Announcing Congresswoman Johnson’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office is excited to announce the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or apps) written in any programming language, for any platform (desktop/PC, web, mobile, raspberry Pi, etc.). […]
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Melissa Wood Bartholomew Named Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
A message from David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School I write with great pleasure to announce that Melissa Wood Bartholomew, MDiv ’15, will join HDS as the School’s new Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) on July 6, 2020. Melissa’s connections to HDS—and to the promotion of diversity and inclusion—run deep. […]
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Oversight Launches Investigation into Administration’s Surveillance of Protesters
June 5, 2020 The Honorable Chad F. Wolf Acting Secretary of Homeland Security 245 Murray Lane, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20528 Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: We write with grave concern about the use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resources—including drones and armed uniformed officers—to surveil and intimidate peaceful protesters who were exercising their First Amendment […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Baltimore City Will Enter Phase 1 of Reopening Beginning Monday, June 8
PRESS RELEASE Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Baltimore City Will Enter Phase 1 of Reopening Beginning Monday, June 8 Mayor, Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa find health data supports reopening certain services, businesses BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced Baltimore City would begin its phased reopening of services and businesses […]
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Mercy Medical Center Completes Newly-Constructed Hospital Floor Ahead Of Schedule
(Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2020) —Mercy Medical Center announced today the completion of a newly constructed unit on the 17th Floor of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center main hospital in downtown Baltimore. The new state-of-the art unit was completed in record time, ahead of schedule, in partnership with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. The 32-bed […]
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BCPS News Release – 12 BCPS Schools Honored in Maryland Green Schools Program
12 BCPS schools honored in Maryland Green Schools program Includes 5 schools achieving “sustainable” Maryland Green Schools status TOWSON, MD. – Twelve Baltimore County public schools have been honored by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) for their 2019-2020 achievements in the Maryland Green Schools program. The following BCPS schools were recognized: For “sustainable […]
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Moving from Pain to Purpose
Statement Regarding the Death of George Floyd and National Uprising Against Racial Injustice Statement Regarding the Death of George Floyd and National Uprising Against Racial Injustice Statement Regarding the Death of George Floyd and National Uprising Against Racial Injustice Statement Regarding the Death of George Floyd and National Uprising Against Racial Injustice Statement Regarding the […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, emocha Partner to Implement Return-to-Work Solution for City Employees
PRESS RELEASE Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, emocha Partner to Implement Return-to-Work Solution for City Employees Mobile application will allow employees to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced a new partnership with emocha to allow City employees to self-screen for symptoms of COVID-19 as they return to their worksites. […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Launch BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative
PRESS RELEASE Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Launch BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative Program will provide free, outdoor camp alternative for Baltimore youth ages five to 12 BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks’ (BCRP) Executive Director, Reginald Moore, announced BMORE Summer […]
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Baltimore City Recreation and Parks launches BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative
Baltimore City Recreation and Parks launches BMORE Summer Fun as a Camp Baltimore Alternative BCRP 2020 summer camp season looks a little different (Baltimore, MD) – Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks’ (BCRP) Executive Director, Reginald Moore, announced BMORE Summer Fun, a free, outdoor summer camp alternative for Baltimore youth ages five to […]
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Norton Condemns Senator Lee’s Attack on D.C. Mayor, Frequent Home-Rule Violator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) statements that District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is “ungrateful” and “must be stopped” from allegedly “evicting” the Utah National Guard and other state guards from D.C. hotels. Norton noted that state national guards have been deployed in D.C. by state […]
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Baltimore County Earns Seven National Awards Recognizing Government Innovation
Baltimore County Earns Seven National Awards Recognizing Government Innovation County’s “Balancing Act” budget platform named one of nation’s best programs as National Association of Counties highlights five County Departments for effective leadership TOWSON, MD — Baltimore County earned seven awards from the National Association of Counties’ (NACo) 2020 Achievement Awards, which recognize innovative, effective county government […]