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(Image Courtesy of Facebook) The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Baltimore District Office is accepting nominations for the successful small business person who might become Maryland’s “Small Business Person of the Year” for 2015 and compete for the national title during National Small Business Week, May 4-8, 2015. Nominees are also being sought for Small […]

Veterans and their families and survivors in Maryland are invited to participate in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) town hall discussion to hear the latest on VA non-medical benefit programs and provide their own feedback on benefits and services provided by VA. The VA’s Baltimore Regional Office is inviting public participation, 12 noon, Dec. […]

The Greater Baltimore Urban League’s Saturday Leadership Program (SLP) convened for its fourth session this school year, Dec. 6, at Coppin State University.  Troy Miller, Coppin’s vice president of Enrollment Management, welcomed 46 students and six facilitators for wide-ranging activities that included a lively discussion of a great book and a college tour.  Students arrived […]

The G&E Hill Foundation, a nonprofit children’s charitable organization, in conjunction with the Marines Toys for Tots put smiles on the faces of 10 children from the Ray of Hope Baptist Church, 3000 Parkside Drive, on Dec. 13, by presenting them with brand new bicycles. Earlene Lemon, grandmother of Dominique, who received a bike said […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com:4020/live.m3u Politics and policing in Baltimore. Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts suggested after one of his officers was shot in the line of duty that perhaps people should march on behalf of officers injured while protecting the public, just as they march when a person dies at the hands of police. […]

The storefront of the Patterson Park Dry Cleaners and Laundry on E. Fayette St. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Louis Monk spent much of the past year growing the service offerings of the Patterson Park Dry Cleaners and Laundry, a business he purchased and took over last December. Running the laundromat has provided Monk with a […]

Tenyeh ‘Skinnyman’ Dixon leads youth through a training exercise at Baltimore Bulldog Martial Arts. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Starting and growing a business is never easy, but it is even harder when your store front sits on North Avenue, one of the most blighted stretches of Baltimore City. But a Tenyeh ‘Skinnyman’ Dixon and Cordell […]

Cpt. Fred Jackson of the Baltimore Sheriff’s Department recently retired after over 28 years of service. (Courtesy photo) After over 28 years of service to the Baltimore sheriff’s department, Capt. Fred Jackson retired. Throughout his law enforcement career, he emphasized respect of the citizenry. His greatest achievements, he says, are his five children and his […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com:4020/live.m3u Most viewed last weekend’s “Justice For All March” led by MSNBC host, the Rev. Al Sharpton as generally positive; but many argue the event also exposed generational fissures in the Civil Rights Movement. We’ll discuss the millennial perspective on The Movement with an ethnically and racially diverse panel of young […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have a full report from our producers who were on the scene at this weekend’s march in Washington D.C. protesting police brutality. We’ll also discuss the next steps for the Black community, all communities of color and the poor. If we are going to utilize economic leverage (boycotts) […]

Sen. Joan Conway details 2015 agenda issues before the ministers, community members, and politicians gathered for the Baptist Ministers Conference annual legislative breakfast. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) Sustained community engagement in Annapolis, decreases in the number of schools to be built under Baltimore’s 21st Century Building program, and the unlikelihood of a statewide police body camera […]