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Community
Expungement clinic provides vital legal services
Published March 30, 2023
Johns Hopkins, Maryland Legal Aid partner to help citizens remove past charges from their public record, clearing a major obstacle to future employment, housing, credit
Five people pose in front of a sign that reads Good Harvest Community Kitchen
Community Safety
A recipe for success
Published March 27, 2023 Video
Baltimore City residents ages 18-24 get classroom instruction, hands-on kitchen experience, and job placement as part of the Good Harvest Food Services Training Program, supported by JHU's Innovation Fund for Community Safety
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HopkinsLocal
Continued commitment to economic inclusion, investment in Baltimore
Published Feb 28, 2023
After exceeding initial HopkinsLocal goals over the past six years, Hopkins unveils new, ambitious goals to build, hire, buy, and invest locally
Johns Hopkins School of Education alumna Berol Dewdney with her pre-K students
K-12 education
Alumna Berol Dewdney is Maryland's teacher of the year
Published Feb 16, 2023
'Neuroscience totally transformed my teaching practice,' says Dewdney, an alum of the Johns Hopkins School of Education
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Community
Defending Baltimore against climate change
Published Feb 15, 2023
A new partnership between Baltimore researchers and community organizations, led by Johns Hopkins University, has received funding to advance understanding of environmental conditions at the neighborhood level and prioritize environmental justice
JHU President Ron Daniels speaks from a podium with a Henderson-Hopkins sign on the front
Community
Henderson-Hopkins neighborhood to benefit from infrastructure funding
Published Feb 13, 2023
Repairs to roads, sidewalks surrounding the East Baltimore school will be made possible by $2.3M in funding to East Baltimore Development Inc.
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Food+Culture
Exploring Baltimore's Black food scene
Published Feb 7, 2023
Center for Africana Studies sponsors two-day symposium to explore the history and politics of Black food in Baltimore
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Economic Development
BLocal partners celebrate power of collective impact
Published Jan 12, 2023
Local organizations representing business, academia, medicine, and the nonprofits sector commit to leverage their influence to create economic opportunity in the city
Violinists perform at the Enoch Pratt Free Library
Community
Sounds of the season
Published Dec 7, 2022 Video
Peabody students perform throughout the Baltimore community through partnership with Pratt Library
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 Video
Celebration honored four employees for their efforts to support local economic inclusion and announced HopkinsLocal's expansion into the national capital region