By Stephanie Harper, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City bid farewell to Black History Month in high fashion this year, with a slew of events related to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) tournament occurring at the Royal Farms Arena in Downtown Baltimore. The event brought an influx of Black dollars to area hotels, restaurants […]
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Mayor rescinds masking order, cites declining hospitalizations, decreasing positive COVID cases
By AFRO Staff As of Mar.1, 2022, Baltimoreans will no longer have to mask indoors as a safety precaution against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infection. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott lifted the City’s indoor masking order, which had been in effect since instituted on August 10, 2021. The order was be rescinded due […]
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Tyrone Taborn joins MPT Foundation board of directors
By Career Communications Group CEOUSBE Online Tyrone Taborn will join the volunteer board of directors of The MPT Foundation, the fundraising affiliate of Maryland Public Television (MPT). The Foundation is comprised of approximately 24 members from a range of different Maryland businesses, civic organizations and cultural communities. The goal of the MPT Foundation is to […]
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Legislative Brief SB0852
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO Many people often wonder what sparks the ideas for the introduction of new legislative bills. In some cases, there could be community needs, in others good news to be shared about a particular subject that needs additional support, educational needs that need to be enhanced, or increased protective […]
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Kidzstuff Ribbon Cutting
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO Over the past 2-years the wave of Covid has negatively impacted countless childcare centers across the United States. However, it didn’t stop the dreams of Angela Johnston-Kidane of opening her own childcare center. In celebration of her efforts, she gathered with new families, friends, relatives, and staff members […]
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National Action Network Black History Month Celebration, Greater Baltimore Chapter
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO The Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Action Network held its Black history celebration at the Arena Players. The event was themed, ‘Black History Month Matters’. Hosted by Larry Young, Chair of the NAN Greater Baltimore Chapter, and Radio Personality April Watts. In carrying out the vision of […]
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4MORE! 4BALTIMORECOUNTY – A Public Generated Ballot Issue
By Special Report OWINGS MILLS, MD. – The 4MORE! 4BALTIMORECOUNTY Ballot Issue Committee invites the media to cover a press conference Thursday, March 3 at 10 a.m. at the Randallstown Community Center, 3505 Resource Drive Randallstown, MD. 21133 to mark the introduction of a nonpartisan effort to increase the size of the Baltimore County Council […]
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The Moore Report: What is Lent? And why should one care about it?
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO The season of Lent is the forty days of fasting, focus and fervent prayers before Easter Sunday. It is six weeks of prayer and fasting on many Christian church calendars that are somewhat solemn and call for self- denial. Some give up sweets, some stop smoking, […]
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Mayor Brandon Scott: A year later
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Sworn into office in a small, socially-distanced ceremony in December 2020, the twin-pandemics brought on by Covid-19 and escalating violence stared Brandon Scott fully in the face on day one. Scott had no time for a classic “honeymoon period” generally afforded a newly minted mayor. Instead, Scott was […]
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KidzStuff Childcare Center opens second location in Baltimore to further its work of closing school-readiness gap
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Baltimore native Angela Kidane founded nonprofit organization Scarlet Covering, Inc. in 2010 to help teenage parents prevent subsequent unplanned pregnancies. She wanted to break the generational cycle of individuals going on Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA). Unfortunately, Kidane underestimated how difficult it would be […]
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How the Black press tells the truth mainstream media have only begun to acknowledge
By Liz Dwyer, managing director of Word In Black When I talk to the 10 publishers that are a part of Word In Black, I often find myself thinking about how they’re the modern-day descendants of Ida B. Wells. Not because they walk around, as Wells had to, with two pistols to protect themselves from anti-Black […]
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Director Shantay Jackson Announces Senior Lead Team for Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
By Special Report BALTIMORE, MD (Friday, February 25, 2022) – The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Director, Shantay Jackson, today announced members of her senior lead team charged with advancing the work of the agency and carrying out Baltimore’s Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan: Stefanie Mavronis, Chief of Staff; Brionna Adams, Victim Services Associate Director; Sydney O. Burns, Communications […]