LGBTQ Network Revry and Xfinity Present The Beltway Pride Screening Series BALTIMORE, MD (July 23, 2020) – Revry, the first global queer streaming network, today announced a new partnership with Comcast Xfinity’s Beltway Region to introduce The Beltway Pride Screening Series – a collection of six compelling films that explore life through the lens of […]
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Dominion Energy Announces 11 Schools to Benefit from $35 Million Higher Education Equity Initiative
‘HBCU Promise’ Program Supports Schools in Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio and North Carolina (Black PR Wire) – Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) recently announced that 11 historically Black colleges and universities in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina will receive support through a $35 million initiative aimed at promoting higher education equity. The six-year “HBCU […]
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Michael Phelps Wellness Program for Balt City Kids
Living Classrooms and Michael Phelps Foundation Provide Wellness Opportunity to Baltimore City Students This Summer Wellness Activity Boxes create opportunities to help children manage the emotional effects of the global pandemic on themselves and their families Living Classrooms Foundation and the Michael Phelps Foundation have partnered to create an in-home Wellness Activity Box for children […]
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Baltimore County to Support Local Businesses with Grants to Chambers of Commerce
Baltimore County to Support Local Businesses with Grants to Chambers of Commerce $20,000 Grants will Fund COVID-related Programming and Marketing Efforts TOWSON, MD – Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced a $600,000 grant program designed to assist chambers of commerce and business associations in their missions to support businesses in their communities. The grant […]
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National Black Theatre Receives Its First Obie Award
NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE GARNERS OBIE AWARD Historic theater nabs prestigious award at ceremony honoring the best in Off-Broadway NEW YORK (July 15, 2020) — Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) was awarded the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Production and Continued Advocacy on behalf of Black Artists during the 65th Annual Obie […]
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American Red Cross-Run for the Red Virtual Run
We’ve all been stuck inside for months waiting for something, anything to do. We’re antsy, irritated, happy, and sad. Feeling all the feels. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get outside, moving our bodies, and give back to the community all at once? Well, you can! The Red Cross is hosting a socially distanced […]
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Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Pays Tribute to the Late Civil Rights Icons, Rep. John Lewis and Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian
MELANIE L. CAMPBELL, PRESIDENT & CEO OF THE NATIONAL COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS, CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS AND REV. DR. C. T. VIVIAN WASHINGTON, DC (July 18, 2020) — Today, Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and National […]
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ASALH MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
ASALH MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS Dear ASALH Members and Friends, When the sad news came that John Lewis had succumbed to pancreatic cancer, I found the words, “John Lewis is dead,” hard to say and even harder to accept. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History deeply mourns […]
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Reflections on the Passing of Congressman John R. Lewis and Dr. C.T. Vivian
Congressman John Robert Lewis died last night. He was eighty. That’s two Civil Rights icons in one day, and three since March 27, inclusive of Dr. C. T. Vivian and Dr. Joseph E. Lowery. Vivian was 95 and Lowery was 98. Their testimony, their theology, their style of advocacy are fast becoming distant memories and […]
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Mayor Young’s Statement on the Passing of U.S. Congressman John Lewis
Mayor Young’s Statement on the Passing of U.S. Congressman John Lewis BALTIMORE, MD. — “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman John Lewis yesterday. He was a giant among men; who believed that our country could be better than what it was and he gave his blood, sweat, and tears in […]
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UNCF Mourns Passing of Civil Rights and HBCU Icon John Lewis
UNCF Mourns Passing of Civil Rights and HBCU Icon John Lewis UNCF and Speaker Pelosi honored the late congressman in March for a lifetime of championing underserved individuals, including HBCU students in his district WASHINGTON, Jul 18, 2020 — UNCF mourns the loss of a champion of Civil Rights, from the 1960s to the Black Lives […]
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Family Attorney: West Palm Beach Police Abuse and Deny Aid to Beautiful Ballerina Suffering Overdose
Jade Kothe, 20, a beautiful ballerina who aspired to one day own a dance studio, died at her West Palm Beach, Florida residence, June 28, at approximately 1:30 am. On March 17, Kothe was sent by her parents to Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach for treatment of anxiety and depression. After […]