Tuesday May 14 | The Baltimore Sun
Nearly $200,000 awarded for community strengthening efforts
A group of black men with visions to improve Baltimore were awarded grants between $10,000 and $20,000 for youth job training, the development of a debate camp at Morgan State University and teaching former prisoners to urban farm.
Mfume to chair Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay
Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University 's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership.
Lauren Davis, Baltimore County native, was born into fashion. She has a grandmother, mother, and aunt who have been trendsetters well before she came along.
Kweisi Mfume Elected Chairman of Morgan's Board of Regents
Morgan State University's board of regents elected Kweisi Mfume, former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president and former Maryland congressman, chairman of the board of regents May 7. In a 14-0 vote with one abstention, Mfume was voted to the position of chairman, which was vacated in February 2013 after then-chairman ... (more)
Baltimore police hire new internal-affairs chief
A lawyer with the Baltimore city government who handles police department cases has been appointed as the department's new head of internal affairs.
After Shootings, Morgan State U. Will Train Students in Conflict Resolution
After two shootings on its campus last semester, Morgan State University is taking some of the same security measures increasingly common elsewhere: more officers, a tighter campus perimeter, town-hall meetings to discuss public safety.
Hundreds Of Maryland Youth To Attend Youth Entrepreneurship Conference Presented By
Omar Muhammad Quote "EDAC supports entrepreneurs at all levels. Its especially important we teach young people the necessary skills to start their own businesses now." In partnership with the Entrepreneurial Development & Assistance Center at Morgan State University, EYE for change will co host #EYECON, the premiere youth conference to help ... (more)
Sprucing Up The Place: Morgan State To Improve Neighborhoods Within A Mile Of Campus
Building up their block of Baltimore. That's part of a plan just unveiled by Morgan State University to improve neighborhoods within a mile of the schools campus.
Morgan partnership aims to improve Northeast
City leaders assembled on a small side street near Morgan State University in Northeast Baltimore on Friday morning - steps from the sites of three recent car thefts and at least one burglary - and pledged to transform the region with cooperation from the college and community.
Time for Callaloo and Salt Fish
Spring has been delayed, but the May flowers keep bursting the earth to show their "nakedness". This is the time when humans strip down to their bare nothings; insects, animals, affected by rays of sun, do "wild things". People from the Caribbean, Central and South America, are coming out of the lent season, and ready to celebrate, party , ... (more)