Category: Baltimore Community

K&G Fashion Superstore wants to help local African-American men reach their career goals by ensuring they are dressed for the part. So the company launched a three-month series of seminars – “Suit Up to Win: Mind, Body & Soul” – celebrating and supporting Baltimore’s Black men. The initiative was announced during a luncheon March 31 […]

On March 20, Rita’s Italian Ice will say goodbye to winter weather with their annual First Day of Spring Giveaway, offering visitors free cups of their famous Italian Ice. This year, over 45 participating Rita’s locations in the Baltimore area will serve attendees one free regular size cup of their Italian Ice in the flavor […]

As the recession creeps on, The Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (BCAC) offers an event that will provide the community with valuable information and resources for seeking better employment and creating a small business. On March 26, the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta will host their third annual Entrepreneurship Expo and […]

Messages of encouragement and wisdom will come alive in the staged reading of Go, Tell Michell: Letters to the First Lady, premiering at Coppin State University’s James Weldon Johnson Auditorium on March 18. Drawn from the book Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady, the performance will be a presentation […]

On March 12, Civic Frame, a national nonprofit organization, will roll out the second installment of their community discussion series “Amplify Baltimore.” The quarterly forum was launched in January and combines local leaders with residents of the community to discuss some of the city’s most challenging issues. The day will begin with a continental breakfast, […]

The Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area Council (BAC) is hosting its annual Scouting for Food initiative through March 5. As part of a national program recognizing youth for their service to the community, local scouts will collect non-perishable food items to stock the empty cabinets of local food pantries and feeding programs. The BAC […]

By all accounts, Dymond Shantyl Dantzler, 16, is an overachiever. She maintains an off-the-charts 4.5 GPA., is a member of the National Honor Society at Randallstown High School and received the “Woman of Tomorrow” award from the state of Maryland in ninth grade. “I found subjects dealing with math and environmental science to be challenging […]

BALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education approved a statewide model policy Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore to help prevent and deal with gang activity in schools. The policy states that local school systems must set standard consequences and remedial actions for gang involvement, put in place procedures for reporting and investigating gang activity, provide […]

Monarch Academy Baltimore Campus is accepting applications for fall 2011 for children living in Baltimore City going into kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grades. The application deadline is Feb. 22 at 5 p.m., and, if the number of applications exceeds the 330 available spaces, students will be chosen by lottery Feb. 24 at 7 […]

On Feb. 11, members of Blacks at Microsoft (BAM), a Microsoft Corp. employee network group, will provide local minority high school students the opportunity to learn about careers in technology during the 20th anniversary of BAM Minority Student Day. Among the expected attendees are Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Fred Humphries, Microsoft vice president of […]

Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC (ARD&H) Associate Geoffrey W. Washington has been appointed chairman of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of Baltimore City. “It is an honor and privilege to be entrusted by the Mayor with leadership of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of Baltimore City,” said Washington, who joined […]

Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston focused on the need to maintain academic excellence for a growing student population as he presented his fiscal year 2012 recommended operating budget to the Baltimore County Board of Education on Jan. 12. In delivering his 11th budget to the board, Hairston said the Baltimore County Public […]