By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Good Friday’s All Women Prayer Leaders in St. Ann Catholic Church On a solemn Good Friday, last week, in the typically male-dominated Catholic Church in East Baltimore, known as St. Ann, a group of women leaders and preachers reflected on the “Seven Last Words of Jesus” as Biblically recorded. To […]
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Coppin State University to host Maryland gubernatorial candidate forum
By Special to the AFRO Coppin State University College of Business (COB) has scheduled a public forum that will feature several 2022 candidates for Maryland governor. The event, which is scheduled for April 26 and sponsored by the COB Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship, will provide a forum for the candidates to discuss issues related to […]
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Mayor announces launch of guaranteed income pilot program
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO Mayor Brandon M. Scott, local officials and strategic partners, stood outside the War Memorial Building on April 20 to announce the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund (BYFSF), the mayor’s guaranteed income pilot program. The BYFSF will provide 200 young parents, between 18 and 24-years-old, with an unconditional […]
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Nursing Director Raquel Levrone premiers April 30 Memory Ball Dancing Stars routine at Brightview Senior Living for residents
Flips and spins hold the gaze of an audience of friends, residents, and family as Raquel Levrone, RN, BSN, CM/DN, debuts her dance routine at Brightview Senior Living in Columbia. Accompanied by her coach and dance partner, Carlos Pabon, this nursing director of the senior living community will compete on April 30 at the Baltimore Marriott […]
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BGE Awards More Than $250K in Grants to 57 Organizations to Support Environmental Stewardship Projects
By Baltimore Gas and Electric BGE has awarded 57 non-profit organizations grants totaling more than $250,000 to support environmental stewardship projects in the company’s service area. Now in its ninth year, the annual BGE Green Grants program has benefitted hundreds of innovative community projects with more than $2 million in charitable giving from BGE. “It […]
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Baltimore church rehabilitates dying forest with lots of help
BY LOGAN HILL, Capital News Service BALTIMORE – Just off Frederick Avenue, Stillmeadow Community Fellowship, a small, predominantly Black church five miles west of downtown and surrounded by the Tremont, Westgate and Beechfield neighborhoods, has embarked on a project it hopes will transform its community. Guided by the vision of the Rev. Michael S. Martin, senior […]
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Nation’s first Black-woman led community solar company forges partnership with University of Maryland Medical system to build Baltimore solar farm
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com WeSolar, Inc. (WeSolar) in collaboration with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced a new partnership on Thursday to build a solar farm in Baltimore City that will provide power to UMMS facilities and city residents. UMMS will pay $10,000 per month […]
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More than 100 years of legislative service leaving the General Assembly
By E.A. BREEDEN, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS –Most members of the General Assembly return to the State House annually in January for the next legislative session. Six of the 188 delegates and senators said good-bye to their colleagues at the end of the session for the last time. They are retiring with more than 100 […]
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Relief may be in sight for Maryland residents who owe medical bills
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO Financial relief is on the horizon for Maryland residents with medical bills. Legislation focused on finding and reimbursing Marylanders who paid for free medical services was approved by the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland State Senate, respectively. The only thing left to do is get a […]
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Over 3,000 Marylanders are waiting for a transplant, register as a donor today during National Donate Life Month
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Currently, there are over 106,000 people in the U.S. on the national transplant waiting list, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. Every nine minutes, another person is added to that list, and every day, 17 people die while waiting for an […]
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Female founder invests $350K in funding and mentorship for 35 Black women entrepreneurs
By Special to the AFRO Cameka Smith, award-winning entrepreneur and founder of The Boss Network, an online community of professional and entrepreneurial women, has announced the 35 awardees of the 2022 Sage Invest in Progress grants. The funds will support Black women entrepreneurs in their first five years of business. Each of them will receive […]
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How the Baltimore Development Corporation is helping small businesses grow and thrive
By Special to the AFRO Baltimore Together is a public-private initiative led by the city’s economic development arm, Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), to support inclusive economic growth in our city. Over a 2-year period, a range of business leaders, community residents and stakeholders studied the challenges small businesses and especially BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People […]
