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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $500,000 for Morgan State University's work to preserve its University Memorial Chapel Window through the National Parks Service (NPS) Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). Nationwide, NPS will allocate $7.7 million in competitive grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the preservation of historic structures.
By Bruce DePuyt
“[T]here are now families and individuals who haven’t had a paycheck in weeks, as they struggle to buy food and to pay bills,” Mfume said, shortly after taking the oath.
“Madame Speaker, our challenges as a nation at this hour… are economic, educational, social and systemic — and they require both the courage of conviction and the unwavering resolve that the American spirit has always exhibited in order to solve them.”