Jennifer Eyre, a registered assistant at Harford Financial Group, was selected to join Cambridge Investment Research’s national Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council. Eyre is a registered representative of Cambridge Investment Research Inc., a broker-dealer member FINRA/SIPC. Cambridge and Harford Financial Group are not affiliated. Founded this year, the Diversity & Inclusion Council is comprised of ...

FREDERICK — Janice Smith got her first job when she was 14, sweeping up hair and washing the windows at a salon in Walkersville. She feels she had no other choice. Smith, now a 44-year-old single mother of three, used to stand in line at the food bank with her mother and pray the electricity ...

Five Maryland business owners will receive support from American Express through its “100 for 100” program, which will provide 100 Black women entrepreneurs nationwide with grants of $25,000 and 100 days of business resources, including business education, mentorship, marketing, virtual networking, WorkSpaces by Hilton hotel reservation credits and more. The five Maryland entrepreneurs are: Alyscia ...

Vickie Mazer has joined McDaniel College as the new dean of graduate and professional studies following a national search. At McDaniel, she is responsible for providing leadership and support of the college’s more than 20 master’s degree and certificate programs. Many of McDaniel’s graduate programs can be completed online or in blended format of online ...

In 2018, the nation elected 127 women – and 48 women of color – to the House and Senate. Next Jan. 3, at least 141 women, including 51 women of color will be sworn in. Eight races involving women had yet to be called as of Nov. 16, meaning this number could still grow. Women ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet. Michele Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is regarded by U.S. officials and political insiders ...

MIAMI — Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she’s still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors’ highest-ranking woman in baseball operations when she was hired Friday as general manager of the Miami Marlins. She is believed to be the first female GM ...

DETROIT — When Ashley Richardson-George’s 5-year-old daughter saw Kamala Harris wearing a white suffragette suit during her prime-time victory speech on Saturday, she ran into her room and came back minutes later wearing a white dress and sweater. Not only did her daughter, Andrea, want to be like the Vice President-elect, she wanted to look ...

ANNAPOLIS — The first Black woman to assume the top role leading fellow students at the U.S. Naval Academy will take up that position next semester as brigade commander, the academy said Monday. Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber will be the commander for the spring semester, according to the news release. Brigade commander is the ...

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. “Tonight I reflect on their struggle, their determination and the ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit that said minority journalists and women were paid less than white reporters. Nearly 240 current and former reporters and editors will benefit from the settlement that was granted preliminary approval last month by a judge ...

Paula Carmody is retiring as People’s Counsel for the State of Maryland, ending a three-decades stint as a consumer advocate at a time of seismic changes in state regulatory rules. Carmody, who has held the position since 2007 and had served as assistant counsel for 15 years previously, will step down from the job on Jan. ...

When Seema Chaturvedi founded a program to empower female entrepreneurs across the subcontinent of India, it reached over 550 women. But its impact was actually further-reaching; due to the pay-it-forward mentality that Chaturvedi encouraged during the program, she estimates that the lessons taught during the All-India Road Show on Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship actually ...

This summer, as the coronavirus and protests against police brutality sparked nationwide discussions about social justice, Karsonya “Kaye” Whitehead, Ph.D., felt the time was finally right to launch an institute where members of the Loyola community could engage in important conversations surrounding race and inequality.

The five women who have influenced me are Gwendolyn, Gina, Sharyn, Alison and Karen. My relationships with them reflect my growth and development personally, professionally and in my community service and volunteer pursuits.

Olivia Richardson American Heart Association Volunteer Did you know October 29th is World Stroke Day? Worldwide 1 in 4 people will experience a stroke; do you know the signs and symptoms? Act FAST. If you notice Face drooping, Arm weakness, Slurred Speech, then it is Time to call 911. Olivia Richardson knows what it is ...

When the pandemic began, BEACON House, Inc., a Hagerstown nonprofit dedicated to providing STEAM education to low-income and minority students, lost not only most of its revenue streams but also the school buildings out of which it operated its before- and after-school care. Out of the five programs BEACON House normally offers, only Beacons of ...

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