By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Baltimore Healthy Start is working with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture to host the first annual Leaders in Black Maternal Health Awards Luncheon. Through both art and education the two organizations plan to shine a light on the importance of health advocacy and
By Ciara Franklin, Abel Communications, for the AFRO The AFRO will host the annual Baltimore AFRO High Tea on April 22, honoring “Maryland’s Leading Ladies.” This year’s event features Maryland’s most prominent women in leadership, including First Lady Dawn Moore, Lt. Governor Aruna Miller, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and Speaker of the House of Delegates, Adrienne
Nelly Ghansah, All Things Hair Experts at All Things Hair conducted a survey targeting US women of different ethnicities above the age of 16 to investigate hair inequality. The survey revealed that women of color with 4c hair are being subjected to the Afro tax: price discrimination plus lack of availability and variety of hair
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor Yes…Black Maternal Health Week is a “thing.” In fact, 2023 marks the sixth Annual Recognition of Black Maternal Health week, with workshops, events and support sessions across 13 states and the District of Columbia. Beginning on April 11, Black women, mothers, fathers and men of all ages will reflect
By MICHELLE LARKIN, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland Del. Nic Kipke, R-Anne Arundel, apologized to House Speaker Adrienne Jones Tuesday afternoon after he told her to “sit down” in the final minutes of this year’s General Assembly session in a harsh exchange over a provision to cannabis legislation. A debate between Democrats and
By Darius Brockett, Special to the AFRO The Hubert V. Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball in Baltimore tells a unique story in an eccentric way. Located inside of the Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) in Owings Mills, Md., the museum spreads throughout multiple floors within the building. In 2008 Hubert V. “Bert” Simmons, alongside
By Ron Taylor, Special to the AFRO D.C. Housing Authority chief Brenda Donald says that the scandal-plagued agency is reversing its troubled course by following a “zero-tolerance policy for fraud, waste and abuse.” Her statements come as the agency faces federal scrutiny on a housing voucher program for low-income residents. Donald is now on the
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Mayor Muriel Bowser announced new investments in her proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Fair Shot Budget to support high-quality, early child care and early childhood education in D.C. on March 27. The District’s Child Care Subsidy Program could expand eligibility to more D.C. families, raising the income cap
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com When the COVID-19 pandemic created and increased financial hardship for families across the country, the federal government stepped in to temporarily increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits with emergency allotments. In March, the extra benefits came to an end with the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Prince George’s County will pay Rena Ward, mother of Demonte Ward-Blake, a $7.5 million settlement in connection with a 2019 police traffic stop that left Ward-Blake paralyzed in 2019. At Greenbelt Federal Courthouse on March 31, Rena Ward, along with attorney’s Billy Murphy and Malcolm Ruff, announced the settlement. The