Even as many around the world are honoring the life of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. today; it need be known that celebrating him outside of context amounts to a dangerous narrowing of the Black Freedom Movement tradition in the United States. Dr. King didn’t work alone, but in concert with and propelled by...
Habari Gani? Kujichagulia! which means Self Determination – To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Self-Determination is such a beautiful principle which speaks to the freedom that all individuals and people-groups should be able to rightly exercise. Though not always using the term, I have been writing about “kujichagulia”...
MEETING TONIGHT ON THE STEPS OF THE BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’S OFFICE AT 5:00PM (EST) LOCATED: 36 S Charles St # 1600 Baltimore, MD 21201-3015 To brush up on what the Baltimore Development Corporation is and explore it’s role in Baltimore click here to read: “The Baltimore Development Corporation: A Case Study of Economic Development...
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” ...
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...
This past Friday I was blessed with the opportunity to testify in Annapolis before the Baltimore City Delegation of state representatives. I was there voicing my support and urging the support of City Delegates for House Bill 1140, a bill sponsored by Delegate Jill Carter that would prohibit the planning and construction of yet...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Rev. Heber Brown, III Vice President Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance pastor@pleasanthope.org IMA Condemns Attack On African American Youth By Group of Jewish Men Baltimore, MD, December 2, 2010 — The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance condemns the attack of the 15-year-old youth by a group of Jewish men on November 19th in the...
After weeks and weeks of planning, protesting, and organizing, Youth Justice Sunday is almost here. On Sunday, October 31, 2010 4PM at 1010 East Monument Street, 21201 (Dunbar High School’s Football Field); thousands of Baltimoreans are coming together to protest Governor Martin O’Malley’s plans to build a $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail in East...
I’ve been involved with youth mentoring for more than a decade in the Baltimore City area and I’ve long concluded that I receive much more than I can ever give the young people that I’ve been blessed to connect with. This is particularly true of youth that I’ve mentored who are incarcerated. There’s a...
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