Community News
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 >>
BET NETWORKS JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL CALL TO STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV ON WORLD AIDS DAY MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 WITH A SPECIAL EPISODE OF 106 & PARK FOLLOWED BY BET NEWS EXCLUSIVE ARE YOU POSITIVE?:
Of the more than one million people in the United States who are living with HIV/AIDS, nearly half are African American. On Monday, December 1 at 6:00 p.m.*, World AIDS Day, BET shines a bright light on these alarming statistics by dedicating a full episode of the network's hit music countdown show, 106 & PARK, to the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, followed by the premiere of ARE YOU POSITIVE?, a half hour special that addresses the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS at 7:30 p.m.* ARE YOU POSITIVE? is part of BET Networks and the Kaiser Family Foundation's longstanding partnership and Emmy Award-winning public education campaign, "Rap-It-Up". Read in Full >>
ALCOHOL TAXES AND MARYLAND: THE FACTS:
Nationwide, alcohol use has slowly been falling among high school students, but from 2005 to 2007 alcohol use increased among Maryland high school students:
· Current use (in the past 30 days) went up from 40% to 43%. Read in Full >>
JAMI JACKSON SINGER & SONGWRITER TAKES CENTER STAGE ON BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION'S REALITY DOCUMENTARY ~ ARE YOU POSITIVE?:
Are You Positive? A reality documentary starring Jami Jackson airs on World AIDS Day, December 1st, 7:30PM (EST) on the popular Black Entertainment Television (BET), sponsored by the Kaiser Foundation. According to data provided by the Kaiser Foundation, HIV/AIDS deaths are the highest for Black women, ages 25-44, than respective counterparts in racial/ethnic groups. Read in Full >>
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum Annual Gala featuring Ashford and Simpson & Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. at The Lyric:
On Saturday, December 6, 2008 at the Lyric Theater in Baltimore, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum will host its Annual Gala, honoring Eddie and Sylvia Brown and featuring performances by music legends Ashford and Simpson and Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Read in Full >>
Op/Ed: The Tragedy of Hope:
After using heroin for 30 years, Cason got sick of being sick and found himself in Philadelphia at a strict recovery program. Once clean, he decided he could share his salvation with others and founded I Can’t We Can. Read in Full >>
