Increasingly, pushers of illegal drugs are appearing in the Johnston Square area in central-east Baltimore, and the folks at Saint Frances Academy are organizing to send a message that they're not wanted. You might want to consider going there a week from today and joining them in the walk that's set for that day. Here are the details from Ralph E. Moore, Jr., director of the Community Center at SFA:

We will have the entire St. Frances Academy community and its supporters walk the periphery of the Johnston Square neighborhood on Thursday, May 15th starting at 1:30 PM from the front of the school building at 501 E. Chase Street.

The Outside Walk Against Renegade Drugs will be done to send the message that we are asserting ourselves against the increasingly bold drug activity in the neighborhood, including on the campus of St. Frances Academy. We welcome any advice, assistance or resources you can offer to make the march a success: we will invite our neighbors to join us, as we are inviting you.

We don't have much time even for planning meetings as our school year is rapidly drawing to a close. But we can send the message that we're getting organized and we're resisting the ugly drug dealing being done in our faces.

A simple walk... a witness for what's right... a united front!   I can be reached at 443-255-5600.