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On Becoming a Serious Father: Our Roles & Responsibilities

by Special to the AFROJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022

By S. Bruce “Olamina” Stevenson Besides love, the greatest gift a father can give his children is his time. As fathers we need to provide our children with a lifetime […]

Posted inBaltimore News

What Fatherhood has taught me

by Special to the AFROJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022

By Christopher L. Maith Sr. Nobody knows when they are a young boy that being a father is one of the most rewarding and sometimes hurtful experiences you will ever […]

Posted inBaltimore News

Honoring and celebrating healthy Black fatherhood

by Special to the AFROJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022

By Richard A. Rowe Each year, the third Sunday of June is set aside to pay tribute to the many fathers that are devoted to their families and that have […]

Posted inBaltimore News

Encouraging and supporting Black fathers

by Special to the AFROJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022

By David C. Miller Historically, Black fathers continue to be marginalized and depicted as absent, deadbeat, and emotionally disconnected from their children. Within public discourse, these exaggerated portrayals have become […]

Posted inBUSINESS

JPMorgan Chase invests $150,000 into D.C. and Baltimore summer youth employment programs

by Megan Sayles AFRO Business WriterJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com JPMorgan Chase recently announced a new $20 million commitment over five years to support summer youth employment programs […]

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The Moore Report: More bite-sized bits of news and notes…

by Ralph E. Moore Jr.June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Celebration of the 120th anniversary of Father John Dorsey’s Ordination By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Charles Dorsey, Jr. directed the Legal Aid Bureau in Maryland for many years, providing legal […]

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Historic Hosanna School Museum joins Smithsonian transcription project centered on the African American experience during the Reconstruction era

by Megan Sayles AFRO Business WriterJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com The Hosanna School Museum, a former Freedmen’s Bureau school located in Harford County, recently partnered with the Smithsonian’s […]

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Alzheimer’s Association African American Town Hall on Memory Loss on June 22, 2022, at Reginald F. Lewis Museum

by Special ReportJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022

By The Alzheimer’s Association June 14, 2022, Towson, Md.—The Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore becomes a classroom on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from 2 to 4 p.m., when the […]

Posted inBaltimore News

AFRO Archives spark creativity at Coppin Academy

by Kara Thompson AFRO MDDC InternJune 12, 2022June 12, 2022

By Kara Thompson, AFRO MDDC Intern Through a partnership with AFRO Charities and Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC), 15 students from the Coppin Academy were given the opportunity to […]

Posted inBaltimore News

Teachers brace for summer months amid wave of violence

by Special to the AFROJune 11, 2022June 11, 2022

By Tashi McQueen, Report For America Corps Member, Political Writer for The AFRO Summer is coming. And while that means cookouts, road trips and snowballs for many, it sometimes means […]

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Baltimore prepares for AFRAM festival

by AFRO StaffJune 11, 2022June 11, 2022

By AFRO Staff The AFRAM festival will return to Baltimore on Juneteenth this year. This year’s AFRAM will be the 45th year the festival has been in existence. For two […]

Posted inBaltimore News

The Moore Report: “Summer’s comin’ Blues”

by Ralph E. Moore Jr.June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. I have lived in Baltimore City for 70 years now. I left briefly right after college, getting a community organizing job in Buffalo, N.Y. I […]

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