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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
Red tulips grow in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins to invest $6M in community-based public safety programs
Published Sept 30, 2020
JHU Innovation Fund for Community Safety will support initiatives in Baltimore that address the root causes of violence
Illustration of people tending a tree of entrepreneurship
For the greater good
Published Fall 2020 Video
For nearly a decade, the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab has nurtured a generation of mission-driven companies / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Volunteers deliver boxes of food as part of East Baltimore food distribution initiative
Community
Hopkins, partners celebrate impact of food access initiative
Published Sept 1, 2020 Video
Emergency food assistance initiative will distribute more than 2.24 million meals to Baltimore families in need over a 20-week period
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin
HOPKINSLOCAL
Cardin: Support small businesses during COVID-19
Published Aug 21, 2020
1,500 of Maryland's small business owners, leaders, and advocates took part in a virtual town hall with U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin hosted by Johns Hopkins University on Friday
Volunteers load pallets with boxes of masks
Community
Johns Hopkins distributes 85,000 face masks to Baltimore community
Published Aug 19, 2020
The masks are 100% cotton and washable and will help slow the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities
algebra
Education
An equation for success
Published Aug 13, 2020
Backed by a $2.36M NSF grant, Hopkins experts are working with Baltimore City Public Schools on a program aimed at enhancing high school students' mastery of and confidence in algebra
Just Us Dialogues flyer
Racial justice
Just Us Dialogues will spotlight critical health and justice disparities
Published Aug 13, 2020
Free online series begins Aug. 20 with a panel discussion titled 'The 4th Amendment: Use, Misuse and the Case for Police Reform'
Meal provided by Baby's on Fire
COVID-19
Initiative delivers meals to Baltimore's health care workers
Published June 18, 2020
Baltimore chapter of Frontline Foods, founded by a Johns Hopkins undergraduate, has purchased more than 2,000 meals for those working directly with COVID-19 patients
Maryland State House
Community
Experts brief state legislators about health disparities during COVID-19
Published June 8, 2020
Beth Blauer, Sherita Hill Golden, and Deidra Crews join State Affairs team of Johns Hopkins Office of Government and Community Affairs for briefings