Black Health Equity Coalition

02/14/2026

Don't forget to come down for lunch too!!

02/12/2026

✨ FINAL WEEK ✨
Seed to Roots 2026 • Artist Spotlight

🎤🪘 COME SEE McKENNA TAKE THE STAGE WITH LIVE POETRY & PERCUSSION 🪘🎤

At just 13 years old, McKenna Massaquoi returns to the Seed to Roots stage for her fourth year, and her creative energy continues to grow. A homeschool student with boundless talent, McKenna’s passions span singing, dancing, drumming, theatre, visual arts, and beyond. Wherever she goes, she brings joy, confidence, and a spark that lights up the room.

This year, McKenna presents a solo performance honoring the enduring legacy of Black literary excellence. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ “I Too” and Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” her piece is not a simple recitation, but a creative reimagining developed alongside a close circle of friends, including fellow Seed to Roots alum Faith.
Joining her onstage will be her musical teacher and mentor, Ayanna Gallant of Aya Cultural Music Studios, who will accompany the performance with live drumming which adds rhythm, depth, and power to the piece.

This is poetry, movement, and music woven together in a way only McKenna can deliver.

🎭 Live at the Weinberg Center
📅 Monday, February 16
🕕 6:00 PM

🎟️ Get your tickets today and help us pack the house for McKenna and all of our young performers:
https://weinbergcenter.org/.../2026-seed-to-roots-youth.../

In partnership with the Weinberg Center for the Arts and The City of Frederick.

02/12/2026

Building on Legacy: The History of Black Business in Frederick now has a NEW DATE and LOCATION, and we want to make sure it’s on your radar.

Hosted by SOUL Street, the experience brings together a Networking Power Hour supported by the Maryland Black Chamber of Commerce and a presentation on Frederick’s Black business history presented by the AARCH Society .

Together, these elements create space for thoughtful dialogue and reflection on the entrepreneurs and institutions that shaped the city’s cultural and economic landscape.

📍 New Location: Frederick Visitor Center, 151 East Street, Frederick, MD
📅 New Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM

Please update your calendar and plan to join us for an evening that honors legacy while looking forward.

02/11/2026

Register at: https://frederick.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=30055

02/09/2026

See ya there!!

✨ 10 DAYS TO GO ✨
Seed to Roots 2026 • Official Countdown

📖 MEET OUR STORYTELLERS: CAMERON, MICHELLE & NOAH 📖

These three students aren’t just performing, but bringing history back to life.

Cameron James, Michelle Gallegos, and Noah Butler are leading a powerful storytelling piece rooted right here in Middletown, Maryland and Frederick County history. Through journals, narration, and projected visuals, they tell the story of Joseph Butler, an enslaved man who purchased his own freedom for $5 and then worked to free his family long before the country caught up.

Their performance connects Middletown and Little Africa, South Mountain and the Civil War happening within sight of home, lost graves and forgotten names, and the idea that young people today may be the very dreams their ancestors never got to see.

This is not a reenactment.
It is a narrative performance told in their own voices. Curious, honest, and grounded in real research and local history.

At the heart of it all is one question.
What happens when young people choose to remember?

🎭 Live at the Weinberg Center for the Arts
📅 Monday, February 16 • 6:00 PM

We’re highlighting our student artists and performers every day as we count down to the show.

Stay with us.
🎟️ Get your tickets and help us pack the house:
https://weinbergcenter.org/shows/2026-seed-to-roots-youth-art-performance/

In partnership with Weinberg Center for the Arts and The City of Frederick.

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

💕 Love in Action at Asbury UMC – Saturday, February 14, 2026 💕

At Asbury United Methodist Church, we believe love is best shown through service—and this Valentine’s weekend, love will be on full display from morning to evening.

We are honored to continue our biweekly Community Food Pantry in collaboration with Helping Hands and Caring Hearts, followed by a very special afternoon gathering as we launch our first Community Meal.

🕙 Community Food Pantry
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Asbury United Methodist Church
101 West All Saints Street, Frederick

Then, later that afternoon…

✨ Special Valentine’s Day Community Meal ✨
🍝 Warm Pasta Dinner (lasagna, spaghetti, salad, bread, desserts)
🕑 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

This day is about more than food—it’s about presence, dignity, shared conversation, and reminding one another that we are deeply loved and never alone.

📖 “Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14

Whether you’re stopping by for groceries, sitting down for a hot meal, or simply needing community, you are welcome here.

No barriers. No judgment. Just love.

Come as you are. Bring a friend.

Be loved, supported, and encouraged as we continue loving our neighbors the way Christ loves us. 💕

02/04/2026

🌱✨ It’s almost time! The 6th Annual Seeds to Roots Showcase hits the Weinberg Center for the Arts on Monday, Feb. 16 at 6 PM — and you don’t want to miss the magic our Frederick County youth are bringing to the stage.

🎟️ Tickets are only $10, and every dollar goes right back into youth arts programs. Your ticket doesn’t just get you a seat… it plants a seed.

🌟 Come celebrate creativity, talent, and the next generation of artists. Let’s pack the house and pour into our kids!

Thank you to Women Solve for your leadership in bringing this opportunity to our kids!!!

https://weinbergcenter.org/shows/2026-seed-to-roots-youth-art-performance/

Celebrate Black history and culture with the Seed to Roots Youth Art Performance, featuring K–12 music, dance, theater, spoken word and visual arts.

01/17/2026

106 years of a community-conscious, action-oriented organization. 💙🤍 Today we celebrate Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.—a trailblazing sisterhood rooted in scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. As a proud member of the Divine Nine, the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. - Beta Alpha Sigma Zeta Chapter continues to lead with purpose, uplift communities, and embody excellence across generations.