Category: Baltimore Recovery

Maryland’s largest credit union – has launched four programs aimed at helping individuals, organizations, businesses, and places of worship impacted by the recent acts of violence in Baltimore City. SECU is holding a Household Supply Drive to benefit families affected by the Baltimore riots. Household items – including cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, dishtowels, paper products (toilet […]

Michael Cryor expounds on OneBaltimore. (Photo by Mark Dennis) In the wake of the riots that followed the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake named Michael Cryor, a well-respected civic leader, to lead the OneBaltimore effort. Rawlings-Blake announced the formation of OneBaltimore, a public-private partnership focusing on improving education,employment, minority […]

Protestors disrupt a Baltimore City Council meeting on May 4, 2015, holding a banner and chanting. (Screenshot from CharmTV YouTube video) On May 4th about a dozen protesters stood up during a regularly scheduled City Council meeting and unfurled banners demanding people arrested during the protests last week be freed from jail. About 20 minutes […]

BALTIMORE (May 13, 2015) – The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) has established the Baltimore Business Recovery Fund (BBR Fund) to aid the many businesses, which experienced property damage and/or inventory loss during the unrest.  The goal is to raise $15 million, which will be used to fund the Baltimore Business Recovery loan program.  The BBR […]

Residents celebrated the eight annual Boundary Block Party. (Courtesy Photo) On a sunny Saturday afternoon nearly 1,000 people gathered in a crowded park in West Baltimore. Over the course of three hours, residents celebrated the eighth annual Boundary Block Party with dance, music, resources and community advocacy. Residents gathered in the same West Baltimore community […]

Rev. Heber Brown, III, (third from left) with many of the young protestors. Last Friday was an increasingly normal day for the Rev. Heber Brown III. The pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in North Baltimore was at a May 8 bail hearing for a protester charged during the riots in late April. The protester […]

“She needs to do her job.” – Nikki Hart At the now well-renowned intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenues, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced an initiative to address some of the longstanding issues that plague Baltimore City. “In addition to One Baltimore focusing on the immediate, short-term needs of those communities affected by our recent […]

Volunteers from the Sisters of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Brothers of King Douglas Grand Lodge International Masons provided a hot breakfast to seniors at an assisted living facility in West Baltimore affected by the riots of April 27. Kimberly Ellis’ (back row, under the word ‘Masons’) catering company, Breaking Bread, provided […]

Jazmyn Thompson, a student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, says she and her friends managed to raise over $10,000 via a social media campaign to provide food and other supplies to the residents of Gilmor Homes. (AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) The riots that struck Baltimore on April 27 brought out the best in many […]

Morgan State University was the site of a televised town hall meeting hosted by TV One journalist Roland Martin to discuss fundamental issues of the Black community in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray. Called “State of Emergency: Baltimore and Beyond,” the gathering, held in the Murphy Fine Arts Center, drew national figures […]

It was a busy week for members of the Baltimore City Council. In the aftermath of the riots they could be seen during television interviews on channels from MSNBC to CNN, talking about what is next for Baltimore, how the city is holding up and what the large peaceful rallies held over the weekend meant. […]

From left: Goldie (a member of the Crips street gang), Bonez (member of the Bloods and a self-published author), and Mugga (pronounced ‘moo-ga’, a member of the Crips). While being accused of plotting to kill law enforcement officers by the Baltimore Police Department, members of the Bloods, Crips, and Black Guerrilla Family, all notorious street […]