The Love Groove Music Festival’s first-ever Women Artist Showcase will take place virtually on March 5 at 8 p.m. By AFRO Staff The Love Groove Music Festival will launch its first Virtual Women Artist Showcase featuring eight of Baltimore’s youngest female artists, across eight music genres on March 5 at 8 p.m. Each artist will […]
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Maryland Communities United sets agenda for 2021
Maryland Communities United hosted a Zoom call Jan. 21 to discuss victories, new fights and ongoing projects and struggles for Baltimoreans and Marylanders. (Image courtesy Maryland Communities United) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO As Joseph Robinette Biden entered the Oval Office for the first time as President of the United States, on […]
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How a North Carolina farmer became an important part of Maryland’s Black History
Verda Freeman Welcome (Photo/NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Verda Freeman Welcome, a proud member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, taught for nearly a dozen years in the Baltimore public school system before setting her sights on the political arena where she ultimately made history. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia She […]
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Forbes article features study that ranks CSU Psychology program one of the nation’s best public college values for 2021
Forbes Article Features Study that Ranks CSU Psychology Program One of the Nation’s Best Public College Values for 2021 BALTIMORE — A recent Forbes article featured a study that named Coppin State University (CSU) as one of the nation’s best public colleges for psychology majors for 2021. The study, conducted by BrokeScholar.com, analyzed more than 100 colleges in […]
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Op Ed Submission: Education Equity Blueprint for Maryland’s Future bill
Frank Patinella, Senior Education Advocate at the ACLU of Maryland (Courtesy Photo/aclu-md.org) Our children deserve to dream big, but they need resources to back them up By Frank Patinella, Senior Education Advocate at the ACLU of Maryland The Governor and Maryland legislators cannot continue to undervalue the education of Black and Latinx students in Baltimore. […]
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Giant donates $300,000 to the Maryland Food Bank
Carmen Del Guercio (MFB President & CEO), Joe Urban (Giant Food’s Vice President of Distribution Operations and MFB Board Member), and executives from Giant Food and the Maryland Food Bank (MFB) came together at the food bank to celebrate Giant’s presentation of a $300,000 check through the Giant Family Foundation in support of MFB’s flagship […]
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Mayor Scott announces second round of grant funding for restaurants and taverns in Baltimore City
Mayor Brandon M. Scott (Courtesy Photo/https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/) $3.9 Million Grant Fund to Help Offset COVID-Related Expenses BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, February 3, 2021) — Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that another $3.9 million will be available to provide grants to restaurants and taverns in Baltimore City. This funding is made available by the State of Maryland […]
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Black Teenpreneur, Tattered Cover & Nile Rodgers team on diversity in literature
Submitted by We Cancerve Movement, Inc. We Cancerve, Tattered Cover Team on Little Library Initiative Black Teenpreneur teams with nationally renowned independent bookstore on diversity, inclusion in literacy initiative February 2, 2021 Bel Air, Md. – The We Cancerve Movement, Inc., a Bel Air, Md. nonprofit that brings happiness to homeless, sick and foster children, and Tattered Cover, nationally […]
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Mayor Scott partners with e-waste recycler PCs for people to help close digital divide
Mayor and BCIT Donate Devices to Families in Baltimore BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, February 2, 2021) — Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology (BCIT) joined forces with PCs for People to coordinate an effort to collect and donate more than 900 computers and other equipment to low-income students and […]
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Hippodrome announces return of Broadway to Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md. (February 2, 2021) – The touring Broadway industry is planning on making its return to the theatre later this year with safety as its top priority. The Hippodrome Theatre and the team at Broadway Across America have been collaborating with Broadway producers to relaunch shows and reroute touring schedules throughout North America. The Hippodrome […]
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‘Art of Activism’ exhibit in Maryland showcases Black art
This Jan. 16, 2021 photo shows Artist QRKY at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, Md. QRKY is one of eight Black artists based in Maryland commissioned for the exhibit titled “Art of Activism” on display until Feb. 27. (Paul W. Gillespie/The Baltimore Sun via AP) By LILLY PRICE, The Capital Gazette ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Six […]
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Health Commissioner extends code blue declaration through Tuesday morning
BALTIMORE, MD (January 29, 2021)— With temperatures forecasted to fall into the teens with wind chill and an anticipated wintry mix Sunday into Monday, Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa today extended the Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration until Tuesday morning, February 2nd. “With dangerously cold temperatures expected in Baltimore, I am extending the Code Blue Extreme […]