Category: Baltimore News

Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, giving her annual State of the City Address. (Photo courtesy of baltimorecity.gov) Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, in her annual State of the City Address, on March 9 speech, she touted sharp decreases in Baltimore’s unemployment rate, more businesses moving into or staying in the area, decreases in the homicide rate, and […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her State of the City address and we’ll have analysis with our experts. Plus, we’ll get an update on the 2015 legislative session in Annapolis with Dayvon Love, of the political think tank Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Pastor Heber Brown of Pleasant […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We reflect on this passed weekend’s events commemorating the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, including the substance of perhaps the most powerful speech of President Obama’s political career. Plus, we’ll report on the death of yet another unarmed Black […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A conversation with 41st District Baltimore City Delegate Jill Carter on her 2015 legislative agenda and that of the Baltimore City Delegation. We’ll also have a review of the week’s top stories from the pages of the Baltimore AFRO American with AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. Plus, a review of […]

Leo Burroughs, founder and president of Roots of Scouting, Inc., addresses the crowd at their recent 35th Anniversary African Heritage Awards Luncheon. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) Roots of Scouting, Inc., an organization of Baltimore-area Boy Scout troops which seeks to develop leaders in the African-American community, recently marked its 35th anniversary at an awards luncheon. The […]

The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Rho Xi Omega Chapter and the Cultured Pearls of Service will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of their international program A.S.C.E.N.D. The signature program is designed to support high school students in five areas: Achievement, Self-Awareness, Communication, Engagement, Networking and Development. The ceremony […]

The Patapsco River Chapter of the Links is hosting a luncheon at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Road, Windsor Mill, Md. on March 28 from 12 p.m. to 4pm. This year’s honorees are Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president of UMBC, and Senator Delores Kelley, District 10.

From now until April 1, The Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Baltimore Orioles are sponsoring the Tom Clancy Reading Club. Children from birth through fifth grade can register any Pratt Library location in Baltimore. For more information on the Tom Clancy Reading Club, visit www.prattlibary.org.

Del. Cory McCray and Jason Perkins-Cohen of the Job Opportunities Task Force (standing) address questions from residents of the 45th district in Baltimore City.(AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) In a bid to make the representation of his district a dialogue between himself and his constituents, Maryland House of Delegate member Del. Cory McCray (D-Baltimore City) launched […]

Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District was illuminated by a beacon of hope on the evening of March 3 when the marquee of the Centre Theatre was lit, signaling the ongoing revitalization of the area. “This is a milestone in the next Baltimore, the Baltimore that we want to live in,” Charlie Duff, president […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake checks to see if the assembled reporters were ready for her to begin her press conference last Wednesday where she addressed speculation she will run for the U.S. Senate soon to be vacated by Barbara Mikulski. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said this week that she is still considering a run […]

Despite the frigid temperatures on Feb. 28, visitors poured into the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore for Verizon’s free Black History Month celebration. This was the sixth consecutive year Verizon welcomed guests from across Maryland to visit the museum. Tony Lewis of Verizon The museum is a leading resource for information and inspiration about […]