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Developmental disability community ‘tentatively exuberant’ at restored funding
Legislative leaders, House committee restore nearly $300 million Thursday of what would have been ‘catastrophic’ $457 million in cuts By: Danielle J. Brown – March 24, 2025 7:13 am Weeks of persistent lobbying, heart-wrenching public testimony and rallies that brought hundreds to the State House apparently paid off, with legislative leaders signaling an agreement last week to restore…
Maryland disability advocates speak out against proposed $200 million service cut
By Tara Lynch Updated on: March 3, 2025 / 11:30 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. With April and the state’s budget deadline looming, Maryland disability advocates went door to door Monday night speaking with legislators about why a proposed cut would be devastating. Maryland is facing a $3 billion budget deficit, which Gov. Wes…
Maryland disability advocates warn proposed $200 million budget cut imperils vital work
By Tara Lynch Updated on: February 9, 2025 / 11:13 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. BALTIMORE — Programs that serve Marylanders with disabilities could lose $200 million in state funding amid a nearly $3 billion budget deficit. Advocates for those with disabilities say these cuts will impact more than 18,000 Marylanders and their…
Western Maryland has become an abortion care haven for red state residents
Julie Scharper 1/7/2025 5:30 a.m. EST Across from a derelict dairy farm in far Western Maryland is a simple brick building marked with a white sign: Women’s Health Center. The center is many things: a place to obtain gynecological care, a place for trans people to receive gender-affirming hormones and a place where people end pregnancies.…
Baltimore Women’s March advocates enshrining reproductive rights in state constitution
By Hannah Gaskill | [email protected] UPDATED: September 20, 2024 at 11:32 a.m. More than 100 women gathered in the backroom at Checkerspot brewery Wednesday evening with three goals: to elect Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks; to make Vice President Kamala Harris the first female president; and to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution. At the Baltimore Women’s…
Can Local Universities Help Get More Social Workers in Maryland Schools?
Sarah True, The Baltimore Banner, Published 10/2/2023 5:30 a.m. EDT. When she was a kid, Bianca Collins was shy and flew under the radar. She was bullied about her appearance in elementary and middle school, which damaged her self-esteem in ways that persisted into her adult life. She was “too afraid to open up” at the time,…
Despite High Funding, Baltimore City Schools Struggle with Alarmingly Low Math Scores: Who Will Take Action?
by Chris Papst, Fox45 News, Mon, October 2nd 2023, 9:30 PM CDT BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore City Public Schools has a $1.7 Billion budget. Per student, that’s one of the highest in the nation among large school systems. But a recent Project Baltimore investigation found math scores across the district are alarmingly low. This is not a…
At 13 Baltimore City high schools, zero students tested proficient on 2023 state math exam
By Chris Papst On September 18, 2023 The latest round of state test results is raising alarm in Baltimore City Schools. Project Baltimore found that 40% of Baltimore City high schools, where the state exam was given, did not have any students score proficient in math. Not one student. “This is educational homicide,” said Jason…
Howard County parents express concerns at Town Hall as schools shift schedules over bus issues
On September 19, 2023 Howard County parents have been banding together over a common cause—finding solutions to get students to and from school on time. School start times will shift for every single student starting Wednesday. Howard County Superintendent Michael Martirano said the decision was made to address arrival and dismissal delays. But the move is not sitting…
Local Organizations
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Black Arts District - An Arts and Entertainment district defined by Americans for the Arts as a “well-recognized, labeled, mixed-use area of the city in which a high concentration of arts and cultural facilities serve as the anchor attraction.”
Muse 360 Arts - Muse 360 Arts’ mission is to provide Baltimore youth of diverse backgrounds with high-quality arts education that inspires them to reach their full potential.
YouthWorks - Through YouthWorks, teens and young adults ages 14 to 21 receive summer jobs with private, nonprofit, and city and state government employers throughout Baltimore. The Virtual YouthWorks 2020 program operated July 13 to Aug. 14.
Expanding Boundaries International - Our mission is to tear down walls that keep disadvantaged youth blocked from opportunities to learn, develop, and empower themselves through technology and international education.
100 Black Men of Maryland - Dedicated to the uplift of the African American community through national umbrella services known as, “Mentoring the 100 Way Across a Lifetime.” A chapter of men striving to elevate the opportunities for our people through radical improvements in health, education and wealth.
Bmore Empowered - Bmore Empowered is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women and girls of color through mindfulness and entrepreneurship. Our programming focuses on workshops, training and gatherings to support black and brown woman and girls in Baltimore City.
Glass Door Project Inc. - The Glass Door Project Inc. is a community-based program serving at-risk LGBTQ+ young adults by providing them with skills to lead healthy, productive lives. In addition to providing a community food bank, it also holds volunteer Sundays, performing community service each week.
Bloom Collective Baltimore - Bloom Collective is an organization that supports women who are pregnant or have just become new mothers. Through birthing and lactation classes, Bloom Collective works to approach childbearing with a holistic approach by providing wellness practitioners who can be an advocate for mothers during labor and first stages of parenthood.
Friends of Southeast Baltimore County - Friends of Southeast Baltimore County aims to educate and support the fight for social justice, to advocate for civil rights via policy reform, and to build up the Black community by working together to address and remove barriers to equity, equality, and access.
ROAR - The Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore provides services to victims of crime who live in and were victimized in Baltimore City. We specialize in serving survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner, sexual and/or gun violence. There is no obligation to have reported to the police, no income restrictions and no immigration-status restrictions.
Upcoming Events
E-SIDE STORY- a dramatization and fundraiser to prevent teen Gun Violence.
E-SIDE STORY is a contemporary dramatization about Black /Latina teen life in urban cities in a season of social media beefs & gun violence A NITE OF THEATER THERAPY… LIVE STAGE VIGNETTE & BONUS “TALK BACK”- HOSTED BY DR. GEORGE JAMES, LMFT…EXEC. DIRECTOR C/O GEORGE TALKS, LLC. ALL UNDER THE STARS @ THE AFRICAN AMERICAN…
Opera in the Park – Fairmount Park Conservancy
Join the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Opera Philadelphia for free performances at FDR Park on September 10 from 6:30—9:00 PM. Bring out the whole family for an evening of live music sets, food trucks, and opera on the big screen! This event is a partnership between the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Opera Philadelphia. 7:00: Live performances by…
Garden Tenders: How to Start and Sustain a Community Garden
Are you involved in a new community garden or looking to start one? Join us to learn what it takes to get a community garden started, and how to keep it going. This is not a gardening class — we will cover recruiting and keeping volunteers; assessing and finding resources in your neighborhood; garden management; land ownership/security;…
WPSR’s 2023 Health Justice Gala
About the eventWPSR’s 2023 Health Justice Gala Join WPSR for our annual Health Justice Gala on September 22, 2023! At WPSR’s annual fundraising gala, WPSR supporters like you gather to support and celebrate our work. This year, with your help we will raise $200,000 to fund our critical work confronting the gravest threats: the climate…
Poets Laureate Reading
This event is FREE and ADA accessible. Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Da’ studied creative writing at the University of Washington and The Institute of American Indian Arts. Da’ is Eastern Shawnee. She is the current Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and Poet Planner for King County, Washington. Her…
“On the Edge: 2nd International Latinx Performance Art Festival”
On the Edge: 2nd International Latinx Performance Art Festival is the second Latinx performance art festival based in Seattle, showcasing a wide range of experimental performance grounded in the themes of inclusion, identity and intersectionality. Featuring a wide range of pan-Latine/x artists and supporters, these performances will range from intimate, single-person storytelling, to medium-length, mixed-media group performances,…
The Social Justice Film Festival
Through strategic partnerships with Pacific Northwest organizations working on issues of social justice, the Social Justice Film Festival features short and feature-length documentaries and narrative films related to social justice. As a movement, social justice promotes a global culture where equality is achieved on all levels. This includes issues pertaining to incarceration, the environment and…
Seattle Broadway Inclusion Program
STG’s Broadway Inclusion Program provides theatre arts programming to neurodivergent and/or disabled community members and their families and caregivers. Participants tend to be between 8-50 years old, but all ages and abilities are welcome! Participants meet once a week to explore musical theatre and movement-based activities in a creative and safe environment. At the end…
CL56: Heeding the Call of the Student
Where do the voices of students call you to take them? What do you hear that points to a path where their concerns and passions can drive a richer exploration of what you had hoped to cover anyway? Join us as we kick off our 8th season of Collab Labs with a discussion focused on…
Forest Rescue at North SeatTac Park
“North SeaTac Park is a 200+ acre urban oasis four miles south of Seattle filled with creeks, wetlands, towering trees, and amazing recreational amenities. Tub Lake, thought to be the last true peat bog left in the Seattle area, is also in this park, Join us at this Green SeaTac Partnership event to help free…
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Anyone and everyone can make an impact, and at LoveJustice we believe that they deserve to be recognized for their good, necessary work!
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