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A group of HopkinsLocal award winners stands before a blue backdrop in front of a red brick wall
Community
Nurturing the commitment to the HopkinsLocal mission
Published Dec 5, 2022
Celebration honored four employees for their efforts to support local economic inclusion and announced HopkinsLocal's expansion into the national capital region
Existential Determinants of Health team photo
Community Safety
Performing arts meet public health in innovative new program
Published Dec 5, 2022
Performance provides a path to healing in the Existential Determinants of Health program, an arts-based approach to substance abuse disorder supported by JHU's Innovation Fund for Community Safety
Glass seal
Public safety
Final MOU sets stage for next phase in JHPD development
Published Dec 2, 2022
The publicly available document incorporates the majority of community feedback and is accompanied by separate reports detailing the university's response to more than 250 comments submitted by the community
Elijah Cummings
Baltimore, D.C. Scholars Program renamed to honor Elijah Cummings
Published Nov 29, 2022
The program provides scholarships to the best and brightest public-school students from Baltimore and Washington
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
Poly and Johns Hopkins students look at Baltimore Civil Rights exhibit
History
Students united
Published Nov 7, 2022
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute students and Hopkins undergrads come together to learn about Baltimore's civil rights history
A young girl with a light blue headband tries on a pair of red eyeglasses
Vision for Baltimore
Vision realized
Published Nov 1, 2022
Vision for Baltimore celebrates providing 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses for Baltimore City students
Alicia Wilson speaks at a podium celebrating the opening of The Light of Baltimore Incubator at Baker Donelson
HopkinsLocal
Johns Hopkins partners on small-business incubator
Published Oct 20, 2022
New incubator in downtown Baltimore will provide office space, mentorship, and legal and marketing support for 26 small businesses in the JHU Office of Economic Development Small Business Cohort
Alicia Wilson works with a client at a previous Expungement Clinic
Community
Expungement clinics open doors to new opportunities
Published Sept 26, 2022
Clinic planned for Saturday, Oct. 1, in East Baltimore; four previous clinics co-hosted by Hopkins and Maryland Legal Aid have provided free legal services to 423 clients
Staff from the House of Ruth Maryland
Community Safety
Abuse intervention program aims to reduce violence
Published Sept 9, 2022
Support from Johns Hopkins University's Innovation Fund for Community Safety has helped House of Ruth Maryland expand a program that aims to address the root causes of violence