The young adult crowd of Baltimore is stepping up in a number of arenas to assert themselves as the next generation of the city’s servant-leaders. As the stalwarts of yesterday assume new roles as mentors and guides, the 30-ish age crowd is straining to speak up and be recognized. Rev. Cortly C.D. Witherspoon is...
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Could this man be the next Baltimore City NAACP Branch President?
Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, pushes for re-election with local ministers
At the September meeting of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, made the case for her re-election. Touting her years of experience and multi-faceted approach for engaging crime in Baltimore, Jessamy criticized her challenger in the race, Gregg Bernstein, by saying, “he doesn’t think a prosecutor’s office should have anything...
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I Support Rodney Burris for State Delegate in the 43rd District (Baltimore City)
It’s election season in Baltimore so that means incumbents are making their rounds attempting to remind people how good life is with them in office and hopeful newbies are hitting the pavement making the case as to why they should be catapulted to political office. Admittedly, I am a bit disenchanted with electoral politics...
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Governor O’Malley’s Prison for Baltimore Youth Temporarily Delayed
This week I’ve devoted much of my energy to a pretty spirited discussion via Facebook about Governor O’Malley’s plans to build a prison for youth in East Baltimore. The $104 million prison would be dedicated to youth being charged as adults. For many years, I’ve stood in solidarity with many others in publicly denouncing...
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Black People Should Control The Baltimore City Public School System (Part 2)
When you take a nearly 90% African American student population and you willfully ignore their culture while subjecting them to a European-American educational setting you set them up for psychological enslavement. The African student population is not permitted to engage in the process of knowing themselves, the story of their people on the map...
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Longtime Political Prisoner & “Model Inmate”, Marshall “Eddie” Conway prevented from attending Mother’s funeral
I’d like to publicly express my prayers and condolences to Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway and family in light of the passing of his mother. Mr. Conway is Maryland’s longest serving political prisoner incarcerated 40 years ago while serving in Baltimore’s Black Panther Party. Activists and concerned citizens from Baltimore have been contacting the appropriate...
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Attention MAIF Customers: You’re Car Insurance Rates Are About To Go Up!
That’s if Governor Martin O’Malley has his way. Sources close to the legislative process reveal that Governor Martin O’Malley has been pushing House Bill 825 through the Maryland House of Delegates. The bill would increase the rates for Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) customers. MAIF is for drivers who are unable to afford car...
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Mayor Sheila Dixon’s Farewell to Baltimore City
Dear Citizen It’s difficult to find the words to describe what it has meant to lead this City: to lay out a vision for a cleaner, greener, healthier, and safer Baltimore and actually see that vision come to pass; and, to wake up every morning and feel both the blessing and the burden of...
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R.I.P. Pastor John L. Wright (First Baptist Church of Guilford)
I remember some years ago now picking up The Afro Newspaper and turning straight to their Faith section where they would have church advertisements and articles. It was on that page that my eyes would be drawn to the advertisement from the First Baptist Church of Guilford. I loved looking at their ad because...
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The Spirit of SMEAC Lives On
I read an article yesterday in The Baltimore Sun entitled, “Activist walks away from Baltimore’s Middle East.” The article almost reads like a depressing obituary for Save Middle East Action Coalition (SMEAC). This excerpt, written by one of SMEAC’s former Executive Directors, gives some perspective on this remarkable organization: Save Middle East Action Committee...
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