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State Slots Commission Responds to MBE/WBE Controversy
In response to an article in the Baltimore Business Journal and public outcry from multiple community activists, the State Slots Commission provided the following letter about the Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business Enterprise goals related to Maryland’s casino construction projects – stating that the inclusionary goals remain intact. Click this link to read...
Good Ol’ Boys Win Big On City Slots Project: Lines of MBE/WBE “Requirement” Blurred
WHAT DO YOU CALL A REQUIREMENT THAT IS NOT REALLY REQUIRED? That’s the question I would ask Donald Fry (pictured), head of the influential Greater Baltimore Committee and Governor-appointed Chair of the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission. The Baltimore Business Journal reported last week that the 7 member commission voted to “ease” ...
IMA Endorsement Should Be Thrown Out: Alliance Has Lost Its Way
The recent political endorsement of current Mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, by the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance has caused quite a stir and rightly so. Mayoral candidate, Senator Cathy Pugh in disrupting the endorsement forum last week at Friendship Baptist Church did more than reveal an egregious departure from tradition and fair process that would have allowed...
May We Never Forget: Baltimore Panel Seeks To Remind Us Of Where We’ve Been…And How Far We Have Yet To Go
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MD African American History & Culture has some exciting June Programs. You should check them out….including a reading and discussion of the book Hands On the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. Three powerhouses of the human/civil rights movement will be the featured panelists. Dr. Cecil...
Rest In Peace: Gil Scott Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011)
Today, we remember Gil Scott Heron….
National Council Confirms Position of Community: No New Youth Jail Needed In Baltimore
Statement of an Alliance of Organizations in response to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s New Bed Space Forecast for the Proposed Baltimore Youth Detention FacilityMay 12, 2011 Governor O’Malley has an opportunity to be a leader in the growing national movement to invest more in opportunities for children and youth and less...
Black in Venezuela: Africans Around The World
The Nyumburu Cultural Center is pleased to invite you to a special talk and discussion with Congressman Modesto Ruiz, President of the Subcommittee on Legislation, Participation, Warranties, Duties and Rights of African descendants in the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The event will be held at the Nyumburu Cultural Center on...
African Delegation Planning Historic Trip To Palestine/Israel
Last summer, I truly had a transformative experience when I traveled to Palestine/Israel. I had been thinking, writing, and speaking about Palestine and Israel for some time and last year I was afforded the opportunity to go and witness first-hand what was happening on the ground in what many westerners call the “Middle East.”...
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