Norton, Bowser and Youth Demand DC’s Right to Gun Control
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser led a first-of-its-kind panel of District political powerhouses in a conversation about the impact of the Federal Government’s...
Baltimore Health Ministries Issues Appeal to Clergy
By AFRO Staff
The Health Ministries Network, which “establish a clearinghouse for mobilizing personal participation in available health care initiatives through community churches and other local faith-based organizations,” will be holding an organizational meeting April...
Anniversary
Dear Mom and Dad,
We are so very blessed to have you in our lives,
Happy 69th Wedding Anniversary
to Bob and Bernice Bowman
March 31st, 2014
Love you always,
Gloria, Barbara and Lynda
A Great Shout at Carter Memorial
Dr. Tony Torain served as worship leader at the gathering to celebrate the new home of Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ, March 15, at what used to be St. Peter’s, the city’s...
Faith-Based Baltimore Event Offers Tools for Reducing Debt and Improving Credit in 2014
The City Temple Development Corporation will host a free event focused on helping Baltimore residents put plans in action to reduce their debt, improve their credit and increase their income through entrepreneurship.
The seminar...
Meet the Pastor
Name: Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo
Church: Life Restoration Ministry
I preached my initial sermon in 1988 and was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 1990 as a deacon and 1992 as an elder....
Capital City Links Hosts ‘National Wear Red Day’ for American Heart Association
The Capital City Chapter of Links Incorporated hosted a “National Wear Red Day” reception called “Red Dress, Red Tie” on Feb. 7 on behalf of the American Heart Association.
The reception, which was held...
Healthcare Enrollment at Asbury UMC Annapolis
Asbury United Methodist Church in Annapolis invited certified navigators from Chatman to give a day long Obama Care enroll-a-thon at the church one recent Saturday. Church leaders, Yolanda Perry and Rhonda Green planned the...
Daisy B. Williams is Turning 101
Daisy B. Williams was born in Phoebus, Va. on March 9, 1913, and grew up with two brothers and one sister. She has such a nurturing and persevering demeanor that she pursued a nursing...
Edmondson Village Town Hall Meeting and Resource Fair
The Greater Southwest District Council is hosting a town hall meeting and resource fair, 1 to 2:30 p.m., March 1, at St. Bernadine’s Catholic Church, 614 Mt. Holly Street in Baltimore.
Goals are to:
*Improve...
Arch Social Club Shows New Face for King Holiday
When everyone's thoughts turned to ways to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Arch Social Club, known to hold a certain standard, unveiled the remarkable makeover to its...