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Green living
Johns Hopkins releases Sustainable Living Guide
Published Jan 8, 2021
The document, assembled by the Student and Alumni Working Group of the Johns Hopkins Sustainability Leadership Council, provides specific advice for lowering individual environmental footprints, as well as links to Baltimore organizations and businesses that provide sustainable products and services.
WeGo Founders
10 projects join Social Innovation Lab accelerator
Published Jan 4, 2021
Through the program, startups and organizations with a social and civic mission will receive technical assistance, business training, and funding
MLK Commemoration promotional image
Save the week
Johns Hopkins 2021 MLK Commemoration goes virtual
Published Dec 22, 2020
The annual event, which celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the spirit of service at Johns Hopkins, will be held from Jan. 11 to 15
Screen grab from Chiu's video shows a drawing of a female researcher
STEM education
Video project introduces Baltimore City students to engineers and STEM career paths
Published Dec 22, 2020 Video
The SABES program for Baltimore City students adapted its in-person after-school program to include a new 'Meet the Engineer' video series
Detail of mural depicting Elijah E. Cumming's face and likeness
Tribute to an icon
Published Winter 2020
In October, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings was immortalized in this mural on the grounds of Union Baptist Church in West Baltimore. The project was realized by the church, its surrounding community, Baltimore graffiti writer Adam Stab, and the Johns Hopkins Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
East Baltimore aerial view
Public safety
Hopkins funding to support city violence reduction strategy
Published Nov 25, 2020
Effort expands support and outreach for high-risk individuals in Baltimore, builds better relationships between law enforcement and communities
Photo of Elijah Cummings mural
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
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
Emergency food assistance initiative will distribute more than 2.24 million meals to Baltimore families in need over a 20-week period