Mount Ennon Baptist Church held their annual HIV/AIDS awareness service on March 3. While most churches shy away from topics of sexually transmitted diseases, Pastor Delman Coates says it is important, as a Black church, to break the silence on HIV/AIDS. Thousands of church members attended service dressed in black, with red accents, to bring […]
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Union Baptist, Horseshoe, Mayor Team Up to find Qualified Workers
In less than 10 months, Baltimore will be home to Horseshoe Casino. In preparation, the Mayor’s office and Horseshoe Casino officials teamed up with a local church to host a hiring workshop. The goal is to place city residents in the 1,700 jobs the casino promises. On Feb. 23, 125 city residents and church members […]
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Meet the Pastor
Name: Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo Church: Life Restoration Ministry I preached my initial sermon in 1988 and was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 1990 as a deacon and 1992 as an elder. I founded Kalafong (which means place of healing) in 2000 and was sent to South Africa for a year to […]
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Russell and the Transformation Team Fought Crime Together on the East Side
When the news about the prophecy was fully revealed, the roll call room at the Eastern District police station momentarily became eerily quiet. As the emotional impact of the experience was slowly absorbed throughout the room, the Baltimore faith leaders and law enforcement officers attending that meeting in early October 2008 were astonished, and even […]
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Balto County Fire Dept. Promotes Black Woman to Lieutenant
Veteran firefighter Terri Reid has ambitions to reach the highest levels of the Baltimore County Fire Department. She took a significant step toward that goal March 11 when she was recognized for her promotion to lieutenant. At a ceremony at Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium in Towson, Reid, who has been on the department for 11 […]
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Mayor Vincent Gray Faces Uphill Battle in Quest for Second Term
If D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Council Member Yvette Alexander have anything to do with it, voters will look past accusations that he was aware of and participated in a shadow campaign to get him elected in 2010. If they have their way, people who head to the polls next month to vote for […]
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The ‘New’ Teachers’ Lounge Returns Hit Stage Play Coming to the Randallstown Community Center March 22-23
Juicy Gossip, Steamy Secrets, and Hot Romance all in one powerful play! By Popular Demand, Ursula V. Battle’s The ‘New’ Teachers’ Lounge returns. The hit stage play production is coming to the stage of the Randallstown Community Center located at 3505 Resource Drive in Randallstown, MD March 22-23, 2014. The ‘New’ Teachers Lounge was written […]
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Mayor Vincent Gray: I Didn’t Break the Law
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray took the defensive during his State of the District address March 11, asking his constituents to believe in his innocence just one day after allegations were fired at him by a major fundraiser in his 2010 bid for mayor. From the start, an obviously irritated Gray struck out at D.C. […]
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Celebrating Terrific Teachers: Determined to Teach in Tough Times
NcouragED is hosting its Annual NcouragED Educator’s Recognition Breakfast/Brunch, 11 a.m., May 10 at Martin’s Valley Mansion, 594 Cranbrook Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030. The organization will honor 100 educators from the mid-Atlantic region by presenting them with NcouragED Educator Awards. Dr. Skipp Sanders, former Maryland State Department of Education Deputy State Superintendent for Administration […]
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Town Hall Addresses Faith-Based Medical Partnership
The National Medical Association (NMA), the nation’s oldest and largest organization representing African-American physicians, hosted its 16th National Colloquium on African-American Health March 8 – 11, at the Marriott Metro Center Hotel in Washington, D.C. More than 160 local and out-of-state medical, civic, and religious leaders attended both sessions. The panelists featured the Rev. Staccato […]
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Local Street Soldier Wins Freedom Flame Award at Bridge Crossing Jubilee
The Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore chapter of the Student Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was awarded the Freedom Flame at the March 8 Jubilee to commemorate Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March and the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Honoring the work of Movement leaders past, this year’s award also […]
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Gala Marks Howard University’s 90th Charter Day
More than 1,500 guests were on hand March 8 at the Washington Hilton in Northwest Washington for Howard University’s 90th Charter Day Gala. Each year the event raises funds to provide scholarships to deserving students. This year’s event raised almost $10 million, including $4.9 from the trust of the late Dr. Richard Francis Jones, who […]