As part of a four-part series, the AFRO is profiling up-and-coming entrepreneurs who are growing popular businesses while juggling traditional nine-to-five careers, spouses and children. This month, the AFRO is profiling motivational speaker and multi-business owner Justin Jones-Fosu. Justin Jones-Fosu Justin Inspires, president and founder By all descriptions, Justin Jones-Fosu – a Morgan State and […]
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Baltimore Resident Represents MD in Veterans Sports Competition
Army veteran and Baltimorean James Jones was the only athlete representing Maryland at the National Veterans Golden Age Games in Des Moines, Iowa May 26-31. He joined more than 600 veterans from across the nation competing in this national event, the premiere of the senior adaptive rehabilitation program in the United States. Jones volunteers as […]
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Black Social Worker Wins Big
It’s been a good year for Jean Tucker Mann. In the past three months, she’s won two of the field of social work’s biggest awards. The University of Maryland School of Social Work presented Mann with the Dean’s Medal during its convocation ceremony in May. And in March, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from […]
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BCCC Graduates Recognized for their Accomplishments
Three students from Baltimore City Community College’s Class of 2010 were recently awarded and recognized for their achievements, further embarking them on the road to success at four-year colleges and universities. Kemardo Henry was selected as a 2010 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar. Henry plans to pursue pre-medical studies this fall in biochemistry […]
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Fugitives Offered a Safe Surrender
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Marshal Johnny Hughes, and faith leaders are bating fugitives in Baltimore City out of their hiding places. The officials announced on Tuesday that the Fugitive Safe Surrender program will be held in Baltimore City for the first time. From June 16-19, Baltimore City residents with an open, non-violent felony or misdemeanor warrant […]
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Students Feed Peers through Culinary Arts
The Baltimore City Public School System reached another milestone in its pledge to provide healthier food options to students. Beginning next school year, culinary arts students will prepare dinner for their peers, who lack access to a healthy supper at home. The program is the first of its kind in the country. “These kids are […]
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Case of Assaulted Autistic Student Pushed Back
The state’s case against a bus driver who allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old autistic passenger has been pushed back to August after the defendant’s lawyer requested more time to prepare, leaving the victim’s family wondering if justice will ever be served. Police and child protective services have labeled the Nov. 20, 2009 incident child abuse, which […]
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Dubious Parents Now Support East Baltimore School
BALTIMORE – The East Baltimore Community School was designed to be a neighborhood school, but earning widespread community support took a while, the city schools chief executive said. Andres Alonso, in his third year as head of Baltimore’s public schools, said there was a lot of tension — and not much support — in the […]
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Baltimore ‘Butts Out’ at Inner Harbor
BALTIMORE — As part of Waterfront Partnership’s new initiative, Baltimore’s Healthy Harbor, discarded cigarette butts have become enemy No. 1 around the city’s bustling downtown area. The strategy was designed to make Baltimore’s harbor swimmable, fishable and clean by 2020. To help the city reach this goal, new ash urns have been installed around the […]
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Jazz Lovers Unite for Healthy Cause
BALTIMORE — On May 22, hundreds of jazz lovers attended the third annual “Power to End Stroke (PTES) Jazz Brunch to bring Stroke Awareness” at Sojourner Douglass College in downtown Baltimore. Attendees enjoyed jazz selections by Nevetta and Company while also taking part in free blood pressure screenings, nutrition counseling, cooking demonstrations and weight management […]
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Maryland Loses a Business Icon
The services for Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. begin with the family hour, 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 2 at the Empowerment Temple, 4217-4221 Primrose Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215. The memorial service will immediately follow, beginning at noon, at Empowerment Temple. Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., the pioneering community leader and business giant behind Parks Sausage died May […]
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New Shiloh Pastor Talks Faith, Future
When he has a spare minute he reads MacLean magazine. When he needs to hear good preaching he leans toward “country” preachers who have a certain bent toward the basics, what he calls “raw religion.” And every chance he gets he enjoys a hearty laugh from a good joke and he doesn’t think people know […]