council has been involved in hundreds of activities that address the daily needs of our community members.
Philip Pannell, Executive Director and Interim Chairman
Philip Pannell is the Director of Community Affairs of ADA, Inc. and as a part of his responsibilities and since 1995 has served as the Executive Director of the non-profit Anacostia Coordinating Council, which is headquartered at the ADA, Inc. office and chaired by Arrington Dixon, ADA Inc., CEO. He is a longtime community activist in the District of Columbia in general and east of the Anacostia River in particular. He has received over 100 awards during his nearly four decades of work in DC. In 2011 he received the U.S. President’s Call to Service Award and in 2012 received the D.C. Federation of Civic Associations’ award for the Outstanding President of a Member Association and the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum’s Community Service Award.
He is native of Newport News, VA, a graduate of Fordham University and did graduate work at Howard University. Currently he serves as the president of the Congress Heights Community Association and the Anacostia/Bellevue/Congress Heights AARP Chapter #4870. Also, he is the treasurer of the Friends of the Parkland-Turner Neighborhood Library and the vice chairman of the board of the Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School.
He is native of Newport News, VA, a graduate of Fordham University and did graduate work at Howard University. Currently he serves as the president of the Congress Heights Community Association and the Anacostia/Bellevue/Congress Heights AARP Chapter #4870. Also, he is the treasurer of the Friends of the Parkland-Turner Neighborhood Library and the vice chairman of the board of the Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School.
