THE ROCKS hosted their 2012 National Leadership and Training Conference at the Fort Belvoir, Va. Officer’s Club under the theme, “Mentoring Military Professionals for Global Leadership.” Members of the Army’s senior leadership including the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA), GEN Ray Odierno came out and briefed the conferees on issues facing the Army […]
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Jazz Brunch and Fashion Show 2012
The Howard University Alumni Club of Greater Washington, DC hosted an elegant Jazz Brunch and Fashion Show featuring couture designs from African and American designers at the Howard University Blackburn Center in Northwest, Washington, DC. Guests were asked to wear African-themed attire or the Pan-African colors of Red, Green, or Black. This jazz luncheon is […]
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Florida Ave Baptist Church Centennial Presents a Heritage Choral Workshop With Roland Carter
Florida Avenue Baptist Church invites community participation in its Centennial Heritage Choral Workshop, April 27-29, with the distinguished, composer, arranger, conductor, Roland Carter. The workshop focuses on and explores the nuance of the Negro Spiritual through choral music. Roland Carter is the Ruth S. Holmberg UC Foundation Professor of American Music in the Department of […]
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Pleasant Zion Fire Stokes Hope in Pastor Gray
“Whatever comes out of this will be better than before.” Those are the words of the Rev. Dr. James Gray, following a devastating fire at Pleasant Zion Baptist Church in Dundalk, the church he pastors. He’s assured the Lord allowed it for a reason, and equally assured that “the Lord has something good in store.” […]
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Howard Professor to Discuss Black Experience during the American Revolution
The Ford’s Theatre Society presents a discussion with Howard University’s Dr. Edna Medford at the Center for Education and Leadership, 514 Tenth Street NW, Washington, D.C., 5 p.m., May 7. The discussion focuses on the African-American experience during the American Revolution, including the role of Black soldiers in both the British and Continental armies and […]
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Howard U And Largo Church Host 10th Annual Health Fair
Matthew Blanding of Upper Marlboro thought everything was fine with his health, at least until he was screened in April 2003 at the annual Largo Community Church Health Fair. That’s when he discovered he had prostate cancer. From there, he worked with Howard University’s doctors and had the cancer removed. The retiree has been cancer […]
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Metro’s Accessibility Advisory Committee Seeks New Members
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) is looking for transit riders with disabilities and senior citizens to participate on a volunteer Accessibility Advisory Committee to advise the transit agency on ways its services can be improved. The 20-member committee, made up of six persons each from the District of Columbia., Maryland and Virginia, in […]
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NASA Administrator to be May 2012 Commencement Speaker
Charles F. Bolden Jr., the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s top official, will deliver the graduation address this spring at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. A retired two-star general, Bolden will speak May 18 to graduates in the Hytche Athletic Center. He’ll receive the UMES Presidential Medal in recognition of his service as a […]
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Howard’s Lady Bison Advance Past FAMU, 51-43, to MEAC Tournament Title Game
Junior forward Saadia Doyle scored 16 of her game-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the second half, and junior guard Tamoria Holmes tallied 13 of her 19 points after intermission, to lead Howard University to a 51-43 win over Florida A&M University in the semi-finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s tournament […]
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Howard Nursing Dean Joins Five Others to Plan for Better Nursing in Rwanda
Howard University Division of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences will be joining five nursing schools from across the nation to provide training and help to schools of nursing in Rwanda. Beginning in the fall Howard and nursing schools at University of Maryland, University of Texas, New York University, Duke University […]
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CNN Suspends Roland Martin
What CNN Commentator Roland Martin considered innocent tweets during the Super Bowl have not only drawn the consternation of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), they’ve garnered for him an indefinite suspension from the network. It is reported that CNN issued this statement: “Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans […]
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Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
On this, the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I remember my sister-in-law’s fight with the disease. Tragically, she did not win that fight – she left behind a devastated husband and five-year old daughter. But it is in her memory, and the memory of all the friends and loved ones we have lost, […]