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BUILD activists call on business leaders to help city schools. Tax breaks, disparity between downtown development and opportunities for youth at issue

As their bus rumbled through housing projects and dilapidated schools and toward Harbor East — one of the crown jewels of Baltimore's revitalized waterfront — Zion Baptist Church Pastor Marshall Prentice asked his parishioners how they felt after hearing about the millions of tax breaks given to developers there.

Publication Date: 
Sun, 11/20/2011

Columbia Association to hold woman-only swim times Need grew from county's Muslim community

 

When Shehlla Khan's husband became ill, it fell on her to take their three children to the pool. But for Khan, who is Muslim, the task was difficult.

Publication Date: 
Thu, 11/17/2011

Rawlings-Blake vows to double youth jobs, after school program funding

 

Candidates vying to be Baltimore's next mayor promised Thursday evening to double funding for after school programs, create 1,000 summer jobs for youth and renovate or rebuild all of the city's schools.

Publication Date: 
Sat, 08/27/2011

In-state tuition opponents have signatures for referendum

Law is suspended, headed for 2012 ballot

The Maryland Industrial Areas Foundation, which represents 85 congregations and schools in the state, issued a statement under the heading: "Love will prevail over hate."

The group has joined in a public relations campaign that kicked off last week to shift the focus to civility and blunt the economic criticism by arguing that the law should be viewed as an investment in the state's youth...

Publication Date: 
Thu, 07/07/2011
Source: 
The Baltimore Sun

In Howard, Ulman advocates push for summer environment jobs

Pollution of the Chesapeake Bay can't be eliminated in one summer, and there's no apparent way to find a job for every unemployed youth in Howard County, but a faith-based county group says it has a plan to make a dent in both problems...

Publication Date: 
Sun, 05/15/2011
Source: 
The Baltimore Sun