Betting on Hope: Black Baltimore and the Work of 2020
OUR PARTNERS
Asylee Women Enterprise journeys with asylum seekers and other forced migrants–primarily from Africa, the Middle East and Central America– as they navigate the immigration legal process, begin to heal from past trauma and rebuild their lives in Baltimore.
The Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland is Maryland’s statewide clearinghouse for legal professionals dedicated to offering free civil legal help to the most vulnerable and disenfranchised members of the community.
In the spirit of Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), CLLCTIVLY is a place-based social change organization using an asset-based framework to focus on racial equity, narrative change, social connectedness and resource mobilization.
Somebody Cares Baltimore is a religious organization that is deeply involved in community development through grassroots service, as well as connecting people and organizations to opportunities to serve their community.
On a mission to grow 250,000 pounds of food and create the community’s “food oasis” designation, Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm grows food, flowers, and herbs of various varieties with elementary children for those most at risk in Park Heights.
Providing emergency assistance and support for Asian-led-and-serving organizations seeking to access public and private rapid response funding, Asian Mosaic Fund is a diverse group of multi-generational supporters committed to advancing the well-being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Greater Philadelphia.
Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that returns Indigenous land to Indigenous people.
The Humunya Foundation was created to fundraise, facilitate Tribal cultural activities and conduct educational outreach to the public, highlighting culture, history and the injustices of being a Non-Federally Recognized Tribe.
The Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore
Associated with the original Muslim Community that began in Baltimore in 1947, the Muslim Community Cultural Center provides spiritual, cultural, educational and social resources to the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area, establishing a vibrant community in the Greater Walbrook Neighborhood.
Founded in 2015, the Black Church Food Security Network specializes in recruiting, organizing, and mobilizing African American congregations around food system initiatives, environmental conservation, and agricultural projects, helping churches leverage and maximize their existing resources for community food security.
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD) is a broad-based, non-partisan, interfaith, multiracial community power organization rooted in Baltimore’s neighborhoods and congregations. BUILD’s Turnaround Tuesday is a jobs movement that has helped over 860 people get livable wage jobs.
CASA was founded in 1985 and our mission today is to create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in working class and immigrant communities. We start with families and communities – focusing our efforts where our members live, work and attend school – and build out to achieve collective impact at the state, regional and national levels.
The Baltimore chapter of Jews United for Justice is a grassroots community seeking to repair the world by working locally for social, racial, and economic justice through the organization of Jews around local policy issues and the amplification of the voices and needs of those most directly impacted by injustice.
The Public Justice Center is a civil legal aid office that provides advice and representation to low-income clients, advocates before legislatures and government agencies, and collaborates with community and advocacy organizations. The PJC chooses projects and cases that will make a significant impact on systems, laws, and policies.
With the goal of committing everyone in this city to zero murders, Baltimore Ceasefire 365 offers a community based approach to gun violence reduction.