“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.
The Elevation Awards Awardees received seed funding to develop a diverse array of programs, from opening furniture banks to creating a drop in center for LGBTQ+ youth. Join us in celebrating our 2018-19 Elevation Awardees Community Leaders, our Keynote Speaker will be Chris Wilson author of The Master Plan.
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As part of its commitment to equity in leadership, Baltimore Corps provides $10,000 in seed funding and additional support to community leaders with community solutions through its Elevation Awards. Too often, these leaders do not have access to the funding and supports necessary to incubate early-stage ideas.
Read Elevation Awards' Coach Mischa Toland's account of lessons learned in trading ideas with innovators in the Big Apple: http://www.therenewalproject.com/5-things-we-learned-from-social-entrepreneurs-in-new-york/
Elevation Awardee Brittany Young talks about B360. (Photo by Stephen Babcock)
Whether it’s in person or on social media, dirt bikes always draw interest in Baltimore.
Growing up in West Baltimore, Brittany Young was one of the many who turned out to watch the riders.
She saw the passion of the people who own the bikes and ride up-close. As an engineer, ...she believes that energy can be used as a vehicle to learn about STEM. Young created B360, which is one of the ventures in the current Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab cohort, to turn the program into reality.
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In September, Baltimore Corps kicked off the Community Grants Initiative (aka Elevation Awards), which deployed planning grants and tailored support to residents of West Baltimore who are piloting novel approaches to strengthening their community. Today, Baltimore Corps is proud to announce the addition of four more awardees and their initiatives: Aisha DaCosta-I am Okah!, Kimberly Ellis- Breaking Bread, LLC, Ronald Riddick - Community Grocery, and Shannon Epps - Loads of Love.
To learn more about these incredible individuals and their work, click here.
