“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.
The end of August and beginning of September is always a busy time of year at Baltimore, but also one of the most rewarding! At the end of August, we were privileged to be able to celebrate the incredible work of #BCorpsCohort4 as they closed out their Fellowship year, and just a few weeks later, we welcomed our 5th cohort of Fellows.
Check out 2017-18 Elevation Awardee Ana Rodney's The Rising Mama blog at https://therisingmama.wordpress.com.
Application Deadline for Public Allies Maryland is August 31
(BALTIMORE) – Today, Baltimore Corps announced that it will serve as the new organizational partner for Public Allies in Maryland.
“Public Allies allows Baltimore Corps to expand its programming, offering an additional entry point into the pipeline to equity in leadership in Baltimore’s social sector,” said Fagan Harris, Baltimore Corps President & CEO. “By building on the solid foundation established through our Fellowship program over the past five years, we are now able to extend that same kind of professional development to individuals earlier in their career development.”
Public Allies Maryland is available to anyone over the age of 17 with a high school diploma or GED willing to invest 10 months in nonprofit and community-based organizations, while receiving valuable leadership and professional training.
“Over the past five years, Baltimore Corps has grown from a single program – the Baltimore Corps Fellowship – to a series of programs and services that leverage Baltimore Corps’ core competency of building and deploying robust and diverse professional pipelines in social impact careers across Baltimore,” said Baltimore Corps Board Chair Matt Gallagher. “We are excited to announce our partnership with Public Allies and the AmeriCorps national service network.”
The Public Allies program joins the following programs in Baltimore Corps’ mission to enlist talent to accelerate social innovation in Baltimore and advance a citywide agenda for equity and racial justice:
Fellowship places individuals in social impact positions with Visionary Cause Leaders in the nonprofit, public and private sectors to effect systems-level change. It provides Fellows a yearlong cohort experience designed to provide professional development, networking and collaboration opportunities, and increased understanding of equity and racial justice.
Place for Purpose is a year-round service connecting talented, mission-driven job seekers to social impact career opportunities.
The Elevation Awards provide funding tailored to those with lived experience in Baltimore piloting novel approaches to strengthen city communities. The awards are designed to leverage the assets of communities, elevating community leaders with community solutions and supporting the early-stage pipeline of social entrepreneurs in Baltimore.
Prior to Baltimore Corps bringing Public Allies Maryland into its portfolio, it was established at the University of Maryland School of Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS), where Tiffaney Parkman, PhD, served as the interim director: “We are excited for our new partnership with Baltimore Corps and that Public Allies Maryland will remain in the city," said Parkman. "I am looking forward to the innovation that Baltimore Corps will bring to Public Allies and their commitment to developing community leaders who are passionate about creating a more just and equitable society though community capacity building in local nonprofit and government agencies."
Public Allies Maryland Application
http://publicallies.org/maryland
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Public Allies Maryland is a program of Baltimore Corps and a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. The program is made possible through funding of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Baltimore Corps (baltimorecorps.org) enlists talent to accelerate social innovation in Baltimore and advance a citywide agenda for equity and racial justice.
Public Allies (publicallies.org) works to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it.
