Thanks to American Cancer Society volunteer and breast cancer survivor Barbara Palmer, Baltimore’s ACS Hope Lodge is receiving a $10,000 gift from Exelon as part of the company’s Employee Volunteer Awards program. Barbara is an employee of BGE, an Exelon company. Annually, Exelon selects 18 employees who perform outstanding volunteer work and honors their commitment […]
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D.C. Author’s Novel Selected as Montaigne Medal Finalist
Award-winning journalist Doug Smith was recognized as a 2013 Montaigne Medal finalist for his first novel, Same Same. The Montaigne Medal is given in honor of French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who influenced people such as William Shakespeare, Rene Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Eric Hoffer. It is awarded to the most thought-provoking titles each […]
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U.S. Dream Academy Executive Director Named To 2013 List of Maryland’s Top 100 Women
C. Diane Wallace Booker, Executive Director of the U.S. Dream Academy, has been named to The Daily Record’s 2013 list of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. The Daily Record created its annual list of Maryland’s Top 100 Women in order to recognize outstanding achievement by women who have demonstrated significant professional accomplishments, outstanding community leadership and […]
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CCNY Announces Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
The City College of New York will rename its Division of Social Sciences the Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. The City University of New York Board of Trustees approved the name change at its April 29 meeting after hearing testimony from General Colin L. Powell and students from the Colin Powell […]
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Bowie State University Professor Named Apple Distinguished Educator
A Bowie State University communications professor was named a 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator for her use of emerging technology in creating a student mobile journalism lab. Allissa Richardson, a lecturer in the Department of Communications, is one of 200 educators from all academic levels selected among applicants from 37 different countries, including the United States, […]
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Desmond Pringle Celebrates New CD and Spreads Hope for Cancer Patients
ZION, IL (April 19, 2013) – Noted gospel singer-song writer Desmond Pringle is teaming up with Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), to present a three city inspirational concert event to inspire hope in Chicago, Charleston and Los Angeles as Kingdom Records releases his new CD Fidelity on May 14. His current radio single “Can’t […]
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6th Annual Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids raises more than $1 million to fight childhood deadly diseases
Kayla has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, but she hasn’t let that stop he from enjoying life’s special moments. She’s a diva who loves fashion and sing, always keeping up with the latest trends in both. She is able to keep up with her loves because […]
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Five Reasons to Go Smart in Your Home
Remember the 1999 Disney Channel original movie “Smart House,” where current “Sons of Anarchy” queen Katey Sagal plays the computerized personality of a highly technical smart home? Sure, Sagal’s cyborg-esque character, Pat, goes overboard and winds up trying to parent the motherless household — but winning a technologically advanced house that eases chores and offers topnotch […]
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Civil Rights Royalty Remembers Dr. King, Cites Drum Majors for Justice
ATLANTA – Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, U. S. State Department, was visibly moved as she accepted her award at the SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now’s (SCLC/WOMEN) 34th Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner held in Atlanta last week. “I could not miss this moment,” Ambassador Cook […]
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The State of Equality and Justice in America: ‘Let Us Not Lose Focus on the Justice Issues That Still Loom’
This year, we are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. As African Americans, we are pleased that this country has progressed from the forced enslavement of our race to the removal of the Jim Crow laws and practices. We are also celebrating the reelection […]
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Protecting your Investments by Exercising
Planning for retirement is a topic more and more seniors are having these days. With the uncertainty of the financial market, pitted against the increase in medical bills, finding ways to stretch hard-earned money saved from retirement funds, can seem daunting. But despite the current state of the economy, individuals, even those 65 years and […]
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WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
A neighborhood watch captain went on an illegal patrol and profiled an innocent child as a rogue, thug criminal, who he decided, without reason, deserved to be followed in the darkness and when he caught him he questioned and killed him. His only reason given for his erroneous beliefs was that the child was Black […]
