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Love, Water & Juice: Life after winning ...

“This veggie lasagna is so fresh and delicious,” said one of the patrons of With Love, Co. A forty- year vegan, the customer told Jacqueline Bellamy-Bey, the owner of With Love, Co., how excited she was to learn that a plant-based eatery had just opened up in Parkville.

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Kiva Baltimore will host 2nd Annual Pitch ...

The Pitch Competition will feature local business owners competing for up to $500, a panel of judges, and guest speakers Jim Peterson from the Small Business Resource Center and John Brothers from the T. Rowe Price Foundation.

Kiva Baltimore will host 2nd Annual Pitch Competition
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Who Gets To Be a Leader in Baltimore?

Who gets to be a leader? In Baltimore, community members and social leaders recognized that the nonprofit sector had two issues when it comes to talent development: the qualifications of leadership were not inclusive, and organizations overlooked community members as the most important assets towards addressing the city’s most pressing issues.

Who Gets To Be a Leader in Baltimore?
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Elijah Cummings embodied the spirit of ...

Equitable leaders are “more than” their battles, they’re also the devotion they pour into communities and the way that love blossoms into tangible change and dreams within grasp. He was the epitome of the love that can come from growing in Baltimore, and is what love looks like in action.

Elijah Cummings embodied the spirit of disruption towards equitable change
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John B. King of Education Trust visits ...

Thursday, September 26th Baltimore Corps convened a conversation with community, civic and student leaders on the Kirwan Commission. Baltimore Corps C.E.O Fagan Harris welcomed the group and stated the goals of the conversation were to explicitly talk about racial equity and Baltimore city’s strategy in Annapolis.

John B. King of Education Trust visits Baltimore City with Baltimore Corps

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The Front Lines of Social Innovation: Models for Change from Baltimore City

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In partnership with the White House and Aspen Institute, Baltimore Corps convened local change makers and national leaders for an evening of conversation at the White House. Featuring remarks from Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and presentations by some of Baltimore's most promising innovators, watch the video of event:

The Front Lines of Innovation: Models for Change from Baltimore City

Or read this recap on the White House Blog by Broderick Johnson (Assistant to the President, Cabinet Secretary, and Chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force) and Walter Isaacson (President and CEO of the Aspen Institute):

Baltimore's New Generation of Social Innovators

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Educator champions the importance of tech innovation for city youth

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“We want Baltimore City youth to blow everybody out of the water with their talent, their ideas and their ability to be just as good as students who have had incredible access to opportunity their entire lives.” - Charlotte James, Baltimore Corps Fellow at Code in the Schools

Read (and watch the video) about Charlotte's work to close the digital divide for Baltimore City youth on ABC2:

Educator champions the importance of tech innovation for city youth

Bustle: These 16 Women From Freddie Gray's City Weren't Asked For Their Thoughts On Police Reform — So I Asked

Bustle interviewed 16 Baltimore women on police reform, including two Baltimore Corps Fellows. Read Joyell Johnson, Charlotte James and the other interviewees' perspectives in the article below:

These 16 Women From Freddie Gray's City Weren't Asked For Their Thoughts On Police Reform — So I Asked