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Baltimore native serves sailors aboard the USS Nimitz
By Navy Outreach NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash., (Dec. 25, 2021) Culinary Specialist Seaman Aniya Watson, from Baltimore, serves Sailors during a holiday meal aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is currently in port preparing for future operations. Help us Continue to tell OUR Story and join the AFRO family as a member […]
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REBOUND Center set to open in Baltimore for young adults battling addiction and trauma
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com The REBOUND Center (REBOUND), a new drug treatment program that takes a trauma responsive approach to recovery and wellness, is set to officially open in early January on West Baltimore Street. The center is an initiative of Divine Light, Inc., a nondenominational agency […]
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A Walk of Faith Divine Cuisine keeps bellies and souls healthy and happy
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health Writer Tia Parker by her own admission was fascinated and obsessed with all things cooking, beginning at age 12. She knew more about Julia Childs and Two Fat Ladies than the average tween. It’s been 18 years in the making, but she’s turned her passion into a bona fide […]
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Baltimore’s urban agriculturist invites others to learn
By Beverly Richards Special to the AFRO During the early part of the twenty-first century, Black-owned farms were in abundance. Over the decades, ownership has depleted immensely. According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color) farmers and landowners are grossly underrepresented. Black Americans identify as just 1% of rural land […]
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Baltimore officer dies days after being shot in patrol car
By Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has died after being removed from life support one week after she was shot while sitting in her patrol car. The Baltimore Police Department said Thursday that Officer Keona Holley’s health had been deteriorating in recent days and the family made the difficult decision to […]
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Op-ed: April Ryan to MSU grads: Ready to run the world?
By Wayne Dawkins HBCUs are running the world, Morgan State University alumni April D. Ryan told 500 fall graduates Dec. 17. Hyperbole? Ryan, Class of 1989, has covered the White House for Black-oriented media for at least a quarter century. That’s since the Bill Clinton administration in the 1990s, meaning she has been around Harvard, Yale […]
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How does the plot end for movie theaters?
By JOSH DAVIDSBURG Capital News Service It’s been a rough year for movie theaters. Movie theaters are trying to do what they can to get people into seats. This motion graphics essay looks at the state of the theater industry and if the web of recent blockbusters is enough to save them.
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The Moore Report: Reflections over the holidaze
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. In this week between the holidaze of Christmas and New Year (Kwanzaa week), I find myself thinking about things a little more deeply. For example: Otherworldliness and hitting that number Earlier last week, a member of our St. Ann Committee for the first Black saints from the United States, told […]
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Vehicles for Change awards cars to three Maryland families
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Vehicles for Change (VFC), a Maryland-based nonprofit that works to end generational poverty, on Monday gifted new cars, as well as toys, to three Maryland families. This is the second year that the organization is doing holiday car donations. “ is definitely very […]
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HUD, DOE secretaries visit Baltimore to announce more weatherization funding
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO In a special trip to Baltimore, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm toured a home weatherization job training site and visited an HUD-assisted multifamily green retrofit program property on Dec. 15, highlighting how President […]
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1,000 Toys for Christmas
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO After a year of delayed opportunities to support the community, the Rebound Center was the host site for this year’s 1,000 Toys for Christmas giveaway. With families from across Baltimore City in attendance, a large number of community Christmas needs and wishes were met. Director of the Rebound […]