Community News
Obama in Baltimore: City of Baltimore Announces Traffic Advisory for President-Elect’s Visit to Baltimore:
Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation announced street closures and parking restrictions for President Elect Barack Obama’s visit to Baltimore on Saturday, January 17, 2009 on the steps of the War Memorial Building across from City Hall. Extremely large crowds are anticipated. Read in Full >>
BMORENEWS Publisher Doni Glover Back on Speakers' Circuit:
Public speaking is Doni Glover’s forte. From East Baltimore to East Africa, the West Baltimorean and founder of this news service (www.bmorenews.com) has delighted audiences with his wit, charm, and mastery of the English language. Read in Full >>
Happy New Year Everybody! Shine in '09!:
Happy New Year from our family to yours. Pictured here is future BMORENEWS publisher N'yinde Amaari Glover and Dr. Charles Simmons, President of Sojourner-Douglass College and the longest serving president of any college or university in Maryland. Read in Full >>
Mozambico: The Season of Future:
This book is a collection of notes taken during a journey to Mozambique that I made with Gil, a former homeless boy who, like many others, managed to take his place in society again thanks to the help of international solidarity that welcomed him and allowed him to study. Read in Full >>
Baltimore Man to Run 44 Miles for Change:
On Tuesday, November 4th, James Muhammad went to his local polling place in Baltimore to vote for the first time. Something about Barack Obama had given him hope and he didn't want to miss the opportunity to cast his vote for real change. That day, he promised himself that if Barack Obama won, he'd return to his community to do his small part in affecting change in the community where he lived. Of course, everyone remembers the events of November 4th and 5th, with the feelings and great affect that Barack Obama's historic win had on each of us. Read in Full >>
Home from the Military:
"Welcome home!" is the phrase for E-5 Alex Qualls. After a year away from his family on a tour of duty for the US Navy, he's now home with his wife and four children. His wife, Kim, is also a former Navy woman.Their children are Joshua, Lelani, and two twin girls - Morgan and Jordan. Read in Full >>
Meet Georgia's Gordon College Point Guard Lamar Elston, a Baltimore native:
And #2 for Gordon College, playing guard for the men’s basketball team is Baltimore’s own Lamar Elston. A business admin major, Elston is interested in real estate and making money in a positive way. Read in Full >>
Meet JHU's Dr. Phil Leaf:
Philip Leaf, Ph.D. is the Co-Director of the Hopkins Social Innovations Partnership Program and a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Leaf also is the Director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Senior Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. Read in Full >>
Weekly Prayer:
Weekly Prayer by Pastor Richard A. Henderson Sr.
Christ Temple Church, Inc. Baltimore
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Time for Action, Justice in the South:
Organizers and activists from across the region will gather in Durham, N.C., Dec. 12-14 for the 7th Bi-Annual Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference to find ways to work together on problems ranging from toxic corporate hog farms, the struggle of workers as the economy falters, and targeting of immigrants, to health disparities, workplace violence, violence and abuses against women and other issues. Read in Full >>
Great Blacks In Wax Needs Your Help To Acquire Obama Wax Figure:
Please help us in our efforts to preserve African American history by helping the museum to acquire a wax figure of Barack Obama and create an exhibit for his figure. You can help by donating to the acquisition effort. Remember, no amount is too small! If you cannot make a donation, please support our cause by passing this message along to your friends, family, and co-workers.
To find out how to help click here!
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BRAD PITT, NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS LAUNCH REBUILDING CAMPAIGN:
Brad Pitt and residents of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans yesterday launched a national fundraising campaign to help the city recover from the lasting devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, starting with the Lower 9th Ward. Read in Full >>
MAKE IT RIGHT in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans:
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The slow reaction to the initial emergency and to the ongoing crisis exposed troubling realities about the response capabilities of the government when the citizens of our most culturally diverse city were in desperate need of help.
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Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick Area Named Healthiest in United States for Women:
“Self” magazine has named the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor at the top of its 2009 list of America’s Best Places for Women, ranking above San Francisco, Honolulu, Nassau-Suffolk Counties (NY) and Cambridge, MA that rounded out this year’s top five. Read in Full >>
KELLIBREW SLEEPS OUT ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE:
William Kellibrew, a young man who witnessed his mother and brother die at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, is spearheading a victims and survivors for peace sleep out in front of the John A. Wilson Building at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Read in Full >>
