Baltimore Grassroots Media

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. This episode is part one of a wrap-up of the 2008 Maryland State Legislative Session guest-hosted by the branch's political action committee chair Dr. Rodney Orange. The panelists are the following representatives to the state legislature from Baltimore City (in order of appearance): Del. Melvin Stukes (District 44), Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden (District 45), Del. Keith E. Haynes (District 44), Del. Samuel I. Rosenberg (District 41), Del. Frank M. Conaway, Jr. (District 40), Del. Nathaniel T. Oaks (District 41), Del. Barbara Robinson (District 40), Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (District 45), Del. Jill P. Carter (District 41), Sen. Lisa A. Gladden (District 41), Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant (District 40) and Sen. Catherine E. Pugh (District 40). Part two covers the second hour of the panel discussion as legislators answer questions from the audience.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part one of a panel discussion on home foreclosures and predatory lending practices. The panelists are Angela Ciccolo (Interim General Counsel to the NAACP), Arlene DuBose (Manager, Century 21 Home Specialists), Suzanne Sangree (Chief Solicitor, City of Baltimore Law Department), Paul Graziano (Baltimore City Housing Commissioner), Mike Reza (President & Co-owner, Breeze Mortgage), Deizshel Setzer (Mortgage Planner, Priority Financial Services), Robert Strupp, Esq. (Director of Research & Policy, Community Law Center), Joe Fox (Maryland ACORN), Herman Randolph (a victim of predatory lending practices), Diane Cipollone (Special Project Attorney, National Fair Housing Alliance), Dan Pontious (Acting Executive Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association) and Arlene Fisher (West Baltimore Coalition). Part two covers the second hour of the panel discussion as panelists answer questions from the audience.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is part two of a panel discussion on home foreclosures and predatory lending practices featuring questions from the audience. The panelists are Angela Ciccolo (Interim General Counsel to the NAACP), Arlene DuBose (Manager, Century 21 Home Specialists), Suzanne Sangree (Chief Solicitor, City of Baltimore Law Department), Paul Graziano (Baltimore City Housing Commissioner), Mike Reza (President & Co-owner, Breeze Mortgage), Deizshel Setzer (Mortgage Planner, Priority Financial Services), Robert Strupp, Esq. (Director of Research & Policy, Community Law Center), Joe Fox (Maryland ACORN), Herman Randolph (a victim of predatory lending practices), Diane Cipollone (Special Project Attorney, National Fair Housing Alliance), Dan Pontious (Acting Executive Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association) and Arlene Fisher (West Baltimore Coalition). Part one covers the first hour of the panel discussion as panelists give their opening statements.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a segment on a non-profit called Food for Life Supreme with guests Esmeralda Molinar, Elijah Muhammad and Najah Muhammad and a segment on Isaiah Simmons III (a 17-year-old killed in Bowling Brook Preparatory School) with his mother Felicia Wilson and sister Danielle Carter of the "Justice 4 Isaiah, Justice 4 Our Children" coalition. The episode concludes with two segments of Freedom's Song: Brown v. Board of Education (1950s) and The Poor People's Campaign (1960s).

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features a video by David Sloan showing the Feb. 6, 2008 arrest of Baltimore Algebra Project students at a protest in Annapolis, Maryland and two installments of Freedom's Song: African Americans durring the Great Depression and The Tuskegee Airmen.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are Felicia Wilson (mother of Isaiah Simmons III), Kimberly Haven (Executive Director, Justice Maryland), Joseph R. Armstead, Jr., Linda Muhammad, Syrita Paulding (sister of Isaiah Simmons III), Leo Burroughs, Jr. (President and Founder, Roots of Scouting, Inc.), Bette D. Brooks, and members of the New Shiloh Baptist Church NAACP Youth Council: Chelsie Thomas, MaSherra Hunt, Alisha Frier and Zani Holiday.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are reps from Naturally Yours, LLC who distribute a treatment to help the body recover from lead exposure. They are Saleem Hasan, CEO; Haleem Abdul-Rahman, Vice President & Product Development; Stephanie Poplar, Marketing Director; and Min. Omar Karriem, Sales Manager. In another segment Ernest Coverson, NAACP's Maryland voter empowerment coordinator discusses an upcomming voter training event for youth. The episode also includes an excerpt from Al Sharpton's radio show where he calls on critics to take action to help solve social problems instead of complaining.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. Guests on this episode are Anna Sowers (the wife of Zach Sowers, a 28-year-old man who is still in a coma after being beaten and robbed on June 2, 2007 while walking to his home near Patterson Park), Ramsey Flynn (a friend and advisor to the Sowers family) and Luke Broadwater (a reporter for The Baltimore Examiner who has covered the story). The episode also includes an excerpt from Al Sharpton's radio show where he calls on critics to take action to help solve social problems instead of complaining.

Weekly television show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a recap of the legislative special session by state delegates and senators from Baltimore City. Panelists include (in order of appearance): Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden (District 45), Del. Keith E. Haynes (Dist. 44), Sen. Lisa A. Gladden (Dist. 41), Sen. Joan Carter Conway (Dist. 43), Del. Nathaniel T. Oaks (Dist. 41), Del. Samuel I. (Sandy) Rosenberg (Dist. 41), Del. Melvin L. Stukes (Dist. 41), Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant (Dist. 40), Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (Dist. 45) and Del. Jill P. Carter (Dist. 41). A brief report is also given by two representatives from NAACP sister organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC Maryalnd president Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone and SCLC Baltimore City chapter president Lt. Col. (Ret.) "Dino" Burrell).

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode features footage from the Nov. 16, 2007 march on the U.S. Department of Justice including interviews with Sen. Larry Young, Rev. Willie Ray, Bernadette Lockett and Deloris Phillips. The episode also includes excerpts from a panel discussion on education sponsored by the Baltimore Algebra Project and the NAACP Baltimore City Branch.

Weekly TV show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. Hosted by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham and Dr. Rodney Orange. Guests on this episode are Felicia Wilson, mother of Isaiah Simmons III, a 17-year-old who died last January while being restrained by staff at Bowling Brook Preparatory School, and the family's lawyer Steven H. Heisler. The episode also includes a video titled "Sickle Cell Disease: Faces of Our Children."

Weekly television show of the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP hosted by president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham. This episode is a panel discussion about the pros and cons of bringing slot machaines to Maryland. Panelists include Stephen Janis of The Baltimore Examiner; Aaron Meisner of Stop Slots Maryland; Del. Curt Anderson; Dr. Tyrone Powers; Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland; Ernie Greco, President, Baltimore AFL-CIO; David Dunphy, lobbyist for UFCW Local 27; Jeff Hooke of Maryland Tax Education Foundation; Harry Manley Servicing Director, UFCW Local 27 and Michael Johnson, of Black United Fund of Maryland.

On July 2, 2007 activists from the coalition “Maryland Got Democracy” held a press conference to publicize the “Voting Registration Protection Act of 2007” that restores voting rights to 52,000 state ex-offenders — before seven of these newly eligible citizens entered the Baltimore City Board of Elections and registered to vote. Press conference speakers include Kimberly Haven (Executive Director, Justice Maryland), Marlo Hargrove (Director, Freedom Advocates Celebrating Ex-offenders), David Waller (a newly eligible voter) and Millie Tyssowski (League of Women Voters of Baltimore City). After the newly eligible voters register to vote, brief interviews are conducted with Haven, Anthony Harrison (Executive Director, Changing Directions, LLD), Walter Lomax (a newly registered voter), Chris Montague (who registered to vote along with his father), Meredith Curtis (Director of Public Outreach, ACLU of Maryland) and Kara Gotsch (Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project).

Video of the statewide candidates forum at the 66th Annual Convention of the Maryland State NAACP Conference, produced by Baltimore Grassroots Media for "NAACP Report", a weekly TV show hosted by Baltimore City NAACP branch president Marvin "Doc" Cheatham and originally broadcast in Baltimore City on public access cable Channel 75. The forum, videotaped on Sat., Oct. 28, 2006 at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore hotel, includes candidates for Governor: Ed Boyd (Green), Christopher A. Driscoll (Populist), Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R) and Martin O'Malley (D) and U.S. Senate candidates: Benjamin L. Cardin (D), Michael S. Steele (R), Lih Young (D, write-in) and Kevin Zeese (Green; also nominated by Libertarian and Populist parties). One of the two candidates for Comptroller on the ballot, Anne M. McCarthy (R), and both Attorney General candidates Douglas F. Gansler (D) and Scott L. Rolle (R) also spoke at the forum but were not included in the NAACP Report due to time constraints.

With its 6 p.m. broadcast on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Baltimore City's public access Channel 75 became the first TV channel to televise a debate among the candidates for Maryland's U.S. Senator: Benjamin L. Cardin (D), Michael S. Steele (R) and Kevin Zeese (Green Party and also nominated by Libertarian and Populist Parties).

The debate, which took place October 3, 2006, was hosted by Greater Baltimore Urban League and conducted by Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television and Doni Glover of BMORENEWS.com. The broadcast was produced by Baltimore Grassroots Media.

Parents and staff from Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland struggle to keep their school from closure and demolition.