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Seed To Roots 4th Annual Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 4th Annual Seed to Roots Youth Arts Performance and Art Show Returns to Frederick with Support from Ausherman Family Foundation FREDERICK, MD, November 1, 2023 — Get ready to mark your calendars for the highly anticipated 2024 Seed to Roots Youth Arts Performance and Art Show, now in its 4th year!…
Read MoreCENTER STAGE – Seed to Roots gives student performers the chance to be on stage again
Frederick News Post February 25, 2021 by Katryna Perera Lauren Tisdale, a student at Oakdale Elementary School, performs Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” on the guitar at The Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick. Staff photo by Graham Cullen Frederick County Public Schools students were finally given the opportunity to perform on stage again after…
Read MoreMaking Changes: How Female Activists in Frederick Are Paving the Way
By Amanda Rodriguez Frederick Chamber Insights From efforts to meet basic human needs and planning demonstrations to launching exploratory boards and change projects, Frederick has seen a number of local leaders born out of hope and a desire for change, come together to do the work of building a better community. Their efforts have been…
Read MoreVirtual reality takes you back to the Civil Rights movement
By: Jasmine Peleaz News Source: Local DVM-Date: Feb 14, 2020
Read MoreCivil rights movement virtual reality experience comes to Frederick
By Katryna Perera The Frederick News-Post – Jan 20, 2020 Suddenly, you’re on a street in Memphis. The year is 1968 and you’re a part of the Memphis sanitation workers strike. There is a picket sign on the ground below you that reads “I Am a Man.” You pick it up and join the protest…
Read MoreFrederick Uncut: Examining Diversity in Frederick County Public Schools curriculum
Frederick News-Post 9/8/19 Desiree Tucker came to Frederick County for the opportunity to send her children to a better public school system. She and her husband moved from Prince George’s County. He worried about their children attending school in a largely white county, but Tucker said it was similar to how she grew up. Her…
Read MoreA push for more diversity in Frederick County school lessons
By Heather Mongilio and Katryna Perera Frederick News-Post – Sep 7, 2019 Desiree Tucker is pushing the school system to implement a diversity curriculum. Her son, Noah, a first-grader, is one of a few minority students at his school at Deer Crossing Elementary near New Market. She has formed a group named Women Solve and…
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