“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.
Today's edition of The Huffington Post's new original show, "Now What With Ryan Duffy," focuses on organizations dedicated to creating opportunities for people here in Baltimore.
The episode, called "Rebuilding Baltimore," features our own Fagan Harris, Sarah Hemminger (Thread) and Chris Wilson (Barclay Investment Corporation).
Watch the episode here: Rebuilding Baltimore
On October 23rd, Play More B'More led the construction of three playgrounds across the city. The three builds took place at Gilmor Elementary, LIGHT Health and Wellness and Tench Tilghman Elementary. Each site drew over 200 volunteers who not only helped build the playgrounds, but also constructed benches, painted murals and sidewalks, and landscaped around the sites. Read more about the builds in the Baltimore Sun:
Playgrounds play healing role in Baltimore neighborhoods
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“At Baltimore Corps, we’ve made a big bet that Baltimore is a frontier of social change.” Fagan Harris and Baltimore Corps are featured in this "Be Fearless Spotlight" from the Case Foundation:
In this op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Corps President and CEO Fagan Harris questions whether Baltimore is really suffering from a "brain drain":
Play More B'More, managed by Baltimore Corps Fellows Cirron Greenidge and Rashaad Whitfield, welcomed NBA star Rudy Gay to meet with the fall interns:
http://www.people.com/article/rudy-gay-sacramento-kings-playgrounds-baltimore
