Alexis Taylor

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Alexis Taylor

Share Artscape returned to Baltimore at a different time of year and in a new location over the 2025 Memorial Day weekend. Thousands packed the downtown Baltimore area to hear the likes of LeToya Luckett, Tweet, Fantasia, Robin Thicke and more on May 24 and 25. The dates for the country’s largest free arts festival worked in the City’s favor as planned. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M.

1 month ago | afro.com | Alexis Taylor

Artscape returned to Baltimore at a different time of year and in a new location over the 2025 Memorial Day weekend. Thousands packed the downtown Baltimore area to hear the likes of LeToya Luckett, Tweet, Fantasia, Robin Thicke and more on May 24 and 25. The dates for the country’s largest free arts festival worked in the City’s favor as planned. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M.

1 month ago | afro.com | Alexis Taylor

On May 19, Eaton House came alive as native Washingtonians of all backgrounds came together to celebrate local heritage and hometown pride at “Ask a D.C. Native, Live!” The interactive trivia event brought the spirit of Christina Sturdivant Sani’s beloved “Ask a D.C. Native” column to life, just ahead of the annual D.C. Natives Day observance on May 20.

1 month ago | afro.com | Alexis Taylor

Roughly 300 descendants of the women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion came together on April 29 to get a glimpse of history in the making. Sitting inside of Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill, the men, women and children witnessed their mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their sacrifice in World War II (WWII). “It’s a day long overdue but it’s here at last,” said Tara Garcia, granddaughter of Crescencia “Joyce” J.

2 months ago | phillytrib.com | Alexis Taylor

Local officials, residents, family members and friends came together April 19 to honor the life of Freddie Gray exactly 10 years to the date of his 2015 death. With Gray’s eyes piercing through a mural in the background, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott and family attorney William “Billy” Murphy” gave remarks alongside Gray’s sister, Fredericka “Missy” Gray.