"A visionary is a leader of excellence who sees what others do not see, who achieves for now and plans for the future, who positively impacts different generations and raises up other visionaries."  ― Onyi Anyado CALL FOR VISIONARY LEADERS With the hundreds of amazing Fellowship applications flooding in, we want to ensure we are best able to match talent to opportunity. That's where our Visionary Cause Leaders come in! A Visionary Cause Leader (VCL) is a leader at a partner organization that is building solutions to Baltimore’s biggest challenges. A VCL can represent a nonprofit organization, for-profit social enterprise, or government agency at which Baltimore Corps Fellows are deployed in high-impact roles designed to grow and lead powerful initiatives. VCLs host Fellows for one year, with the option to hire long-term beyond the Fellowship.  If you are interested in learning more about the opportunity to become a Visionary Cause Leader or you know of someone we should be talking to, please reach out to me at your earliest convenience. We hope to have preliminary conversations with potential Visionary Cause Leaders by Friday, April 21. Sincerely, Sarah Flammang Strategic Partnerships Manager FEATURED PARTNERSHIPS   Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) believes that one of the great strengths of the Baltimore area is the rich diversity of its residents. As a Community Investment Fellow with the Baltimore Community Foundation, Eva Wingren has been helping BCF with a number of special projects, including implementing portions of a race/equity/inclusion work plan and conducting an analysis of strengths, gaps, and opportunities in civic leadership institutions in Baltimore. In line with its mission of "Investing to Improve Lives," Legg Mason is developing new thinking about social impact in Baltimore to better compile resources, make connections and deploy expertise where it can make the biggest difference. Baltimore Corps Fellow Precious Chase has been aiding Legg Mason in its initiatives to improve the quality of life for all by carefully analyzing the elements of competitive context and identifying the areas of overlap between social and economic value that will most enhance its own and its cluster’s competitiveness. Community Law in Action (CLIA) believes that young people have tremendous potential when provided with the right opportunities. CLIA develops young people to be leaders by connecting them to opportunities to amplify their voices, cultivate their skills, and actively participate in the process of positive community change. As director of school-based programming, Baltimore Corps Fellow Natalia Skolnik works with CLIA’s Law & Leadership Academy, which introduces Baltimore City students to law and policy while teaching them to be critical thinkers, problem-solvers, active citizens and community leaders.  The Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) coordinates and directs workforce development initiatives responsive to the needs of Baltimore City employers and job seekers in order to enhance and promote the local economy. As the Workforce Analyst at MOED, Baltimore Corps  Fellow Megan Weissner provides research and support for MOED's many programs, facilitating the identification of priority industries and effective workforce training programs and working to effectively communicate these to different groups and stakeholders. She also coordinates the Regional Skills Training Center in West Baltimore, and provides support for the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board. View more partnership stories of Visionary Cause Leaders and Baltimore Corps Fellows... hello@baltimorecorps.org