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Turner Station Legend Betty Watkins to Be Honored at Black Wall Street SPARROWS POINT

(BALTIMORE – May 8, 2026) – Margaret “Betty” Watkins has been doing hair in Turner Station for 53 years. Tomorrow, she gets her flowers. Watkins is among the honorees at Black Wall Street SPARROWS POINT, the latest stop in the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards series, founded by Doni Glover. The event celebrates Black entrepreneurship, legacy, and economic empowerment rooted in community. Betty’s story is Turner Station through and through. A native of the historic waterfront community, she graduated from Sollers Point Junior/Senior High School in 1964 before studying at Earn Power Business School, where she trained as an…

Indigenous Series: NEVER FORGET

Tonight on the Indigenous Series: Never Forget. From oral traditions and ancestral memory to contested histories and modern … Watch full video on YouTube

Cupcakes & Conversations at Fulton Bank — Celebrating Small Business Month

BALTIMORE — Join us on Tuesday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Fulton Bank’s Federal Hill Financial Center for Cupcakes & Conversations, a special Small Business Month event designed to bring Baltimore’s business community together. Enjoy a morning of connection, insights, and sweet treats while learning more about Fulton Bank’s products and services designed to support and grow your business. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small business owner, or aspiring founder, this event offers a welcoming space to network, exchange ideas, and explore resources to help take your business to the next level.

Op-Ed: When your brother is wrong

(BALTIMORE – May 4, 2026) — Our community has been propagandized into blurring the line between political and personal engagement. Politics is about power—power to impose an agenda regarding the distribution of resources and the rules that govern society. Too often, our community engages in politics as if it were a collection of social clubs. Political fundraisers and banquets can feel more like prom or homecoming than sites of serious power-building. There is nothing wrong with having events that feel good, but that environment can obscure the fundamental reality: politics is about power, not personalities. There are three questions I…