“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.
On December 10, Baltimore Corps Fellow Eboni Wiggins spearheaded a community event with Dimitri Digbeu (Baltimore Corps Fellow with Project Plase). Thanks to the many other Fellows who showed up to volunteer and support this effort!
View video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBkVdn6V31A
Please visit lanternmindsets.org/eatingwithourhands to learn more about this community event.
ABOUT EATING WITH OUR HANDS Our program mission is to provide families with an opportunity for quality time while participating in charitable giving; and to create an atmosphere where children can explore with their hands while learning about nutrition.
Check out these stories from across the Baltimore Corps network (click images to read stories):
Awardee Story: Mera Kitchen Collective
Partner Story: Greenmount West Community Association
Partner Story: Baltimore Youth Arts
Awardee Story: Unique Fabrics
Living Education eMagazine published a Q&A with Baltimore Corps on social innovation.
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/
On July 20, 2016-17 Elevation Awardee Brittany Young and her B-360 program connecting STEM education and careers with Baltimore’s dirt bike culture were featured on the front page of The Baltimore Times.
