On Oct. 2, a community-based movement determined to educate and empower metropolitan-area women about their health choices celebrated its first anniversary. Divas, MPH (Making Our People Healthier), is an all-female health outreach organization that offers educational resources about HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, stress management and more throughout the District. The group convened at FunXion, the city’s […]
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The Pursuit of Fitness
Baltimore native Tavian Quinn is passionate about fitness and healthy living, a lifestyle more people are adopting as obesity wages an unprecedented war against against Americans’ waistlines and longevity. As the fitness model studied to become a nurse, she unknowingly forged a new career path. Quinn hungered for more knowledge about the science of body […]
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Obama, Maryland Leaders Rally for Maryland’s Vote
Click here to view more photos of the rally at Bowie State University. President Obama joined an assortment of Maryland politicians at Bowie State University on Oct. 7 to campaign for the state’s incumbent Democrats, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and others. “Right now you have […]
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Former Engineer Turned Fitness Trainer Embarks on Charity Walk for Diabetes
Health nuts and gym rats can be quite annoying—critiquing everything you eat, flashing their firm physiques at every opportunity, devouring food you wouldn’t touch even if you were starving—the nerve of them. But Kenneth Clarke isn’t like that. The physical trainer doesn’t want you to envy, he simply wants you to enjoy and live life. […]
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Metro Area Urges Domestic Violence Awareness
With Domestic Violence Month already underway, there’s a push locally to bring light to one of the most overlooked issues in the African-American community. Howard University and Prince George’s County are both using different events to address this silent nightmare. In conjunction with Verizon Wireless and the Verizon Foundation, the university helped launch the Red […]
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A Cut Above: Family Trade Passed Down through Generations
Longtime barber Saint Paul Davis knows no boundaries. He knows no colors, no biases and no age limits; all he knows is persistence. It’s the trait that has kept him cutting hair for over 50 years and helped turn his seven children into skilled barbers. It’s the devotion behind his 43-year hair business, EXPERT Barbershop, […]
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Commuters, Motorists Decry Increased Meter Fares
Washington, D.C. lawmakers and motorists as well as commuters are condemning a parking toll increase this month as being a band-aid for the city’s bleeding revenue bank rather than an answer to motorists’ needs. Earlier this year, the District Department of Transportation began enforcing parking meter fares on Saturdays at metered spaces across the city. […]
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Science Brought to Life for Minority Students
In keeping with its annual tradition of helping minority students and their parents learn more about health, science and the medical field, SciLife is gearing up for its fifth daylong presentation Oct. 16 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. Event coordinator Cassandra Isom told the AFRO that the SciLife program – which is modeled after a […]
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Md. Girl Tells Congress of Textbook Concussion Case
WASHINGTON – Centennial High School’s Alison Conca-Cheng is a best-case scenario: After suffering a concussion while playing soccer last month, she was diagnosed, put on a “care plan” and started on her path to recovery. Her school in Ellicott City was accommodating and her doctors knowledgeable, she told the U.S. House Committee on Education and […]
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D.C. Child Care Provider Honored
District-based child care provider Melbert Johnson is one of 17 providers nationally recognized for their commitment and dedication to providing outstanding quality child care at the Third Annual National Child Care Providers Awards Ceremony held recently on Capitol Hill. The ceremony, presented by public TV stations KCET (Los Angeles), WETA (Washington, D.C.) and the award-winning […]
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Giant Announces Reusable Bag Design Contest’s 50th Year
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of “It’s Academic,” Giant Food will sponsor a reusable shopping bag design contest. Open to high school students in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., entries will be accepted Oct. 1-31. The winning design will be printed on reusable bags, to be sold in Giant stores across the region. Proceeds from […]
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Maryland HBCU Digitizes Half-Century of Memories
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Frederick Douglass Library has digitized a half-century of The Hawk yearbooks – from the first volume in 1959 through 2009 – making it the first Maryland HBCU to accomplish this feat. The conversion was made possible through the LYRASIS Mass Digitization Collaborative, a project supported by a Sloan Foundation […]
