Greater Baltimore Urban League Vision To envision a future where every resident thrives and has access to quality education, economic prosperity, and social justice, creating a resilient and inclusive Baltimore. Mission To enable African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights. Strategy Our four-pronged strategy for pursuing the mission is: *Ensuring that our community is well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance *Ensuring public policy and discourse are well-informed on the impacts on our community *Ensuring our civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of the Greater…

At the Greater Baltimore Urban League, our mission is to enable African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights. We believe in the strength of community and the powerful impact of collective action. Your investment in GBUL is an investment in the future of Baltimore—a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

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The New Life Mental Health Summit Thurs., June 6, 2024 9 am to 1 pm 102 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202 “Restoring hope and healing to the community” Keynote Speaker: William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D., D.L.A.P.A. Who is Dr. Lawson? William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D., D.L F.A.P.A. is Founder of the Institute for Reducing Disparities, LLC, and President of Senior Psychiatrists, Inc. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, and Emeritus Professor and formerly Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Howard…

Famebridge Frances Cunningham Payne died of natural causes on May 18 at Gilchrist Center Howard County in Columbia, Md. The longtime Columbia and Baltimore resident was 90. Services are planned for Saturday, June 1st at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City.  Mrs. Payne was born in Richmond, VA, to the late Katherine (Banks) and Charles Cunningham, a domestic and a train porter. She spent her early years in a red brick townhome on Clay Street and graduated in 1950 from Armstrong High School. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1954 from Virginia State University, she began working as…

Please join and spread the word about a three (3) session Civic Engagement Curriculum. This curriculum is being offered in-person and by zoom. When: Wednesday (July 10th), Tuesday (July 16th), and Wednesday (July 24th). All sessions are 6-8 pm. Location: The Urban Justice Center, 40 Rector Street, 9th Flr, New York, NY 10006, or by Zoom. Registration is required at bit.ly/CivicWorkshopsRSVP The curriculum will be facilitated by Mr. William A. Allen, MPA. The Course will include the following topics: 1. Segment One: Defining What Civic Engagement Is? 2. Segment Two: Our government, an overview explaining each role and function. 3. Segment Three:…

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(BALTIMORE – May 19, 2024) – Marsha Jews, Michael Haynie, and Andy Pierre will be special guests on the Emmy-nominated Doni Glover Show on Monday, May 20, 2024. The Doni Glover Show, hosted by the award-winning BMORENews.com publisher, streams LIVE Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. EST on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter.

(BALTIMORE – MAY 18, 2024) — A young man from a mining region of Ghana traveled abroad to become an engineer and leveraged that education to become one of the world’s most influential businesspeople, then chancellor of western Africa’s top-ranked university. A mother, educator, wife, and pastor of a church in Baltimore found inspiration in her father’s attainment of a Morgan State University master’s degree last year at age 80, then joined him and her three brothers as a Morgan alum by earning a master’s degree from the College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies. A bright Marine Corps veteran learned to…

Call all Matthew Alexander Henson Elementary School Huskies! Show up for this exploration into the 21st century! You earned this celebration! FMI, call 443.858.2684.