While White women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Black women are more likely to die from it, according to a new report which found large and growing disparities in breast cancer mortality rates in the U.S. and many of its largest cities over the last two decades. The 2014 Racial Disparity in Breast […]
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Gwynn Park High School Alum Graduates from Basic Military Training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Ian T. Segears graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four […]
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World Bank Continues Systemic Discrimination
Yona Biru came to the United States after the military government takeover in Ethiopia resulted in a communist government. “I came to the U.S. with $12 in my pocket, including a $2 bill because I was told that was good luck,” Biru said. He worked hard, financing his education by working as a waiter. With […]
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DC Council decriminalizes pot possession
WASHINGTON (AP) — Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nation’s capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council. If the bill becomes law as expected, the District of Columbia would join the 17 states that have decriminalized pot possession in some way. […]
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9-year-old Survivor Teaches Value of Mission with ‘Cancerve’
When the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore honors people for their extraordinary ministry with their Making a Difference Award, the award is a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. When Grace Ellen Gibson Callwood received the award Jan. 4, she got juice and cookies. Callwood is in the third grade. A member of Ames […]
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Daisy B. Williams is Turning 101
Daisy B. Williams was born in Phoebus, Va. on March 9, 1913, and grew up with two brothers and one sister. She has such a nurturing and persevering demeanor that she pursued a nursing career and then later became a daycare provider for many years. She attributes her longevity to God’s mercy, love, blessings and […]
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Lea Gilmore in Concert
Lea Gilmore, Baltimore’s own Empress of Jazz, gospel and blues will be in concert, 8 p.m., March 7 at Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. Gilmore has been named by Essence as one of “25 Women Shaping the World,” and regularly performs to sold-out audiences around the world. Her new […]
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Maryland Live! Casino Honors NAACP’s Tessa Hill-Aston
Baltimore City NAACP President Tessa Hill-Aston was among those honored, Feb. 25, by the Maryland Live! Casino and the MD-Washington Minority Companies Association for Black History Month. She was joined by Adrian Muldrow, third vice president of the Baltimore City NAACP, and Joseph Aston, executive committee member of the Baltimore City NAACP.
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MLK Memorial Library to Honor Harriet Tubman During Women’s History Month Program
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library and area artists will host Harriet Tubman: In Celebration of A Soldier, a Women’s History Month arts-based program on March 11. The free event will take place in the Great Hall of the MLK, Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G St., N.W. D.C. New York poet and author, […]
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Keep Me Tight
The creator and CEO of KeepMeTight (KMT), Shameeka Hunt, is hosting the KMT Posh Club, March 15. KeepMeTight created an all natural compression undergarment that launched nationally September 2013. The KMT Posh Club was created as a way for Shameeka Hunt to give back to her clients and the community. The KMT Posh Club brings […]
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to Deliver Charter Day Address at Howard University
Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon will deliver the keynote address at the Howard University 147th Charter Day Convocation on March 7 at 11 a.m. in Cramton Auditorium. In 2006, Dimon was named chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, and became […]
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The Women’s Challenge presents Pasta With A Purpose
Pasta With A Purpose is a night of entertainment to fundraise for post-secondary education and homeownership. Community members will enjoy all-you-can-eat Italian cuisine, raffle games, prizes, a live DJ, the soulful sounds of all-female band “Les Femme Totale,” Kim Jordan, renowned pianist and music director, and Marc Evans, host of “Acoustic Thursdays” and more. The […]
