By Ben Jealous I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often.” “In this life you have to decide what’s more important to you.” Then she would add, “As for me, I’ll take winning.” My favorite optimist died…
By Baltimore Gas and Electric BGE has awarded 57 non-profit organizations grants totaling more than $250,000 to support environmental stewardship projects in the company’s service area. Now in its ninth year, the annual BGE Green Grants program has benefitted hundreds of innovative community projects with more than $2 million in charitable giving from BGE. “It…
By AFRO Staff Season 14, episode four of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange focuses on issues surrounding the ownership of African Art, stolen over centuries of colonialism. Directed by French filmmaker Nora Philippe, “Restitution: Africa’s Fight for Its Art” recounts the true and troubling history of the theft of African artwork and sacred artifacts by…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Although Baltimore native Stacia Dashiell now runs her own beauty supply store, A Beautiful U Beauty Supply, she got her start in the beauty industry as a young girl. Her mother struggled to maintain her and her sister’s hair between beauty appointments, so…
By Special to the AFRO Winners of the 5th annual Dream Big Contest were recently announced and celebrated at the Lyric Baltimore, the historic live-entertainment venue in Baltimore, Md. The Lyric Foundation, which operates and maintains the theater, announced both Dreamers (runners-up) and Visionaries (grand prize winners) on the Lyric stage. “The Lyric Education team…
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Good Friday’s All Women Prayer Leaders in St. Ann Catholic Church On a solemn Good Friday, last week, in the typically male-dominated Catholic Church in East Baltimore, known as St. Ann, a group of women leaders and preachers reflected on the “Seven Last Words of Jesus” as Biblically recorded. To…
By Special to the AFRO Coppin State University College of Business (COB) has scheduled a public forum that will feature several 2022 candidates for Maryland governor. The event, which is scheduled for April 26 and sponsored by the COB Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship, will provide a forum for the candidates to discuss issues related to…
The sightseeing vessel was on a three-hour round trip tour to the tip of Cape Shiretoko. The Japan Coast Guard had dispatched rescue boats and aircraft to the area near the Kashuni Falls.
“The day when they will be forced to leave Ukraine is approaching,” the Ukrainian president said of the Russians, in a sharp change of tone.
The local authorities said at least 18 people were wounded in the strike, the first to hit Odesa since early April.