By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO While the pandemic has significantly disrupted math and reading classes across the country for two years, millions of students have also missed out on college, career and financial literacy classes often provided in school settings. According to the Council for Economic Education’s biennial report Economic and Personal Finance […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Black Philanthropy Circle Launches in Baltimore, Announces Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle
By Special to the AFRO BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) is proud to announce the launch of the Black Philanthropy Circle. The Black Philanthropy Circle is a non-profit 501(c)3 donor-advised fund focused on charitable giving to nonprofits that directly support Black people and communities in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The Circle has begun its […]
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Mayor Scott Announces Official Launch of Water4All Program
BALTIMORE, MD. — Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the launch of the Water4All discount program, a new program designed to provide more equitable access to financial assistance for eligible Baltimore City residents who need help paying their water bills. This new water assistance program provides a monthly discount for water and sewer costs based on […]
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#WordinBlack: HBCU Strong: Bomb Threats Will Not Deter Us
by Dr. David K. Wilson When I reflect on the spate of bomb threats made to HBCU campuses over the last few weeks, I am reminded of an old Negro spiritual, “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around.” As the president of Morgan State University, a public historically Black research university with more than 8,000 students […]
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Supreme Art in Hampden
By Jermaine E. Davenport, Davenport Imports & Arts “The Pursuit of Perfection” is the name of the current exhibition–Feb. 1 through March 14–by acclaimed, up-and-coming Baltimore artist Wendell Supreme Shannon in the new gallery space of Davenport Arts & Imports on “The Avenue” in Hampden. On view and for sale are more than 20 recent, […]
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Baltimore Center Stage announces the appointment of seven Trustees
By Special to the AFRO Baltimore, MD February 9, 2022–– Baltimore Center Stage (BCS) has announced the appointment of seven new members to its Board of Trustees. The seven new additions began with Sheela Murthy and Dr. Bayinnah Shabazz who were named in September. They are now joined by an additional five, Rob Furlong, The […]
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Annapolis update: What’s on the agenda?
By J.J. McQueenSpecial to the AFRO Just weeks into the 2022 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly is faced with a number of important tasks. On the final leg of Governor Larry Hogan’s tenure, Democrats and Republicans are working to find common ground on intense issues as he expects to leave the office on a […]
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District joins Baltimore and 12 other cities for groundbreaking WH initiative
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO The District of Columbia has joined Baltimore and 12 other cities across the U.S. in a groundbreaking White House initiative to demonstrate the need for community-based violence intervention strategies to break the cycle of violent crime that has spiked during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “People care about safety, they care […]
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AFRO Exclusive: CIAA Brings ‘The Pearl’ back to Baltimore, Monroe shares legacy
By Mark F. GraySpecial to the AFRO Of the many stars who rose from the days of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) when it was the best conference in college basketball, there was nobody who personified its legacy more than Earl “The Pearl” Monroe. Monroe will join fellow basketball Hall of Famer Bob […]
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MSU grad helps push Jamaican bobsledding into the 2022 Winter Olympics
By AFRO Staff From left, Ashley Watson, Rolando Reid, Shanwayne Stephens and Matthew Wekpe, members of the Jamaican four-man bobsled team, are back in the Winter Olympics for the first time since 1998. Reid, a former track and field standout, is a 2016 Morgan State graduate. Three-time Olympian and Morgan State University graduate (class of […]
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…And everybody knows about Baltimore gotdam
By Dr. Kaye Whitehead In 1967, in a speech at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked the students, “What is in your life’s blueprint?” He told them that the decisions they made on that day would determine how they would go forward and how we (as a community) would […]
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String of ‘smash and grab’ ATM thefts leave business owners feeling helpless
By Brittany LoganSpecial to the AFRO Recently, there have been a rash of ATM thefts across Baltimore City and surrounding counties that have left police with more questions than answers. During the 2021 holiday season, there was an alarming uptick in these brazen burglaries with two to three heists happening per week. The thefts tend […]