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Governor Larry Hogan
Reaffirms Commitment to Address COVID-19 Impact on Youth Through Project Bounce Back
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Expand Reach of Boys & Girls Clubs to Every County in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, MD Governor Larry Hogan today participated in the ribbon cutting for the first Boys & Girls Club on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Located in Cambridge, the new facility is part of the administration’s $25 million Project Bounce Back initiative to help youth recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“All of our Maryland Boys & Girls Clubs provide hope and a safe, inclusive environment to so many young people,” said Governor Hogan. “Now, with the opening of this new site, we are helping even more children reach their full potential. I look forward to coming back soon to open even more Boys & Girls Club sites here on the Eastern Shore.”
Aarti Kaur Sidhu
Disability Rights Maryland
As an education staff attorney for Disability Rights Maryland, Aarti Kaur Sidhu advocates for the rights of students with disabilities. As the COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges, Sidhu has spent countless hours supporting families of students with disabilities. Through her work with the Maryland Coalition to Reform School Discipline, she advocated for positive school discipline reform in local school systems, the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland General Assembly. Sidhu believes her greatest accomplishment was getting sworn into the Maryland Bar.
“As the child of Asian immigrants, there are stereotypes about my perceived intellectual abilities and that my parents would have exceedingly high expectations regarding my professional career; however, that is not true in my family. In 1978, my working-class parents moved to Maryland from India to provide a better life for me and my siblings. Their only expe
It s not over Maryland police reform advocates continue to push for racial justice a year after the death of George Floyd
Maryland police reform advocates continue to push for racial justice a year after the death of George Floyd
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BALTIMORE â The Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability has grown to over 95 organizations fighting for social justice since the death of George Floyd.
On Tuesday, advocates with the MCJPA met over zoom to discuss the progress made since his death and the work that still needs to be done.
âItâs not over,â said Johnathan Hutto of the Prince Georgeâs Peopleâs coalition. âThe movement is not over and the struggle continues.
On the same day Havre de Grace’s incumbent mayor and three incumbent council members were sworn in for their latest terms, and the mayor and six-member City Council began their 2021-22 legislative session, city leaders expressed strong opposition to the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021, passed this spring by the General Assembly.