Category: Baltimore Community

Baltimore, MD – May 5, 2011. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) recently selected Jean Tucker Mann, ACSW, LCSW-C, of Baltimore, to receive its 2010 National Lifetime Achievement Award April 28 at the Annual Leadership Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, D.C. Now in private practice, Mann previously worked for the University […]

Calls for the pardoning, or paroling, of political prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway were heard loud and clear in downtown Baltimore April 23, as groups collaborated to bring justice to his case. The former Baltimore Black Panther’s minister of defense received a welcoming 65th birthday present as various community organizations and leaders showed their unified support […]

Paul Freedman Scott was born July 22, 1916, in Washington, D.C., to the Rev. James Scott and Corlena “Momma Lena.” He died April 17 at age 94. As a child, Paul grew up within a large extended family and learning community in Sandy Spring, Md. Paul came of age during the Great Depression and attended […]

On April 3, at the Sheraton Baltimore Hotel in Towson, over 200 people gathered to welcome the newest Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority undergraduate chapter and the first African-American sorority organized on Stevenson University’s campus. “Cultivating New Pearls to Continue the Legacy” was the theme chosen to highlight this new beginning in the sorority’s history. Stevenson […]

Rosemont Elementary/Middle School’s evolution is truly a Cinderella story. Over the past 14 years, it has transformed from the lowest performing elementary school in Maryland to the Maryland Charter School Network’s (MCSN) 2011 “School of the Year.” School principal Dwayne T. Wheeler, who has led Rosemont for two years, accepted the award during a ceremony […]

In honor of one of Baltimore’s venerable business icons, the late Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., Morgan State University hosted a naming ceremony of the boardroom in the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management beginning on April 20. Haysbert has been widely recognized in business and political circles as a tremendously successful entrepreneur, investor, […]

One thing that excites Mothyna James-Brightful is marriage. The passion is evident in her voice when she talks about it. Today, as a married women and a promoter of sisterhood, James-Brightful wants to spread the importance of marriage to more women. That’s why “relationships” is the theme for this year’s Heal a Woman to Heal […]

Cary Beth Cryor captured stunning images of life at its best and worst. Her passion for photography led her to Morgan State University where she earned a bachelor’s in art education and later to the Pratt Institute of Art in New York where she received a master’s in photography. Cryor also attended the University of […]

Hip hop has taken major hits over the years for a history, perceived by some as a troubling caricature of African-American males toting guns and degrading women. Civic leaders and public officials have protested hip-hop culture and the music’s misogynistic and sometimes violent lyrics have sparked national debate. Yet community organizers like Fanon Hill and […]