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The Catonsville Middle School is currently conducting its annual Vocabulary Olympics, a way to reinforce vocabulary through the use of athletic competition during physical education classes. Twice a week the national Junior Honor Society students give students in PE classes vocabulary words to define after completing an event. With a correct answer the student earns […]

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington Perform PASSION Encore

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. will present a free concert, PASSION, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 22, at Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ, an historic church at 11th & R Streets in Northwest Washington, D.C. PASSION features works that have touched the hearts and stirred passions of generations of listeners, a wide-range of music—from […]

Baltimore Churches Mark 10th Annual Red Dress Sunday for Heart Health Awareness

by Alexis TaylorFebruary 12, 2014January 25, 2022

Facing a sea of red dresses, Georgetta Thomas told her story, a tale of how she filled her days to the brim with the tasks of everyday life. Thomas spent her days constantly on the go with little attention focused on her own well-being—she was simply too busy to bother with healthy living. By the […]

Banneker-Douglass Museum Hosts Black History Month Activities

The Museum’s celebration continues 3:30 p.m., Feb. 23 with a gospel concert with Mt. Moriah AME Church – Honoring our Roots- also in appreciation for Mt. Moriah’s impact in the establishment of the Museum, and part of the 30@30 Contest. Interested visitors can also attend Drop-In Time Capsule workshops, 11 a.m., Feb. 24 to make […]

Mayor Rawlings-Blake Speaks On Crime, Education, Entrepreneurship in State of City Address

by Alexis TaylorFebruary 12, 2014January 25, 2022

City and state officials gathered at City Hall, Feb. 10, for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s annual State of the City address. Though the mayor touched on a range of topics from city schools to economic growth, technology improvements, and property tax credits, at the top of the list were two subjects: homicides and violent crime. “We […]

Poetry and Praise at Ebenezer AME

The Ebenezer A.M.E. Church Poetry Ministry is hosting its annual Black History Month Poetry and Praise Open Mic, 6-8:30 p.m., Feb. 21. This year’s event will feature the Anointed P.E.N.S., and the Malcolm X Drummers. Selections will also be offered by featured psalmist, Miriam Wright as well as the Royal Priesthood of the Ebenezer Liturgical […]

Eastside Welcomes First New Public School in 20 Years

by Blair AdamsFebruary 12, 2014January 25, 2022

Nearly 400 people gathered in the auditorium of Henderson Hopkins School, Feb. 10, to officially cut the ribbon on the first new public school to open in East Baltimore in more than 20 years. Among those in attendance were Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Rep. Elijah Cummings and several elected […]

Northern Virginia Urban League Guild Receives Check

At a recent Northern Virginia Urban League Guild (NVULG) meeting, members of the Xi Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity presented the organization a $3,000 check for its SAT initiative. The check was written from the chapter’s Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund. The NVULG’s SAT Mentorship provides funds to help 100 minority students […]

Baltimore Mayor, Elected Officials Mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

by Blair AdamsFebruary 12, 2014January 25, 2022

For more than 10 years, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day has been a platform for officials and community leaders to discuss the deadly affliction. This year, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Councilman Nick Mosby, and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot joined with Total Health Care and took to the streets of west Baltimore to share […]

D.C. YWCA Celebrates Milestone with Largest GED Graduating Class

by Ariel MedleyFebruary 12, 2014January 25, 2022

It was a proud day for family members, friends, staff and educators as they stood to applaud the most recent graduating class of the YWCA National Capital Area’s Adult Education and Training program. The Feb. 8 commencement, held at the Next Step Public Charter School in northwest Washington, D.C., marked a milestone; the class of […]

Prince George's County News

‘Archiving Culture in Underrepresented Communities’

The iSchool and Student Archivists at Maryland are hosting Americana: Archiving Culture in Underrepresented Communities, 6-8:30 p.m., Feb. 24 in the special events room, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland. Panelists include Michael Pahn, interim head archivist at the National Museum of the American Indian’s Archive Center and Jennifer Morris, archivist at the Anacostia Community Museum. […]