The Black Engineer of the Year Award and STEM conference, a program once exclusively tied to Baltimore, will be held in Philadelphia in 2012, officials confirmed. “Philadelphia was extremely interested in the opportunity to host BEYA,” said Al Rutherford, managing partner of Rutherford & Associates, the meeting and conference management firm that handles BEYA’s arrangements. […]
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Governor Sees Maryland Moving Forward
By Talibah L. Chikwendu As the race for the State House winds to a close – with less than a week to Election Day – time for Gov. Martin O’Malley is whizzing by. He’s almost daily crisscrossing the state, talking with voters and still attending to his job as governor. Sitting down to his first […]
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IMA Endorses O’Malley for Governor
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, a network of more than 200 Baltimore ministers from predominantly Black congregations, endorsed the O’Malley-Brown campaign Oct. 26. Members of the group held a brief ceremony with the governor and lieutenant governor at Friendship Baptist Church. IMA President Rev. Dr. Alvin J. Gwyn, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, announced the decision […]
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Ken Oliver Vows to Continue Forging Partnerships
Two-term Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver muscled past Julian Jones by 98 votes in last month’s primary election, to claim the Democratic nomination of Baltimore County’s Fourth District. Oliver is ready to prove, once again, that he is the man for the job and will continue to improve his community. Oliver is the only African American […]
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Ten Years of That Soulful Sound
A lot can happen in a decade. The very fabric of society itself can change over the course of one year, let alone 10 of them. Ten years ago family members could walk their loved ones to the departing gate of a flight, something practically impossible these days and10 years ago not many people, especially […]
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Baltimore Omegas Host Annual Howard L. Cornish Awards
The Pi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will host the Howard L. Cornish Humanitarian Awards Nov. 13 at the Forum Caterers. The organization’s Achievement Week/ Founders’ Day Program is an annual event honoring individuals and organizations who’ve made an impact in the Baltimore community through public service or social action programs. Established in […]
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Exhibit Honors Teachers’ Advocate Walter S. Mills
In honor of Walter S. Mills, an educator who advocated for Black teachers in Anne Arundel County, the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis will host an exhibition featuring documents, pictures and other artifacts from the Maryland native’s life. The exhibit, “Shaping History Through Service: The Walter S. Mills Story,” takes viewers back to 1939 when Mills, […]
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Cease Violence Increase Education Essay Contest for City, County Students
Now through Dec. 6, Baltimore City and Baltimore County students who submit an essay, poetry or artwork for the David B. Wright Memorial Foundation will be entered to win a holiday gift card. The organization, which helps crimes victims and their families overcome educational and health disparities, was founded by Shawnte Wright after her husband […]
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Baltimore County Deltas Sponsor Financial Workshop Series
With difficult financial times affecting millions of Americans, fighting the economic downturn has become increasingly difficult. Credit card debt, foreclosures, furloughs, unemployment and layoffs have hit the Baltimore region hard as well, but the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hopes to make life easier for community residents with “Getting Financially Fit,” […]
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Coppin Breaks Ground with Solar Technology
A year after opening Coppin State University’s first nanotechnology research center, a science professor and his research team are making history for simulating the most efficient solar energy cells in the world. Natural sciences professor Dr. Jamal Uddin and five undergraduate student researchers have modeled nearly 4 percent more efficient solar cells than Spectrolab, the […]
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President Clinton Endorses O’Malley at Federal Hill Event
With the Baltimore Inner Harbor as his backdrop and an oversized American flag looming to his left, the 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton joined some of Maryland’s top lawmakers, Oct. 21, to rally support for Gov. Martin O’Malley. The event, held in Federal Hill Park, attracted a throng of almost 1,000 supporters from across the […]
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Habitat for Humanity Turns Dreams into Reality
Habitat for Humanity, along with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, have changed dreams into reality for Tymeerah Butts and Lisa Griffin. They are two of the 10 Baltimore families becoming homeowners through the organization. The overall mission of the Habitat for Humanity is to eliminate poverty and homelessness from the world and […]
