Category: Baltimore News

The World Berries International Sisterhood Open House and Interest Meeting will be held 6 p.m., Nov. 22 at the Grind House Juice Bar, 2431 St. Paul Street in Baltimore. World Berries is a mentoring and rites of passage program for girls 6-13. For additional information visit worldberries.org or call Mama Ngina at 443-857-0352.

Santa’s highly anticipated arrival in downtown Baltimore will conveniently coincide with the Nov. 21 grand opening of the Waterfront Partnership Ice Rink this holiday season! Registration to the 4 to 6 p.m. event includes a free hour of skating and skate rental for the first 100 children, a giveaway, and a performance by the Next […]

Marshall Eddie Conway recently visited Morgan to talk about his newest book, “Marshall Law.” The medium-sized crowd was quiet as Marshall Eddie Conway told his story and talked about his newest book, “Marshall Law.” Hosted by Dr. Raymond Winbush, director of Morgan’s Institute for Urban Research, the Nov. 6 forum in the Communications building served […]

Attorney Alan Legum (seated right) with Dep. Chief Gregory Lawrence, who recently won his wrongful termination suit against the state of Maryland. Race was discovered to be the motivating factor behind the dismissal of Deputy Chief Gregory Lawrence when he was fired from the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) this past March. Judge […]

Larry Hogan is not Martin O’Malley. Not even close. And while this raises a number of concerns for groups pursuing progressive agendas in Maryland, there is currently optimism that, on a number of issues, enough common ground may exist between progressives and a Hogan administration to move legislation forward. Charly Carter, executive director of Maryland […]

African-Americans account for almost 25 percent of deaths due to heart disease despite making up only 13 percent of the American population, and Black men are the most likely to die of cancer of any group or gender, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both are conditions that one can help prevent […]

SAFE (Safe Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc.) – the Baltimore-based foundation begun by former local athlete Van Brooks to inform young people about the importance of obtaining an education – will be giving away sleeping bags to homeless youth in Baltimore City this weekend. The sleeping bag giveaway is part of the “We Care Campout […]

The Baltimore City Council passed two bills Monday; one that requires all of the city’s police officers to wear body cameras and another banning  plastic grocery bags, both of which Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake says she will veto. We’ll talk Baltimore politics with the Baltimore AFRO‘s Roberto Alejandro and Fox 45 investigative producer Stephen Janis. […]

In our first hour, we discuss The Maryland House of Delegates Pre-Session Hearing on Law Enforcement Reform with Delegates Curt Anderson and Jill Carter, as well as the AFRO‘s Roberto Alejandro and Fox 45‘s Stephen Janis. Also, we talk about Min. Louis Farrakhan’s upcoming trip to Baltimore with Min. Carlos Muhammad, Nation of Islam student […]

The potential for a major increase in public information requests emerged as a major concern at the second and likely final meeting of Maryland’s state police body camera workgroup. While an informal voice vote indicated general agreement among group members that body cameras were beneficial overall, discussion mostly focused on the cameras’ limitations. That trend […]

Rev. Dr. Errol Gilliard Sr The Rev. Dr. Errol Gilliard Sr., pastor of Greater Harvest Baptist Church, was elected, Nov. 10, to serve as president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity. His leadership of the venerable organization will begin with his installation in January, 2015.