Community Meetings/ News
Community Meetings/ News
This week's roundup
Community Events
Online- Certification and Compliance System Training
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The Certification and Compliance System (CCS) training is a system overview training that covers:
System Registration (Please, link, register prior to training)
How to navigate CCS
How to complete a CCS Questionnaire
How to navigate to a Certification Application (Note: The Compliance Unit does not cover Certification requirements. That information is provided through the Supplier Development & Diversity Division 'SDDD' through Certification Overview Training.
2nd Annual Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast
Thursday, May 11, 2023
This event will bring together faith leaders from Prince George’s County for a moment of interfaith fellowship and worship. Our guest speakers will be County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Joshua Dubois, former White House Faith Liaison to President Barack Obama and CEO of Value Partnerships.
Location: Kingdom Fellowship A.M.E. Church
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Address: 11710 Beltsville Drive
Beltsville, MD 20705
Public Work’s Week
Date: May 21, 2023 - May 27, 2023
Time: All Day
Location: Prince George's Department of Public Works and Transportation is hosting activities throughout the week celebrating the incredible staff in the department.
Address: Upper Marlboro, MD 2077
Human Rights Commission Meeting
Monday, May 22, 2023
Please contact the Clerk to the Commission at OHRStaff (at) co.pg.md.us with any accommodation requests at least three business days in advance of any meeting.
Date: May 22, 2023
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: The Human Rights Commission is currently meeting virtually. The Zoom link can be found on the agenda.
Address: Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Meetings
Joint Public Hearing on Proposed Bowie-Mitchellville Vicinity Sectional Map Amendment (5/9/23, 6pm)
DATE: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Wayne K. Curry Administrative Building
1301 McCormick Drive
Council Hearing Room, 1st Floor
Largo, Maryland 20774
The purpose of the public hearing is to give interested persons the opportunity to provide public comment concerning the Proporsed Bowie-Mitchellville and Vicinity Sectional Map Amendment. To register to speak or submit comments or written testimony please use the Council’s eComment portal at: https://pgccouncil.us/Speak. For those unable to use the portal, comments/written correspondence may be emailed to: clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or faxed to (301) 952-5178. On-site registration for in-person testimony is now available; however, advance registration to testify is strongly encouraged. Written comments may be submitted through the close of business on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, when the record of public hearing testimony will close. To view the public hearing live and on-demand, please visit https://pgccouncil.us/live.
Register to speak or provide testimony HERE. The SMA solely applies to properties within 2022 Approved Bowie-Mitchellville and Vicinity Master Plan boundary. The 2022 Approvef Bowie-Mitchellville and Vicinity Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) can be viewed and downloaded from Bowie-Mitchellville and Vicinity Sectional Map Amendment webpage.
District Five Town Hall Meeting: Mental Health Awareness
Join Prince George's County Council Member Jolene Ivey for an informative and engaging District 5 Town Hall Meeting on Mental Health Awareness.
DATE:
Monday, May 15, 2023
6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Kentland Community Center
2413 Pinebrook Avenue
Hyattsville, Maryland 20785
The District 5 Town Hall Meeting serves as an opportunity to discuss mental health challenges occurring in the community, some of the barriers presented in addressing those challenges, and solutions and community resources that are available to support those in need. Special guest speakers include Chief of Police Malik Aziz, Prince George's County Police Departement, Sheriff John Carr, Prince George's County Sheriff's Department, and Jean (JB) Moore, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Health, Prince George's County.
Advance registration is encouraged. Register HERE.
For more information, please contact the Council District 5 team at (301) 952-3864 or by email at councildistrict5@co.pg.md.us.
Prince George's County Council Member Fisher Presents AAPI Leadership & Breaking Barriers
Join Prince George's County Council Member Wanika Fisher, Esq. on May 18th during Asian American Pacific Islander Month to celebrate AAPI Leadership and Breaking Barriers in Prince George’s County!
DATE: Thursday, May 18, 2023
6:00pm - 8:00pm
LOCATION: Rollingcrest-Chillum Community Center
6120 Sargent Road
Chillum, Maryland 20782
The event will welcome Maryland Lieutenant Governor, Aruna Miller as the keynote speaker and honor the 1st AAPI elected to the State Legislature in Prince George’s County, David Valderrama.
There is limited space at this event. Please RSVP to reserve your spot.
Register HERE: http://bit.ly/AAPI-District2
Council Member At-Large Franklin to host 1000 Fathers Rally for Peace in Prince George's County
Prince George's County Council Member At-Large Mel Franklin invites 1000 Fathers to stand up to be a part of the solution to end violence in our neighborhoods.
The 1000 Fathers Rally For Peace on Sunday, June 11, 2023, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the Show Place Arena. The 1000 Fathers Rally for Peace in Prince George's County will provide resources like job placement, expungement and legal assistance, physical and mental health services, small business support, social services, and much more.
Registration is strongly encouraged. To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/1000-fathers-rally-2023.
Register HERE.
News
County Faces $60 Million Shortfall
Excerpt: Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced today that new projections show income tax revenues for fiscal year (FY) 2024 will be $60 million lower than initially projected when she transmitted her FY 2024 proposed budget to the County Council on March 15, creating a potential revenue shortfall for the County.
To ensure basic government services can be maintained in the next fiscal year, the County Executive is making adjustments to the proposed budget. The County Executive is proposing using reserve funds for FY 2024 to help close the gap while also reviewing the budget for ways to optimize spending.
Leaders divided over Prince George's Co. bill that would pause townhouse construction
Excerpt: With townhome projects going up across Prince George’s, County Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay wants to hit the brakes on new projects.
With the support of a majority on the Council, Blegay is pushing through bills that enact a two-year moratorium on townhouse construction anywhere but in transit-oriented development.
“We’re developing sprawl and the sprawl is hurting us,” Blegay said.
7News first reported on her plan last week. Now, the opposition is growing. Lori Graf represents the Maryland Building Industry Association. She argued, “We need housing. We have a housing crisis. Housing is not affordable in the state of Maryland. Our concern is this is going to exacerbate the problem. It does not help create housing people can afford.”
Excerpt: The chair of the Prince George’s County Democratic Party was chosen Thursday to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates.
The nomination of Kent Roberson, 38, will be sent to Gov. Wes Moore (D), who will have 15 days to make the appointment to the seat.
Roberson, who was elected by unanimous vote, was picked by the Democratic Central Committee from a field of four candidates who interviewed for the job to replace former Del. Darryl Barnes (D), who left the legislature to work as a partner in the Annapolis lobbying and government relations firm of Evans & Associates.
The other candidates who interviewed Thursday evening were former District 25 Del. Angela Angel, Stanley Onye, and Jonathan White.
African American History Museum’s Free Hip-Hop Block Party Returns This Summer
Excerpt: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will host its second annual hip-hop block party this August, featuring performances, interactive art, and focused exhibits celebrating 50 years of the genre.
The block party will take place on Saturday, Aug. 12, the museum announced Friday. The event will be held at the intersection of Madison Drive NW and 14th Street NW, outside the museum. A full line-up of artists and programming will be released in the coming months, according to the museum. The event will be free to attend; though tickets are required for entry, and will be available online in July.
While the inaugural 2022 celebration marked the one-year anniversary of the Smithsonian’s Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, this summer’s event will celebrate 50 years of the genres’ evolution and innovation. In conjunction with the event, the museum will install an outdoor panel exhibition, including artifacts from the museum’s collection.
What the region’s Sudanese diaspora wants you to know about the country’s ongoing conflict
Excerpt: Sudanese immigrant Wafa May Elamin says she has struggled lately to navigate her daily routine – which usually starts by checking in on her family members back home and reading up on the latest news coming out of the Sudan. In between scanning her work emails, Elamin says she looks out for video messages from her loved ones to make sure they are mostly safe.
“You can hear active gunfire in the background,” says Elamin, who was born in Sudan and lives in Alexandria, Va. “It’s kind of like experiencing second-hand trauma, knowing that this is what our family is going through.”