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Three people stand in front of the Esperanza Center entrance

Community health

Hopkins-based partnership helps refugees find safety in Maryland

Published Nov 7, 2022

The Johns Hopkins, Esperanza and Loyola Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative provides refugees with trauma-informed care and helps prepare affidavits to include in asylum applications

Arts+Culture

Anna Deavere Smith speaks to the beauty of Baltimore

Published May 17, 2022

In a lecture hosted by Billie Holiday Center, Baltimore-born dramatist Smith described a light that comes from the city and its people, even amidst ongoing societal struggles

Q+A

What is guaranteed income?

Published April 26, 2022

As Baltimore announces a pilot program to provide cash payments to its poorest residents, experts on the health effects of poverty discuss guaranteed income programs and their impact on public health

Lawyer Brandyn Hicks works with a member of the Baltimore community to expunge or seal his record

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Hundreds of petitions filed at Johns Hopkins expungement clinic

Published May 27, 2021

Legal experts helped more than 100 members of the Baltimore community petition to have their records expunged

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins experts will aid Baltimore mayoral transition team

Published Dec 3, 2020

The Centers for Civic Impact will provide policy research from cities across the country to inform the agenda of Mayor-elect Brandon M. Scott

Community

Mural celebrates legacy of Elijah Cummings

Published Oct 22, 2020

Project organizers closely collaborated with community leaders in West Baltimore to dedicate the mural to the longtime Maryland congressman

Volunteers pack food into boxes for families of Henderson-Hopkins students

COVID-19

Henderson-Hopkins pivots to provide community support

Published June 15, 2020

The Baltimore K-8 school has offered virtual town halls, food drives, free laptops, and more to help support families and students during coronavirus pandemic