Category: Around the County
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NAACP Members Press Seek to Remove Anne Arundel County NAACP President for Anti-LGBTQ & Misogynistic Views
A group of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) members, activists and community leaders as of 10/19/2023, have sent a complaint requesting that the National President Derrick Johnson take immediate action, citing current and ongoing harm to community, to remove Anne Arundel County NAACP President Rickey Nelson Jones, Esq. from the office…
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Chesapeake Non-Profit Plans to Pave our Beautiful Forest and Put Up a Parking Lot. We Say: Hold Your Bulldozers.
I walked out my door this morning and watched a beautiful red fox dart behind my car and into the woods across the street. In the early morning when I walk my dog, I often hear the screech owl calling from the trees. I also see an occasional bald eagle fly and land in those…
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Bennie Thompson, Chair of Jan. 6 Committee, Keynote Speaker at MLK Awards Dinner
13 Local Civil and Human Rights Activists to be Honored (Annapolis, Md, Jan 9) — The 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Program will be held this Friday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. at the La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, Md. U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the January 6 Committee, will…
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Peace Tank Float to Accent Military Bowl Parade
December 27th, 2022 On Wednesday, December 28th, from 10 AM to 11 AM, a coalition of Maryland peace and environmental advocates will lead a separate peace parade immediately following the scheduled parade for the Military Bowl in Annapolis. The group plans to follow the same parade route hoping to bring visibility to the $858 billion…
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Forum in Odenton Highlights Agendas of Candidates Wes Moore and Brooke Lierman
Thursday October 20th, 645 people joined together at Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church in Odenton, MD and online for a substantive conversation with candidate for Governor, Wes Moore, and Comptroller, Brooke Lierman. AIM (Action in Montgomery), ACT (Anne Arundel Connecting Together) and PATH (People Acting Together in Howard) organized the event. All the three organizations…
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The Hair-Brained Campaign of Jessica Haire
Republicans around the county have all but thrown in the towel on their candidate for County Executive, Jessica Haire, current councilwoman from District 7. Hoping to gain traction with republicans licking their chops for tax discounts for the rich, cutting down every last tree for commercial development, and more money for cops to protect their…
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Fashion for a Cause Raises Over $175K for Chesapeake Kids
(PASADENA, MD, June 17, 2022) — A high-spirited crowd of over 350 people had a lot of fun and raised a lot of money during the 12th annual Fashion for a Cause, bringing in over 175,000 for Chesapeake Kids. Held June 2 at Porsche Annapolis, the annual event raises funds and awareness for the Hospice…
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Maryland PSLRB Determines Impasse for Anne Arundel County Educators
Annapolis, Md. – The Maryland Public School Labor Relations Board (PSLRB) has approved the Teachers’ Association of Anne Arundel County’s Impasse request. Issues giving rise to impasse include the County’s refusal to fairly negotiate with the union on working conditions, and the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. AACPS, while agreeing to impasse for…
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Coalition for Police Accountability to Hold March and Rally Today Calling for Statewide Participation as Counties Near Implementation of Controversial Bill
A coalition of 20 organizations will march Monday, March 21st through Annapolis to the People’s Park to demand that the Anne Arundel County Council only pass its Bill 16-22 if amended to include the recommendations of the Anne Arundel County Coalition for Police Accountability. The recommendations were formulated based upon feedback from community leaders and…
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Our Revolution Maryland and Anne Arundel County Endorses Four Annapolis City Council Democratic Candidates
Our Revolution Maryland endorses four Annapolis City Council Democratic Candidates Incumbents Gay and Savidge and challengers Smith-Brown and Strong Pratt receive progressive state organization’s support ahead of September 21 primary as MARYLAND (Online) – Our Revolution Maryland, a state chapter of the grassroots political action group inspired by Bernie Sanders, approved the Anne Arundel Chapter’s recommendations for endorsement…