When white people lynched Thomas Juricks in Prince George’s County, they wanted that act of injustice toward the Black community to be justice for their community. Lynching was not only used to mutilate his body, but it also acted as another form of a scarlet letter. In the white-led local newspapers, Juricks would be known as another Black man who was justly killed. Activists, community members, and historians gathered to retell Juricks’ story –to reset the record.

Linda Marshall, 66, is crying against the backdrop of her great-grandson making baby sounds in the background. She loves him and is happy that he is in the world. For now, he is in her care. She is grieving the imprisonment of Leara Davis, her granddaughter; the conditions of the prison that her granddaughter has to navigate post-pregnancy; and the separation of her granddaughter from her son.

The meeting was organized by newly elected Wala Blegay, district 6. The event was a response to the ongoing carjackings, and the senseless killing of Jayz Agnew, a teenager who was killed by a still unknown suspect while raking leaves in his yard.

“I think any of the narratives that children are the driving factor in increased crime in our community is driven by the police or other  individuals who believe children should be locked up.”

A church in Southeast, Washington, DC is working to build housing for its residents in a highly gentrified city.

According to a recent Pew Research, a majority of Black Americans support the legalization of marijuana in the United States. Nearly 60 percent of Black people, U.S. born and immigrants, Democrats and Republicans, say that marijuana should be legalized for medical and recreational use. This national trend is also reflected in Maryland, an increasingly diverse state that may be on the cusp of electing its first African American governor. 

On Wednesday, September 21, about 6 local organizations (one attended virtually) met at the Creative Suitland Arts Center in Suitland, Maryland to receive training on trauma-informed care. Tonier Cain, an international trauma-informed trainer, led a two-and-a-half-hour training session.

Tamoyia Ragsdale-Hashim, a long-time birth advocate and doula, has opened a business, partially, to address the needs of women in DC, Maryland, and Virginia who struggle with mental health issues during the postpartum period.