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AKA chapter members with their pom poms at the pep rally. (Courtesy Photo)

Girls Rock Empowers Tweens

Originally published January 04, 2012

Three hundred 6-8th grade girls from the District, Maryland and Virginia spent a sunny Saturday inside Girls Rock, a free conference designed for emerging young leaders.more

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Centenarian Saluted

by Marian Tyrance

December 28, 2011 - Family and Friends gathered in the home of Lucy B. Stewart Speller recently to celebrate her 107th birthday.more

Friendship Public Charter School Students Earn Posse Scholarships

by AFRO Staff

December 28, 2011 - Friendship Public Charter School is proud to announce two students have won Posse Scholarships. more

Local Artists Continue Kwanzaa Through Song

by Alexis Taylor

December 21, 2011 - Created to give African Americans a holiday that promotes culture and inspires greatness in the family and community, Kwanzaa emerged in 1966 when first introduced by scholar and distinguished author, Dr. Maulana Karenga.more

Lezla Alease Gooden Wins Prestigious Media Scholarship

by AFRO Staff

December 07, 2011 - Lezla Alease Gooden, of Mitchellville, Md., is one of several 2011 recipients of the prestigious, highly competitive Emma L. Bowen Foundation Scholarship for Minority Interests in the Media.
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Members of St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church performed a ritual chant before more than 2,000 community leaders and activists gathered at the historic Metropolitan AME Church on Dec. 5 to discuss upcoming plans to fight for jobs and affordable housing in the nation’s capitol.

Two Thousand Leaders Rally for Jobs and Affordable Housing

by Valencia Mohammed

December 07, 2011 - It was an impressive gathering of spiritual leaders from denominations that rarely mingle together or remain separated by ideology. more

The ladies of Prince George's County TLOD’s 2nd annual Empowerment in P.I.N.K. Fundraiser with chapter president, Jacqueline Wilcher (4TH from the right).

TLOD Making a Difference in the Community

by AFRO Staff

December 07, 2011 - The Top Ladies of Distinction (TLOD) is a national, nonprofit, educational and humanitarian organization. more

National Women’s History Museum Salutes Women of Distinction

by AFRO Staff

November 23, 2011 - The National Women’s History Museum recently inaugurated a unique awards evening – the Christine de Pizan Honors Gala – to celebrate the legend of pioneering women of the past by showcasing their achievements alongside the contributions of their modern inheritors.more

Colonel and Mrs. Bill Roberts with his aunts.

William L. Roberts III, Promoted to Army Colonel

by Gina A. Roberts

November 10, 2011 - William L. Roberts, III, was promoted to the rank of colonel in the United States Army in an Aug. 3 in a ceremony at Fort Meade in Jessup.more

District Celebrates Georgia Avenue’s Legacy

by AFRO Staff

October 27, 2011 - WASHINGTON -- Few Washington streets are as rich in history as Georgia Avenue -- home of the first African-American liberal arts university, President Abraham Lincoln’s commuter route, Zora Neale Hurston’s boarding house, the first hospital for African Americans and site of historic Griffith Stadium, where the Negro baseball league’s Homestead Grays, Washington Redskins and Washington Senators once played.more