What We Do
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs division is dedicated to serving specific cultural and identity-based communities. By centralizing these offices under Cultural Affairs, the administration aims to better coordinate outreach, amplify cultural initiatives, and ensure each community’s unique needs and contributions are recognized and supported.
Cultural Affairs Offices
- Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)
- Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs (MOAAA)
- Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA)
- Mayor’s Office on Caribbean Community Affairs (MOCCA)
- Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA)
- Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs (MOLGBTQA)
The Community Partnerships division will focus on building and expanding relationships with the philanthropic community. The goal is to secure and mobilize volunteers, resources, and strategic partners to support community initiatives, ensuring that the District has the tools necessary to thrive. This approach leverages public-private collaboration to enhance services, support nonprofit organizations, and create sustainable impact, including a focus on veterans, returning citizens and women.
Community Partnerships Offices
Meet the Director
Director Lamont Carey, a native Washingtonian, with a long standing career as an internationally known and award-winning spoken word artist, author, motivational speaker, filmmaker, and playwright, using his platform to address social issues. His career in reentry work spans over two decades and he has worked with legislators, nonprofits, philanthropists and other groups that focus on policy, prevention and reducing recidivism.
In 2019, Carey joined the Bowser Administration as Director of the Mayor's Office of Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA), where he expanded services and programs. Under Director Carey’s leadership, the MORCA team more than doubled in size and the office increased both program and service offerings. Among the enhancements are 24 innovative, high-impact programs and the creation of opportunities for entrepreneurship, wealth building, home ownership, and civic engagement.
His work has touched multiple underserved communities, and he is constantly creating programming to overcome different cultural barriers. This includes D/DB/HH accessibility for all events, technology training for returning citizens and seniors, wage negotiation for women returning citizens, advocating for DOC Policy changes for LGBTQIA+ inmates, assistance with vital records and more.
Director Carey has received a multitude of awards for his work; those include the ROASA’s New Black History Makers Award, The Metropolitan Police Department Community Engagement Award, the Court Service and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) Community Partnership Award, and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Visionary Award.
Carey was appointed in October 2025 as the Director of the Mayor's Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) where he looks forward to continuing his expansion expertise with all the cultural and community partnership offices within his purview.
Annual Reports
Explore annual reports
FY2024
FY24 Mayor's Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships
FY24 Mayor's Office of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing
FY24 Mayor's Office
FY2023
FY23 Grants Annual Report
FY2022
FY2021
FY2020
Mayor's Office of Nightlife & Culture: Economic Impact of DC's Nightlife Industry Report
Mayor's Office on Returning Citizens Affairs
Mayor's Office on Women's Policy and Initiatives
Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships
FY2019
Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Culture
Mayor's Office on Returning Citizens Affairs
FY2018
Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
FY2017
Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Mayor's Office on Returning Citizens Affairs
Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships
FY2016
Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Mayor's Office on Returning Citizens Affairs
Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships
FY2015
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Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
History
The Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs was established through the Mayor’s Order 2008-46. MOCA is responsible for ensuring that the needs of the residents of the District of Columbia are met and that residents' engagement and interests in the community are heightened.
FOIA
FOIA Information
If you cannot find the information you are looking for here or elsewhere on DC.gov you can submit a FOIA request online via the DC government Public FOIA Portal. Requests may also be submitted by mail, fax, or email. However, please note that FOIA requests submitted online will be easier to track and process.
To understand the process before making a request, please see foia.dc.gov.
Administrative Appeals
An administrative appeal is submitted to the Mayor. An administrative appeal may be submitted online via the DC government Public FOIA Portal. An appeal may also be submitted by mail or email. The appeal must include a copy of the original request as well as a copy of the public body's written denial letter issued to you, if any. In addition, the appeal must include a written statement of the arguments, circumstances, or reasons in support of the information sought by your request. The appeal letter must include "Freedom of Information Act Appeal" or "FOIA Appeal" in the subject line of the letter as well as marked on the outside of the envelope. You may direct a written appeal to:[email protected]
Or
Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel
FOIA Appeal
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 407
Washington, DC 20004
A copy of the appeal must be provided to the public body whose denial you are appealing. The appeal must be addressed to the public body’s FOIA Officer.
FOIA Officer
The FOIA Officer is the principal contact point within MOCA for advice and policy guidance on matters pertaining to the administration of the FOIA. All requests are handled professionally and expeditiously. MOCA’s FOIA Officer’s information is listed below.
Henry Johnson
Executive Office of the Mayor
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
[email protected]
Phone: (202) 727-3384
Contact Us
The Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 332
Phone: (202) 442-8150
Email: [email protected]
