Three Marylanders join inaugural class of social justice fellows | Afro

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Three Marylanders join inaugural class of social justice fellows | Afro

By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Three Maryland locals, Emanuel Yisreal of Owings Mills, Silver Springs’ Abigail Johnson and Alexandria Washington, were among 50 nationwide recipients in the inaugural Social Justice Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Memorial Foundation, builders of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. The Memorial Foundation exists to promote awareness of […]

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