Richard Gage of AE911Truth at NIST on 7/20/09


Richard Gage, AIA, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology after NIST's lead investigator for the World Trade Center disaster, Shyam Sunder, declines to meet with him. Gage hand-delivers a letter written to Dr. Sunder that raises serious objections to the official NIST explanations for the three World Trade Center high-rise building collapses on 9/11. Gage is accompanied by AE911Truth members Matt Skarlatos and David Slesinger.

Richard Gage of AE911Truth at AIA on 7/20/09


Richard Gage, AIA founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth.org), along with AE911Truth members Gregg Roberts and Dave Slesinger, visit the headquarters of The American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2009 to try to meet with 2009 AIA president Marvin Malecha, FAIA to present information that challenges the official narrative of the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster.

Richard Gage of AE911Truth Outside White House on 7/20/09


At the last stop on his trip to Washington, D.C. Richard Gage, AIA, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth.org), unfolds a banner and addresses the tourists gathered outside The White House. Gage announces the group's letter to President Obama asking for a new investigation into the three World Trade Center high-rise collapses on 9/11 and gets into a heated debate with a man who identifies himself as Kevin, a reformed "truther" and the former "debunking director" on the JREF Forum (the user forum at the James Randi Educational Foundation website, www.randi.org).

Marcus Raskin Interviewed by David Slesinger about the 9/11 Truth Movement


9/11 truth activist David Slesinger (www.911courage.org) visited Marcus Raskin, co-founder of Institute for Policy Studies, on April 22, 2009 at his Washington, D.C. office to ask him about his views on the 9/11 truth movement.

NAACP Report 3/24/09 - BGE Reregulation


TV show of the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Speakers at this forum are members of Maryland Coalition for BGE Reregulation: Leo Burroughs, Jr., Maria Allwine and Denise Lowery.

NAACP Report 3/18/09


TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham.

Discussion of Public Media in Baltimore with Marc Steiner


On Sunday evening, Feb. 8, 2009 the Take Back WYPR community organization held a forum and discussion at 2640 St. Paul Street on the "precarious state of public radio in Baltimore and across the country, and how to take back the public airwaves and make them a community resource once again." The speakers were Maria Allwine (Take Back WYPR), Max Obuszewski (Take Back WYPR), Gregg Mosson (blog editor of SaveWYPR.com), and Marc Steiner who, since being fired from WYPR about a year ago, has resurrected his daily radio talk show on WEAA, Morgan State University's public radio station. Steiner answered questions from the audience following his talk. Local folk musician Margie Roswell opened the event with a performance of "This Land is Your Land." The event was cosponsored by the Red Emma's Collective.

Howard Zinn Interviewed by David Slesinger about the 9/11 Truth Movement


9/11 truth activist David Slesinger (www.911courage.org) caught up with historian Howard Zinn (author of A People's History of the United States) after he spoke at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 2, 2009 for an interview about his views on the 9/11 truth movement.more...

NAACP Report 1/31/09 - Voices Against Violence Speak-Out


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a Sat., Jan. 31, 2009 speak-out at Baltimore City's War Memorial Building called Voices Against Violence. Speakers are: Rev. Johnny Golden (President, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance), Frederick H. Bealefeld III (Baltimore City Police Commissioner), Robert Dunston (Youth Ambassador, Baltimore Safe and Sound), Bernard "Jack" Young (Baltimore City Council, 12th District), Sharon Green Middleton (Baltimore City Council, 6th District), Sheila Dixon (Mayor of Baltimore), Charles Waters (Baltimore Algebra Project), Cherdaya Allen (Baltimore Algebra Project), Xavier Cheatham (Baltimore Algebra Project), Rev. C.D. Witherspoon (African American Democratic Club of Baltimore), Philip Leaf, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence), Michael Eugene Johnson (Paul Robeson Institute for Social Advancement), Marcus "Strider" Dent (Baltimore Chapter Commander, Guardian Angels), a woman from University of Baltimore Black Student Union, Matthew Weinstein (Baltimore Region Director, Progressive Maryland), Cameron Miles (Director of Organizing, Advocates for Children & Youth), Henry Burris (Vulcan Blazers of Baltimore City, Inc.), and Rev. Dr. Cleveland T.A. Mason (Perkins Square Baptist Church). Letters submitted by Marietta English (President, Baltimore Teachers Union) and Dr. Loretta Johnson (President, American Federation of Teachers - Maryland), who could not attend, are read. Also includes comments by Fred Ihezie (Baltimore Algebra Project/Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises) after the event.

NAACP Report 1/19/09 - Baltimore's Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode covers the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade and the branch's 100th year anniversary float. Also, Dr. Rodney Orange (chair of the Political Action Committee of the branch) interviews Del. Jill P. Carter (Maryland House of Delegates, District 41, Baltimore City) about her recent demotion on the Judiciary Committee, and Cheatham is interviewed for Ch. 25 (the city's government access channel) by Alvin Gillard (President, Community Relations Commission). An interview courtesy of ABC2News.com with Cheatham giving his reaction to the Obama inauguration follows the show.

NAACP Report 1/14/09


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham.

NAACP Report 12/3/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Includes election results from Nov. 25, 2008 for the branch president, officers and executive committee.

NAACP Report 9/23/08 - Stop Slots Speak-Out, Part 1


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part one of a speak-out against the slots referendum (Question 2) on Maryland's Nov. 4, 2008 General Election ballot. The speakers are: Rev. Heber Brown, III (Pastor, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church), Peter Franchot (Comptroller of Maryland), Del. Jill P. Carter (Maryland House of Delegates, District 41), Rev. Johnny Golden (President, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance), Rev. Boyer Freeman (United Baptist Missionary Convention & Auxiliaries of Maryland), and one unidentified speaker. Part two, a separate NAACP Report show, includes speakers Maria Allwine (Co-Chair, Maryland Green Party), Dr. Tyrone Powers (Children 1st Movement), Scott Arceneaux (Marylanders United to Stop Slots), Denise Lowery (Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes), Aaron Wilkes (an East Baltimore activist), and Leo Burroughs, Jr. (Chairman, Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes).

NAACP Report 9/23/08 - Stop Slots Speak-Out, Part 2


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part two of a speak-out against the slots referendum (Question 2) on Maryland's Nov. 4, 2008 General Election ballot. The speakers are: Maria Allwine (Co-Chair, Maryland Green Party), Dr. Tyrone Powers (Children 1st Movement), Scott Arceneaux (Marylanders United to Stop Slots), Denise Lowery (Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes), Aaron Wilkes (an East Baltimore activist), and Leo Burroughs, Jr. (Chairman, Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes). Part one, a separate NAACP Report show, includes speakers Rev. Heber Brown, III (Pastor, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church), Peter Franchot (Comptroller of Maryland), Del. Jill P. Carter (Maryland House of Delegates, District 41), Rev. Johnny Golden (President, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance), Rev. Boyer Freeman (United Baptist Missionary Convention & Auxiliaries of Maryland), and one unidentified speaker.

NIST Media Briefing on Release of Report on Collapse of WTC 7


Media briefing by U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from Gaithersburg, Maryland, August 21, 2008 at 11 a.m. on the release of the "Final Report of the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7" (WTC 7). Ben Stein (Director of Media Relations, NIST) introduces presenter S. Shyam Sunder, Sc.D. (Director, Building and Fire Research Lab (BFRL) and NIST's lead investigator for the WTC disaster). After Sunder's presentation he responds to questions from Daphne Retter (New York Post), Devlin Barrett (Associated Press (AP)), Farren Shoaf (The Real News Radio (via the Web)), Arianne Cohen (Popular Mechanics), Christoph Röckerath (ZDF German Television), Bill Jenkins (Building Safety Journal (via the Web)), Mike Shea (Baltimore Grassroots Media), Eric Lipton (The New York Times) and Shane Geiger (InfoWars.com).

Victims of State Police Spying Scandal Demand Complete Investigation


Representatives of citizen activist groups held a press conference Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at the Maryland State Police Headquarters announcing a letter they are sending to Governor Martin O'Malley that details specific demands on the investigation his administration is undertaking of the police surveillance and infiltration of their groups.

Speakers were Max Obuszewski (Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore), Terry Fitzgerald, M.D. (Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty), Ellen Barfield (Veterans for Peace, Baltimore Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter #105), Rev. Pierre Williams (Baltimore United for Peace and Justice and Communist Party of Maryland), Mike Stark (Campaign to End the Death Penalty), Maria Allwine (Co-chair, Maryland Green Party and Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore), Lawrence Egbert, M.D. (Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and ACLU), Ben Dalby (International Socialist Organization), C. (Chuck) William Michaels, Esq. (Pax Christi-Baltimore), and Brendan Walsh (Co-founder, Viva House Catholic Worker).

We Will Not Be Silenced - Maryland Anti-Death Penalty Activists Speak Out!


On Thursday, July 24, 2008, activists against the death penalty held an event to discuss the surveillance and infiltration of their groups by Maryland State Police that was revealed July 17, 2008 when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland publicized documents they received through a Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) lawsuit. The panelists include Max Obuszewski (Baltimore Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Baltimore Pledge of Resistance), Mike Stark (Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) board member), Terry Fitzgerald (Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty), Dave Zirin (political sports columnist and Campaign to End the Death Penalty member), David Rocah (staff attorney, ACLU of Maryland), and Amy Fusting (Maryland Citizens Against State Executions). The event took place at 2640, a cooperatively-run events and community space project at 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland.

NAACP Report 6/24/08 - Heads of Baltimore City Police, Health & Fire Departments


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features presentations by the heads of the Baltimore City police, health and fire departments, who also field questions from the audience. The panelists are Frederick H. Bealefeld III (Baltimore City Police Commissioner), Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (Baltimore City Health Department Commissioner) and James S. Clack (Baltimore City Fire Chief). Location: Forest Park Senior Center.

NAACP Report 5/21/08 - A Call to Action for Baltimore's African American Men


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a press conference (starting 5 min. 40 sec. in) announcing the event "A Call to Action for Baltimore's African American Men" scheduled for Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, 2008, 3-7 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. Speakers at the May 21, 2008 press conference at Calverton Elementary/Middle School are: Alvin Gillard (Executive Director, Baltimore Community Relations Commission), Dr. Marjorie Miles (Principal, Calverton Elementary/Middle School), Imam Earl El-Amin (Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore), Brian D. Morris (Chair, Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners), Dr. Andres Alonzo (CEO, Baltimore City Public School System), James Roberts (Special Assistant to the President, Coppin State Univ.), Raymond Haysbert, Sr. (Chairman, Greater Baltimore Urban League), Brother Ellsworth Johnson-Bey (Founder and President, Fraternal Order of X-Offenders, aka FOXO), Richard Rowe (Co-host, “Conversation with the African American Male” on WEAA-FM 88.9), Rev. Johnny Golden (President-elect, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance). Includes brief interviews with Rowe, Gillard, Golden, George D. Arnold (known for his performances of "Echoes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."), Ertha Harris (a community activist), Ray Cook (Executive Director and Founder, On Our Shoulders), Fmr. State Sen. Larry Young (Host, The Larry Young Morning Show, WOLB-AM 1010), and Lt. Col. (Ret.) "Dino" Burrell (President, Baltimore Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, aka SCLC).

NAACP Report 4/22/08 - Maryland State Legislative Session Wrap-up, Part 1: Opening Statements


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. This episode is part one of a wrap-up of the 2008 Maryland State Legislative Session guest-hosted by the branch's political action committee chair Dr. Rodney Orange. The panelists are the following representatives to the state legislature from Baltimore City (in order of appearance): Del. Melvin Stukes (District 44), Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden (District 45), Del. Keith E. Haynes (District 44), Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg (District 41), Del. Frank M. Conaway, Jr. (District 40), Del. Nathaniel T. Oaks (District 41), Del. Barbara Robinson (District 40), Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (District 45), Del. Jill P. Carter (District 41), Sen. Lisa A. Gladden (District 41), Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant (District 40) and Sen. Catherine E. Pugh (District 40). Part two covers the second hour of the panel discussion as legislators answer questions from the audience.

NAACP Report 3/25/08 - Foreclosures & Lending Practices, Part 1: Panelists' Statements


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part one of a panel discussion on home foreclosures and predatory lending practices. The panelists are Angela Ciccolo (Interim General Counsel to the NAACP), Arlene DuBose (Manager, Century 21 Home Specialists), Suzanne Sangree (Chief Solicitor, City of Baltimore Law Department), Paul Graziano (Baltimore City Housing Commissioner), Mike Reza (President & Co-owner, Breeze Mortgage), Deizshel Setzer (Mortgage Planner, Priority Financial Services), Robert Strupp, Esq. (Director of Research & Policy, Community Law Center), Joe Fox (Maryland ACORN), Herman Randolph (a victim of predatory lending practices), Diane Cipollone (Special Project Attorney, National Fair Housing Alliance), Dan Pontious (Acting Executive Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association) and Arlene Fisher (West Baltimore Coalition). Part two covers the second hour of the panel discussion as panelists answer questions from the audience.

NAACP Report 3/25/08 - Foreclosures & Lending Practices, Part 2: Questions & Answers


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part two of a panel discussion on home foreclosures and predatory lending practices featuring questions from the audience. The panelists are Angela Ciccolo (Interim General Counsel to the NAACP), Arlene DuBose (Manager, Century 21 Home Specialists), Suzanne Sangree (Chief Solicitor, City of Baltimore Law Department), Paul Graziano (Baltimore City Housing Commissioner), Mike Reza (President & Co-owner, Breeze Mortgage), Deizshel Setzer (Mortgage Planner, Priority Financial Services), Robert Strupp, Esq. (Director of Research & Policy, Community Law Center), Joe Fox (Maryland ACORN), Herman Randolph (a victim of predatory lending practices), Diane Cipollone (Special Project Attorney, National Fair Housing Alliance), Dan Pontious (Acting Executive Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association) and Arlene Fisher (West Baltimore Coalition). Part one covers the first hour of the panel discussion as panelists give their opening statements.

NAACP Report 3/5/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a segment on a non-profit called Food for Life Supreme with guests Esmeralda Molinar, Elijah Muhammad and Najah Muhammad and a segment on Isaiah Simmons III (a 17-year-old killed in Bowling Brook Preparatory School) with his mother Felicia Wilson and sister Danielle Carter of the "Justice 4 Isaiah, Justice 4 Our Children" coalition. The episode concludes with two segments of Freedom's Song: Brown v. Board of Education (1950s) and The Poor People's Campaign (1960s).

NAACP Report 2/26/08 - Employment Discrimination


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a panel discussion on employment discrimination. The panelists are Mary Patricia Tanner of the Baltimore office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Carl O. Snowden, Director for Civil Rights with Maryland's Office of the Attorney General.

NAACP Report 2/13/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a video by David Sloan showing the Feb. 6, 2008 arrest of Baltimore Algebra Project students at a protest in Annapolis, Maryland and two installments of Freedom's Song: African Americans durring the Great Depression and The Tuskegee Airmen.

NAACP Report 1/30/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are Felicia Wilson (mother of Isaiah Simmons III), Kimberly Haven (Executive Director, Justice Maryland), Joseph R. Armstead, Jr., Linda Muhammad, Syrita Paulding (sister of Isaiah Simmons III), Leo Burroughs, Jr. (President and Founder, Roots of Scouting, Inc.), Bette D. Brooks, and members of the New Shiloh Baptist Church NAACP Youth Council: Chelsie Thomas, MaSherra Hunt, Alisha Frier and Zani Holiday.

NAACP Report 1/9/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham.

NAACP Report 1/2/08


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are reps from Naturally Yours, LLC who distribute a treatment to help the body recover from lead exposure. They are Saleem Hasan, CEO; Haleem Abdul-Rahman, Vice President & Product Development; Stephanie Poplar, Marketing Director; and Min. Omar Karriem, Sales Manager. In another segment Ernest Coverson, NAACP's Maryland voter empowerment coordinator discusses an upcomming voter training event for youth. The episode also includes an excerpt from Al Sharpton's radio show where he calls on critics to take action to help solve social problems instead of complaining.

NAACP Report 12/12/07


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are Anna Sowers (the wife of Zach Sowers, a 28-year-old man who is still in a coma after being beaten and robbed on June 2, 2007 while walking to his home near Patterson Park), Ramsey Flynn (a friend and advisor to the Sowers family) and Luke Broadwater (a reporter for The Baltimore Examiner who has covered the story). The episode also includes an excerpt from Al Sharpton's radio show where he calls on critics to take action to help solve social problems instead of complaining.

NAACP Report 11/27/07 - Recap of the Maryland State Legislative Special Session


Weekly television show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a recap of the legislative special session by state delegates and senators from Baltimore City. Panelists include (in order of appearance): Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden (District 45), Del. Keith E. Haynes (Dist. 44), Sen. Lisa A. Gladden (Dist. 41), Sen. Joan Carter Conway (Dist. 43), Del. Nathaniel T. Oaks (Dist. 41), Del. Samuel I. (Sandy) Rosenberg (Dist. 41), Del. Melvin L. Stukes (Dist. 41), Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant (Dist. 40), Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (Dist. 45) and Del. Jill P. Carter (Dist. 41). A brief report is also given by two representatives from NAACP sister organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC Maryalnd president Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone and SCLC Baltimore City chapter president Lt. Col. (Ret.) "Dino" Burrell).

NAACP Report 11/21/07


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features footage from the Nov. 16, 2007 march on the U.S. Department of Justice including interviews with Sen. Larry Young, Rev. Willie Ray, Bernadette Lockett and Deloris Phillips. The episode also includes excerpts from a panel discussion on education sponsored by the Baltimore Algebra Project and the NAACP Baltimore City Branch.

Algebra Project 25th Anniversary: a community forum, Pt. 2: Panel Discussion


A panel discussion at a community forum on education honoring the 25th anniversary of The Algebra Project featuring Dr. Robert Moses, founder of The Algebra Project, Dr. Andres Alonso, CEO of Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS), Rev. Heber Brown III of the Baltimore NAACP, Dr. Tyrone Powers of Children 1st Movement, and Chelsea Carson and Maryland Shaw of the Batimore Algebra Project. Co-sponsored by Baltimore Algebra Project and the Baltimore City branch of the NAACP, at Baltimore City College (High School), Sat., Nov. 17, 2007.

Algebra Project 25th Anniversary: a community forum, Pt. 1: Robert Moses


Part one of a community forum on education honoring the 25th anniversary of The Algebra Project featuring a talk by Dr. Robert Moses, founder of The Algebra Project, followed by comments from the audience at Baltimore City College, Sat., Nov. 17, 2007. The event was sponsored by the Baltimore Algebra Project and the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. See also: "Algebra Project 25th Anniversary: a community forum, Pt. 2: Panel Discussion."

NAACP Report 11/14/07


Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. Hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham and Dr. Rodney Orange. Guests on this episode are Felicia Wilson, mother of Isaiah Simmons III, a 17-year-old who died last January while being restrained by staff at Bowling Brook Preparatory School, and the family's lawyer Steven H. Heisler. The episode also includes a video titled "Sickle Cell Disease: Faces of Our Children."

NAACP Report 11/7/07

NAACP Report 10/23/07 - Panel Discussion on Slot Machines in Maryland


Weekly television show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a panel discussion about the pros and cons of bringing slot machaines to Maryland. Panelists include Stephen Janis of The Baltimore Examiner; Aaron Meisner of Stop Slots Maryland; Del. Curt Anderson; Dr. Tyrone Powers; Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland; Ernie Greco, President, Baltimore AFL-CIO; David Dunphy, lobbyist for UFCW Local 27; Jeff Hooke of Maryland Tax Education Foundation; Harry Manley Servicing Director, UFCW Local 27 and Michael Johnson, of Black United Fund of Maryland.

2007 Baltimore City Council President Candidates Debate


Debate of the candidates for Baltimore City Council President featuring Democrats Kenneth Harris, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Michael Sarbanes and Charles Ulysses Smith along with Green Party candidate Maria Allwine. On August 21, 2007 from the Enoch Pratt Free Libary. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City and WYPR 88.1 FM. Hosted by Marc Steiner.

Former Felons Register to Vote


On July 2, 2007 activists from the coalition “Maryland Got Democracy” held a press conference to publicize the “Voting Registration Protection Act of 2007” that restores voting rights to 52,000 state ex-offenders — before seven of these newly eligible citizens entered the Baltimore City Board of Elections and registered to vote. Press conference speakers include Kimberly Haven (Executive Director, Justice Maryland), Marlo Hargrove (Director, Freedom Advocates Celebrating Ex-offenders), David Waller (a newly eligible voter) and Millie Tyssowski (League of Women Voters of Baltimore City). After the newly eligible voters register to vote, brief interviews are conducted with Haven, Anthony Harrison (Executive Director, Changing Directions, LLD), Walter Lomax (a newly registered voter), Chris Montague (who registered to vote along with his father), Meredith Curtis (Director of Public Outreach, ACLU of Maryland) and Kara Gotsch (Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project).

NAACP Report 10/28/06 - Forum for Governor and U.S. Senate Candidates


Video of the statewide candidates forum at the 66th Annual Convention of the Maryland State NAACP Conference, produced by Baltimore Grassroots Media for "NAACP Report", a weekly TV show hosted by Baltimore City NAACP branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham and originally broadcast in Baltimore City on public access cable Channel 75. The forum, videotaped on Sat., Oct. 28, 2006 at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore hotel, includes candidates for Governor: Ed Boyd (Green), Christopher A. Driscoll (Populist), Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R) and Martin O'Malley (D) and U.S. Senate candidates: Benjamin L. Cardin (D), Michael S. Steele (R), Lih Young (D, write-in) and Kevin Zeese (Green; also nominated by Libertarian and Populist parties). One of the two candidates for Comptroller on the ballot, Anne M. McCarthy (R), and both Attorney General candidates Douglas F. Gansler (D) and Scott L. Rolle (R) also spoke at the forum but were not included in the NAACP Report due to time constraints.

2006 Maryland U.S. Senate Candidates Debate


With its 6 p.m. broadcast on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Baltimore City's public access Channel 75 became the first TV channel to televise a debate among the candidates for Maryland's U.S. Senator: Benjamin L. Cardin (D), Michael S. Steele (R) and Kevin Zeese (Green Party and also nominated by Libertarian and Populist Parties).

The debate, which took place October 3, 2006, was hosted by Greater Baltimore Urban League and conducted by Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television and Doni Glover of BMORENEWS.com. The broadcast was produced by Baltimore Grassroots Media.

Power of Love - Luko Adjaffi


Haitian musician Luko Adjaffi performing "Power of Love" from his 2004 album Passion. Lyrics are in English and French. Video was made at a former Yabba Pot vegetarian restaurant in southwest Baltimore.

Saving Dickey Hill


Parents and staff from Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland struggle to keep their school from closure and demolition.