On September 6, 2020, we hosted Manifesting A Beautiful Reali-TEA: A Virtual Back-to-School Tea for Black Women and Girls. Thank you so much to all who attended. And thank you to Michelle Richardson from the Afro Newspaper, who covered the event. You can read the full article here.

We would like to take a moment to congratulate ChaLae’za Windsor, one of our youth from the Greenmount West Community Center, on being a finalist in the Modell Lyric Dream BIG Essay Contest. ChaLae’za wrote a beautiful essay on her dream for herself and her community. Congratulations, ChaLae’za. We are SO proud! Click here to see her read the essay.

Shipp: What is Baltimore doing to help black girls?

"You see the boys" trying to earn money on Baltimore's streets, an educator asked an audience Saturday during a panel discussion at the Baltimore Museum of Art about challenges facing many city youth. "Have you ever wondered where the girls are?" I was jolted into realizing that I had not.

Labeling kids 'at risk' discounts their potential

"At risk" is a tricky term when talking about young people. It's true that youth in precarious or unstable environments are more likely to engage in dangerous behaviors that have harmful life outcomes. But this does not take into account how risk develops, or the damage labeling kids at risk does.