Join the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, our partners, and like-minded citizens on Tuesday, April 18th from 6-8pm at the American Brewery building (1701 N. Gay St.) for our Annual Sustainability Town Hall! We need your help to review our updated…
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#EveryStoryCounts – Brian Arnold
The first time we couldn’t believe it. We were standing on the other side of the bank while the flood was happening, just hysterical. We came back here the next morning and opened the door on this complete ruin. Then…
Leaders Work to Reduce Waste at the Baltimore Beyond Plastic Youth Summit
Shout out to Claire Wayner and Mercedes Thompson for their tireless work to reduce plastic! In their roles as Baltimore Community Foundation interns working out of the Office of Sustainability, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Seniors Claire Wayner and Mercedes Thompson have…
#EveryStoryCounts – Noah Smock
We would like to thank this follower of the #EveryStoryCounts Campaign for submitting a wonderful story on Noah Smock’s behalf: As the Executive Director of the Baltimore Community ToolBank (BCT), Noah is privy to a pretty unique purview of Baltimore:…
#EveryStoryCounts – Fabiola Lopez
Español In my case, I don’t speak English. I’ve been invited to attend community meetings with the police, even meetings where I knew there’d be translation. But I didn’t dare. Why? Because I know I’m going to be the only…
#EveryStoryCounts – Consuelo Correa
Español I had never been in any group but I thought it was important to do something for our Latino community. There are many issues we face and I saw the need to educate ourselves and inform others. I knew…
#EveryStoryCounts – Anabel Dominguez
Español I’m from Mexico and I’ve lived here in Baltimore City for eleven years. We started our group to make our concerns public, to have a voice. Whatever happens in our community, Latinos have always remained silent because of fear,…
#EveryStoryCounts – Aida Medina
Español The truth is it’s very important to have a way to communicate in your own language. I’ve been to many meetings of neighborhood associations who want to reach the Latino community. But even if they have information in Spanish,…
#EveryStoryCounts – Comité Latino de Baltimore
Español Consuelo Correa: For me, the most frustrating thing is when someone comes with a need and you can’t help. Say they’re sick and they don’t know where to go, you can’t speak English fluently and you have no information.…
#EveryStoryCounts – Dave Landymore
In the Marine Corps, I served in Iraq, Southeast Asia, Africa. But I’d been living in Baltimore for a year and I had zero awareness of neighborhoods outside of Canton or Fell’s Point. They tried describing to me where Oliver…