By Megan SaylesAFRO Enterprise Writermsayles@afro.com
Begin off your October with these free occasions within the D.C., Maryland and Virginia space.
Maryland
Sweeten the Vote
Head to Sydney’ Ice Lotions in Northeast Baltimore to register to vote and revel in a free scoop improve. The Black-owned store has teamed up with Black Women Vote to ensure Baltimoreans are ready to train their proper on Nov. 5
Date: Oct. 12
Time: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Location: Sydney’s Ice Lotions
3432 Belair Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21213
Maryland Girls’s Small Enterprise Celebration
October marks Nationwide Girls’s Small Enterprise Month. In honor of observance, the Maryland Governor’s Workplace of Small, Minority Girls Enterprise Affairs will host a celebration for the state’s girls entrepreneurs. Diedre L. Windsor, founding father of the Windsor Group, will function the keynote speaker and share recommendations on fostering wholesome small enterprise practices. Attendees will even have the chance to find out about state procurement alternatives.
Date: Oct. 10
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Montgomery Park
1800 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21230
HUD-approved Foreclosures Prevention Workshop
To assist those that have fallen behind on their mortgage or encountered challenges with their mortgage supplier, the St. Ambrose Housing Help Middle will lead a foreclosures prevention workshop. The session will characteristic counselors and authorized specialists accredited by the Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD). Attendees will be taught concerning the foreclosures timeline, alternatives for prevention, credit score administration and native assets.
Date: Oct. 10
Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: St. Ambrose Housing Help Middle
321 East twenty fifth St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
D.C.
Zenith Gallery Presents: We Are Not Going Again
Sparked by Vice President Kamala Harris’ run for president and her choice of Governor Tim Walz as a operating mate, this exhibit showcases paintings that’s been created to encourage hope for the long run. The present includes a vary of media, together with work, sculptures, combined media and prints.
Date: Every day by Oct. 12
Time: 12 p.m. to six p.m.
Location: Zenith Gallery
1429 Iris St. NW
Washington, DC 20012
A Speakeasy Night
The Nationwide Museum of African American Historical past and Tradition invitations the Black group, members of the LGBTQIA+ group and allies to an occasion honoring the one centesimal birthday of acclaimed author James Baldwin. The occasion nods to the speakeasy golf equipment of the Harlem Renaissance. It explores the contribution of discos as an inclusive, secure house to bop and embody a panel dialogue, art-making, dancing and meals.
Date: Oct. 10
Time: 6:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: Nationwide Museum of African American Historical past and Tradition
1400 Structure Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Grounded welcomes all to their new house in Southeast D.C. It triples as a plant store, wellness studio and cafe, making it the right place to wind down after a busy day. The grand opening will likely be crammed with actions as guests are invited to pick vegetation,benefit from the cafe and interact in wellness actions.
Date: Oct. 12
Time: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Grounded
1913 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue Southeast
Washington, DC 20020
Atlanta Positive Artwork Print Honest
Black Artwork in America’s (BAIA) annual Atlanta Positive Artwork Print Honest makes its first look in Washington, D.C. The multi-day market presents works from legacy and modern African-American printmakers, together with D.C.-based artists Percy Martin, Lou Stovall, Ed McCluney and David Driskell. Attendees can speak to the artists and attend a panel dialog on Oct. 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Date: Oct. 11 – Oct. 13
Time: 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Oct 12 and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 13
Location: 1201 Ok Road Northwest
Washington, DC 20005
2024 Free Girls, Wellness and Wealth Convention
Wealth strategist Deborah Brief presents a summit addressing girls’s monetary and bodily well being. The Girls, Wellness and Wealth Convention options conversations on retirement planning, psychological well being care, steps to take if a medical doctor dismisses your considerations and creating generational wealth. Attendees have the prospect to win door prizes, cash baggage and free manicures and pedicures.
Date: Oct. 19
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: The Harborside Resort
6400 Oxon Hill Rd.
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Black on the Block D.C.
Be part of Black the Block D.C. on the Nationals Park Subject Plaza and revel in meals, drinks, music, workshops and loads of activations. There will likely be giveaways in addition to particular visitors. The occasion is in collaboration with Walmart’s Black & Limitless Shoutout and AT&T Dream in Black.
Date: Oct. 20
Time: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Location: Nationals Park Subject Plaza
1500 South Capitol Road SE
Washington, DC 20003
Virginia
Black Maternal Well being Legislative Summit
The Virginia Black Maternal Well being Caucus, Virginia Home of Delegates Speaker Don Scott and Senator L. Louise Lucas tackle the well being disaster dealing with Black moms throughout the nation. The summit assembles legislators, specialists and stakeholders to establish challenges and alternatives in bettering Black maternal well being.
Date: Oct. 18
Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Virginia Normal Meeting
1000 Financial institution St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Hampton NAACP 4th Annual Souls to the Polls March and Celebration
Go early voting alongside your fellow residents with the Hampton NAACP’s Annual Souls to the Polls Celebration. After marching to the Hampton Registrar’s Workplace, residents can take pleasure in stay music, meals and talks from visitor audio system. Early voting ends Nov. 2 in Virginia.
Date: Oct. 13
Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: First Baptist Church
229 North King Road
Hampton, VA 23669
