“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join us for a discussion with John B. King, Jr., Education Secretary under President Obama and president and CEO of The Education Trust. King will speak about his passion for education, which he credits for saving his life by providing him with rich and engaging educational experiences and by giving him hope for the future.
Please follow this link to purchase tickets: https://bit.ly/2U0ASxk
Raindrop Confections have been fully funded. A big thank you to everyone for their support!
Want to become a Lender for your small business read more in the link below:
Http://www.baltimorecorps.org/kiva-lender
Kierra Curtis is serving as a Public Ally in the role of Community & School Engagement Coordinator for the Greenmount West Community Center Foundation.
To learn more about becoming a Public Ally Click Here.
To donate to the Greenmount West Community Center Click Here.
Last night we heard the stories of four great Organizational Partners & Fellows, like Brian Gerardo who began as a Baltimore Corps Fellow & then went on to become a Partner who hosted a fellow with @Baltimore Dance Crews Project Brian is now a Program Manager for Business Volunteers Maryland.
