“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.
“People here, agitating and speaking out and organized and demanding action, that’s what sets the context for policymakers to come together and drive change.” - Fagan Harris
OZY's Sunday feature centers on Baltimore Corps and our CEO Fagan Harris. Read the full piece below for more on Fagan and how Baltimore is becoming a national hub of social innovation:
"A city where everyone thrives will be defined, in part, by what we build together: the relationships, communities and institutions that break from our history to tap everyone's potential. It will also be defined by what we change, repair or even tear down: systems that hurt and divide by perpetuating generations of injustice."
- Baltimore Corps CEO Fagan Harris, Thread Co-Founder and CEO Sarah Hemminger, and The Shelter Foundation President Mark Joseph on bringing Baltimore together.
Read the full op-ed in The Sun: Bringing Baltimore together
“We want Baltimore City youth to blow everybody out of the water with their talent, their ideas and their ability to be just as good as students who have had incredible access to opportunity their entire lives.” - Charlotte James, Baltimore Corps Fellow at Code in the Schools
Read (and watch the video) about Charlotte's work to close the digital divide for Baltimore City youth on ABC2:
Educator champions the importance of tech innovation for city youth
Not so sweet, after all: Read (Baltimore Corps Fellow at MERIT) Jake Weinfeld's recent op-ed in the Baltimore Sun on the dangers of sugary drinks:
What a first year for Light City. If you want to relive some highlights of last week's innovation conferences, check out Baltimore Magazine's wrap-up article, featuring Baltimore Corps co-founders Fagan Harris and Wes Moore, Baltimore Corps Fellow Gabe Auteri, and many others:
