(Composite from courtesy photos) Harford Community College will hold an Open House for its new facility, “Harford’s Leading Edge Training Center Powered by the Ratcliffe Foundation” (LETC), on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. Open to the public, the Open House will be held at the Edgewood Boys & Girls Club, 2002 […]
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Local agreement strengthens minority student participation in STEM
(Courtesy photo) A world class provider of IT and data management services and the nation’s first, private HBCU have strengthened a strategic partnership. CompTech Computer Technologies and Wilberforce University (Greene County, Ohio) will now collaborate to increase the presence of underserved youth participation in STEM. In a recently signed document, the university, and the company […]
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Noisy Burger provides opportunity to City school students
Under their company Noisy Tenants, Nicholas Mitchel and Christopher Landrum volunteered with Mervo high school students to launch a pop-up restaurant, Noisy Burger, in R. House. Now, the duo have a permanent stall in the food hall. (Courtesy photo) By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Nicholas Mitchel and Christopher […]
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Six-year-old’s alleged murderer arrested
A 22-year-old Waldorf man was charged in the murder of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com On July 28, Marktwan Hargraves, 22, of Waldorf, Maryland was arrested as a suspect in the murder of six-year-old Nyiah Courtney. Courtney was killed while near a bus stop with her mother […]
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AG Karl Racine supports STAY DC to help residents pay bills post pandemic sting
The Office of the Attorney General is partnering with local organizations in order to support five in-person STAY DC clinics to help residents apply for resources and funds to pay bills. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com With Washingtonians having felt the economic sting of the COVID-19 pandemic, District of Columbia […]
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Mask mandate reinstated by D.C. Mayor Bowser
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is reinforcing a mask mandate indoors regardless of vaccination status. (Courtesy Photo) #AFROCoronavirusUpdate By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com On Thursday, July 29, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the mask mandate would be reinstated after COVID-19 cases began rising in the nation’s capital and nationwide, with, […]
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Despite advocates’ warnings, Bowser brings more officers to streets
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she is partnering with the D.C. Council to amend the budget adding 170 more officers to the Metropolitan Police Department. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Despite warnings from many activists against the choice to bring more police to streets in order to stop gun violence, D.C. […]
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Cori Bush protests evictions on Capitol steps
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks to crowds that attended a sit-in at Capitol Hill after it was announced that the Biden administration will enact a targeted nationwide eviction moratorium outside of Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. For the past five days, lawmakers and activists primarily led by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., […]
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Gwen Levi uses newfound freedom and voice to engender change
(l-r) Sharufa Walker, MiAngel Cody, Mayor Brandon Scott, Gwen Levi, Founder and Executive Director The Ladies Of Hope Ministries(THE LOHM) Topeka K. Sam, Deputy Mayor for Equity, Health and Human Services Faith Leach and Levi’s attorney Sapna Mirchandani. (Photo by James Fields) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Gwendolyn Levi, a Baltimore woman who […]
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Voting Rights activists meet with Texas lawmakers
Al Sharpton, Andrea King and Martin L. King III (center) link arms at the MLK National Monument with Texas State Lawmakers who walked out of a special session of the Texas State legislature in Austin on July 13. The Texas delegation has been in Washington, D.C. lobbying for passage of federal voting rights legislation for […]
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New Prince George’s County housing coalition launches
Ashanti Martinez, CASA Prince Georges County Policy Analyst For CASA speaks at a recent event to launch the PG County Housing Justice Coalition. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Community-based organizations, non-profit organizations and advocates across Prince George’s County launched the Prince George’s County Housing Justice Coalition this week at CASA headquarters […]
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#WordinBlack: Public school parents highlight opportunities for permanent change post pandemic
Group diverse students in school building checked and scanned for temperature check. Elementary pupils are wearing a face mask and line up before entering into classroom. (Courtesy photo) By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Public schools are weeks away from in-person reopenings. Though the delta variant of coronavirus continues to spread, vaccination is not […]
