Baltimore–Open Society Institute-Baltimore will support 13 community-based events and projects marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray and the Baltimore Uprising in 2015. Proposals were selected from among dozens submitted in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) announced in February. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the proposed […]
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Time Sensitive: Virtual Event for High School Seniors
High School to College Using Quarantine Time To Effectively Prepare Attention all Media Outlets: On May 5 at 6:00 pm Eastern Time, author and speaker Duncan Kirkwood will be doing a FREE virtual motivational talk for high school seniors via Zoom. There are only 500 spots available and there will between 30 – 40 schools represented across […]
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Activists Paint Enormous “Protect Amazon Workers” Mural On Street In Front of CEO Jeff Bezos’ DC Home
UPDATE: Today, a team of activists with La ColectiVA and ShutDownDC painted a mural on the street in front of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ DC home. The mural read “PROTECT AMAZON WORKERS” in massive letters stretching from curb to curb. Nine people in front of Bezos’ mansion in DC used non-toxic paint to write “Protect […]
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Chancellor’s Letter-Reopening Fall 2020
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY www.ncat.edu A LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY and A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION of THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA April 29, 2020 Aggie Family, As we learned last week, the State of North Carolina’s stay-at-home order has been extended until at least May 8. We were also informed that public schools around the […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Launch of Census Dashboard
Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Launch of Census Dashboard New online tool part of City’s comprehensive efforts to increase Census response rate BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced the launch of a new dashboard developed by the Baltimore City Planning Department to track the City’s Census response rate by census […]
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Nurses Union Endorses the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act
Nurses Union Endorses the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act NNU applauds announcement of legislation to increase national production of personal protective equipment National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, applauds Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on the announcement […]
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African Americans High COVID-19 Mortality Rates: Is This Due To A Lack Of Vitamin D?
By Clarke Illmatical The sky is falling, and Black folks are dying. In the United States, African Americans are reported as having the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, based on ethnicity. Our surgeon general says we are smoking and doing too many drugs. Others believe that socioeconomic factors are the issue because African Americans have […]
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After USDA Approval, Maryland to Provide Food to Approximately 427,000 Children Affected by COVID-19 School Closures
After USDA Approval, Maryland to Provide Food to Approximately 427,000 Children Affected by COVID-19 School Closures $49 Million in Additional Benefits for Marylanders Thanks to the Department of Human Services and Maryland State Department of Education’s Joint Request to Federal Administration BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS, in conjunction with the […]
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Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Increased Transparency, Availability of COVID-19 Data
Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Increased Transparency, Availability of COVID-19 Data City’s revised dashboard includes significant increases in availability of information, data on City’s response to COVID-19 BALTIMORE, MD. — Yesterday, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young unveiled an updated COVID-19 dashboard, significantly increasing the amount of publicly available data released on a daily basis […]
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Workers Across The US Get Creative Blasting Amazon For Health and Labor Violations
Washington, DC, April 29 – Tech giant Amazon announced plans to place warehouse workers in an untenable position and endanger their health during the COVID-19 crisis; as a response worker strikes are expected later this week. Today, people who are fighting for justice at Amazon will hold a town hall online to discuss the health […]
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Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us #GivingTuesdayNow
Join The MusicianShip — home of the DC Funk Parade — on May 5 for #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving in response to COVID-19! Our goal is $5,000 and all contributions directly support The MusicianShip’s free-of-charge youth music programs, like the incomparable Washington Youth Choir! The choir promotes higher education and proves that young […]
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Coppin State University Ranked 17th Best Value University by a College Ranking Website
College Consensus 2020 BALTIMORE — Coppin State University (CSU) has been ranked among the top 20 Best Values Universities in the nation for 2020, according to a college ranking website. College Consensus (collegeconsensus.com), a unique college ranking website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has ranked CSU 17th among best value colleges and universities in […]