Community News
OSI: Sherrilyn and Gwen Ifill:
Join OSI tomorrow (6.4.09) for a conversation with Gwen and Sherrilyn Ifill Read in Full >>
Marc Clarke's "Daddy's Girl" Dance Scheduled for June 13th:
Former local radio personality Marc Clarke wants fathers to close the laptops, turn off the cell phones and leave the projects at work. Instead, spend an enchanted evening with their favorite girl at a special event honoring Father’s Day. Read in Full >>
Oscar-Nominated Actress Taraji P. Henson Lends Support to DreamKids:
Last week at the DreamKids 2009 Gala at the Ritz-Carlton in DC, one of the featured honorees was Taraji P. Henson. Henson, by the way, is from the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Read in Full >>
JHPIEGO’S DR. HARSHAD SANGHVI RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AWARD:
Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, is pleased to announce that Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, Vice President and Medical Director of Jhpiego, has been awarded the 2009 Award for Best Practices in Global Health from the Global Health Council.
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Former Mayor of Berkeley, California to be featured on WOLB with Doni Glover:
Gus Newport, an expert in community development and former Mayor of Berkeley, California, is among the featured guest on today's edition of "Empower Hour" news talk radio show with Doni Glover on WOLB 1010 AM.
Newport will be in Baltimore tomorrow at Sojourner-Douglass College to discuss a "bottoms-up" approach to community development.
Also featured on today's show is businessman Erich March of March Funeral Homes.
"Empower Hour", now in its 10th year, is hosted by BMORENEWS.com publisher Doni Glover every Tuesday from 10 to 11 am on Radio One's WOLB 1010 AM in Baltimore.
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Tri-County Classic to Benefit Kidney Foundation Puts Spotlight on Kidney Patients and Health Issues That Affect Thousands:
Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson was be joined by Prince George's County Council Chair Marilyn Bland and Health Office Donald Shell on Friday at a press conference featuring The Peoples Choice LLC's Gloria Brooks launching the First Annual Tri-County Golf Classic involving Prince George’s, Montgomery and Calvert Counties to benefit the Kidney Foundation.
FMI, please visit www.ThePeoplesChoiceLLC.com.
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We Are BMORENEWS.com, The News Before the News!:
We are on the ground in East and West Baltimore. We have physically covered the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa. We have covered Presidents, Governors, and Mayors … beginning in Baltimore and spreading throughout.
We are BMORENEWS.com!
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GOV. O’MALLEY JOINS MARYLAND STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP, NATIONAL AND STATE LEADERS TO CELEBRATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAACP:
Governor Martin O’Malley today hosted a reception and joined the Maryland NAACP State Conference, national and state leaders to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Read in Full >>
Op/Ed: Rihanna/Chris Brown: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls by Kevin Powell:
In my recent travels and political and community work and speeches around the country, it became so very obvious that many American males are unaware of the monumental problems of domestic violence and sexual assault, against women and girls, in our nation. This seems as good a time as any to address this urgent and overlooked issue. Why is it that so few of us actually think about violence against women and girls, or think that it’s our problem? Why do we go on believing it’s all good, even as our sisters, our mothers, and our daughters suffer and a growing number of us participate in the brutality of berating, beating, or killing our female counterparts? Read in Full >>
Kweisi Mfume and Other Dignitaries Discuss ‘Maryland ’s Battle for Civil Rights’:
Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, WYPR Senior News Analyst C. Fraser Smith and Civil Rights Activist Rabbi Mark G. Loeb will discuss “Maryland’s Battle for Civil Rights” at the Baltimore Jewish Council’s Annual Meeting, Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 4 pm, Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21208. Read in Full >>
Op/Ed: Boys and Literacy by Kevin Parson:
According to research, boy readers lag behind girls in reading and literacy. According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study ( PIRLS ) in 2001, fourth grade girls in all of thirty plus participating countries scored higher in reading literacy than fourth grade boys by a significant amount, statistically. In the article Boys and Books, it is reported that similar findings show up in the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress scores ( NAEP). Read in Full >>
Alternative Journalists Sought for New Baltimore-based Website: www.Baltimore.com:
Concerned with the state of affairs at the Baltimore Sun, a group of local individuals are convening on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at ETC Canton, 2400 Boston Street in the Factory Building in its 3rd floor conference room (Baltimore, MD 21224). Read in Full >>
1st Annual Tri-County Golf Classic:
The People's Choice presents benefit golf tourney in Gorgeous Prince George's County Read in Full >>
BMORENEWS.com Announces Summer Internship Program 2009:
www.BMORENEWS.com, the news before the news, is now accepting resumes (including those from high school juniors and seniors, and undergraduate college students) for our Summer Internship Program. Those selected will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic team of individuals who are all extremely talented in their respective fields, including writing, radio and TV production, the Internet, editing, talent, photography and videography.
Do take advantage of this unique opportunity to work with a premiere leader in the world of journalism. If you want to be a part of the BMORENEWS.com experience, send your resume to dmg@bmorenews.com or mail to BMORENEWS.com, Icetech Village, 940 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217.
*The deadline for receiving resumes is Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The internship program, geared for students in Maryland and Washington, DC, begins Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
