Join Sheila Stewart as she talks with members of the non-profit organization Men Aiming Higher about their upcoming “Community Health Walk” , aimed at promoting physical fitness in the African American community. Sheila will also speak with staffers of the Washington Afro about their 120 Year community celebration. It all starts Sunday from 6:00am to 6:30a on Majic 102.3!
(New Bern, NC) — A North Carolina father is using public humiliation as a form of punishment. Donnell Bryant told WCTI-12 that his daughter had become a “mean girl” and been suspended from school for being disrespectful. Bryant made the ninth grader walk along a highway while carrying a sign that read, “I have a […]
(Prince George’s Co., MD) — Trial is underway for the alleged mastermind of a 2010 acid attack on a mother and her young daughter. Katrina Watts and her three-year-old daughter were burned when an acid-like substance was thrown on them in Prince George’s County. Tamara Jackson is accused of planning the attack carried out by […]
(Chevy Chase, MD) — About 20 families are displaced and two firefighters are injured after a three-alarm fire at a Chevy Chase apartment complex. Montgomery County Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham says the fire started around 2:15 yesterday afternoon at the Round Hill Apartments in the 28-hundred block of Terrace Drive. Graham says the two […]
Join Majic 102.3’s Award Winning News Director Sheila Stewart hosting the stations public affairs show “In The Community” this coming Sunday, April 28th, 2012. Guests include Chonya Johnson, founder of The Executive Youth Leadership & Policy Summit and student participants of the program! Sheila will also talk with the editor of The Washington Afro, Edgar […]
This week, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) was chosen as one of two school districts across the country to receive a new multi-million dollar grant from Target to help improve literacy. The grant will be split among six DCPS elementary schools. The elementary schools – Amidon-Bowen, Bancroft, Davis, Garrison, Orr and Simon – have […]
Francis Scott Key Middle School has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Green Ribbon School Award. TheSilver Spring school is among a total of 78 winning schools from 29 states. The Green Ribbon Schools award program, established in 2011, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and recognizes schools that save energy, […]
If you are interested in participating, send minority health-related questions to Dr. Ty. You can Tweet your questions to @theGrio http://twitter.com/thegrio with the hashtag #MinorityHealth or email askdoctorty@gmail.com. Check this page today to watch the live stream of the White House Minority Health Blogger Town Hall. What: Minority Health Blogger Town Hall When: Tuesday, […]
LARGO, Md.—Noor Tagouri (Bowie, Md.), 18 years old, is the youngest graduate to deliver the student address at Prince George’s Community College’s 53rd Commencement Exercises, Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m. at The Showplace Arena and Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Md. Tagouri has a 4.0 GPA and will receive an associate of arts degree in […]
A free College Preparation and Scholarship Fair for middle and high school students and their families will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville from 1p.m.-4p.m. The event is co-sponsored by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Montgomery College and the Universities at Shady Grove. The purpose […]
(Washington, DC) — An employee of a Northeast DC daycare center is under arrest for the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old boy. The child’s mother tells WJLA-TV she is looking forward to seeing 21-year-old Randolph King in court, but she’s still steamed that the daycare coordinator at the Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens […]