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Community

Forming the vision for HopkinsLocal

Published Jan 23, 2020

New advisory council will help Hopkins hire, buy, and build in Baltimore

Helping her hometown

Published Winter 2019

Baltimore native Yasmene Mumby is inspiring action for social impact in her hometown / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Group shot of 2019-2020 Social Innovation Cohort

Entrepreneurship

Social Innovation Lab announces new cohort

Published Nov 19, 2019

The 2019-2020 cohort features 10 promising nonprofit ventures that will receive business and financial support over the next six months

A singer performs at the inaugural Billie Holiday Jazz Festival

ARTS

Project combines art, history, scholarly research, and community outreach

Published Sept 20, 2019

Lawrence Jackson's Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts aims to document the history of African American life in Baltimore and foster intellectual ties between the university and the community

Event attendees tour the Johnston Square neighborhood

Benefits

Homeownership program expands its reach

Published Sept 16, 2019

Community celebration marks the growth of the Live Near Your Work program, which over the past decade has put more than 1,100 Johns Hopkins employees on the path to homeownership in Baltimore City

Community

BLocal drives millions of dollars into Baltimore's economy

Published May 15, 2019

At the end of the program's inaugural three-year term, partners report spending more than $280M for purchasing or construction with local and minority vendors and hiring more than 1,700 Baltimore residents