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Building and Sustaining Spaces + Movements
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Dear Friends,
How do we ensure that the projects we build are sustained? Joanna Bartholomew, Founder and CEO of O’Hara Development Partners, emphasizes that everything comes back to the power of community--who builds and sustains these foundations matter.
On that note, scroll down below to read more about how Joanna sees the intersection of real estate and community empowerment. Many folks we know (including us!) are also seeking new talent to help steward and structure the next phase of their work in Baltimore and beyond. You'll also find the latest on new and key assets around the city, plus our regular roundup of reads and resources.
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"How Every Generation Gets Better"
(Impact Hub Baltimore via Medium)
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The VISION 2021 Series highlights how our members are shaping their future visions with key lessons from 2020. This conversation is with Joanna Bartholomew, who is the Founder and CEO of O’Hara Development Partners. We discuss how real estate can be a tool for building intergenerational wealth, as well as the importance of educational resources for people to invest in and heal their own communities. |
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Impact Hub Baltimore is hiring! Join our team to support an inspiring community of social innovators and social justice leaders. Check out current openings to grow with us:
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The Business Programs Coordinator will connect social entrepreneurs and small business owners to a range of programs, resources, and services housed at Impact Hub Baltimore. The position will support the development and delivery of programs, workshops, and technical assistance services. They will onboard program participants, develop entrepreneur support tools, and create systems that ensure intentional, equitable, and organized distribution of resources.
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Seeking Empower Program Manager
The Empower Program Manager will lead a new and ambitious program to get 500+ small business owners online. This position will manage partnership development, resource development, and program delivery. The Program Manager will oversee a complex and multifaceted program to ensure a high quality and impactful experience for small business owners and community partners.
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Both are full-time positions with benefits. Ideal candidates for the Empower Program Manager and the Business Programs Coordinator could begin early September 2021.
Interested candidates for either position should send a resume and cover letter with the job title in the subject line to: Q Ragsdale – admin@baltimore.impacthub.net
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Baltimore Together will serve as the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Baltimore City over the next 5 years. The report sets forth a compelling vision creating a resilient, inclusive and equitable Baltimore economy.
Baltimore Together is more than a report. It is an ongoing initiative that will engage a wide range of stakeholders to act, create results and measure progress regularly to ensure accountability.
Comments are requested and can be made via the Konveio platform below. Your comments will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate into the final report. The deadline for public comment is September 30, 2021.
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Join for Make Space Live - Happening Aug 24-26! (Ofori & Co)
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Aug 24 to 26, Multiple locations | Ofori & Co is offering three think tank style sessions in which they will share the mission and goals of the Make Space initiative and brainstorm ideas with leaders in their respective fields surrounding topics focused on sustainability in economic development in black communities and the importance of retaining and providing opportunities for artists in communities.
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In 2019 the Building Movement Project (BMP) launched the second iteration of their Race to Lead survey, which collected responses from over 5K nonprofit staff on their experiences of race and leadership in nonprofit sector. This dataset, combined with the data collected in BMP's 2016 survey, serves as the backbone to the 2020 report, Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap.
Now, BMP, the T. Rowe Price Foundation, Baltimore’s Promise, and others are partnering to release a survey geared specifically towards nonprofit professionals working and based in the Baltimore area. This survey is intended to shine a spotlight on the experiences of staff in the local sector; examine trends around race, leadership, and equity; and offer recommendations and opportunities to confront the racial leadership gap and advance equity. Help us collect data on this important issue area! Complete this survey and spread the word below!
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Fri Aug 27 beginning 8pm | Join for a celebration of how Station North neighbors see themselves and want to be seen! This event, with April Lewis, Impact Hub friend and collaborator, will start at Greenmount Avenue & 20th Street and end at the Ynot Lot
> > Learn more about upcoming events here
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For any folks working with children, please see more information on the following trainings. All trainings are free but require registration to participate.
- Child Maltreatment & Mandated Reporting | Wed Aug 11 from 10am to noon (register here)
- Impact of Trauma on Family Systems | Thu Aug 12 from 10am to noon (register here)
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The #SOCAP21 SOCAP Open Sessions are announced! Review the 33 crowd-sourced sessions, presented in a variety of formats across the SOCAP21 themes — and join at the event this October 18-22!
> > Check out the sessions here
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The Central Baltimore Partnership created two working resource maps for Greenmount Life Opportunity and Wellness neighborhoods (and extending to all of Central Baltimore).
The location assets map consolidates key sites and institutions, including health and emergency resource centers, art sites, libraries, community centers, schools, faith-based institutions, and green spaces. Among the resources included, you’ll find Impact Hub Baltimore!
The programs and services map consolidates afterschool and in-school programs, childcare and family services, college and career readiness programs, summer programs, workforce resources, as well as emergency COVID-19 food support sites.
Additional resources can be found on the Baltimore City Youth Opportunities Landscape interactive dashboard (facilitated by Baltimore's Promise) as well as on the CharmCare website.
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ICYMI: First Phase of Groundwork Kitchen Opens in Pigtown (South Baltimore)
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Groundwork Kitchen, a $10-million, 14,000 sq. ft. culinary arts training center, restaurant, and carryout place operated by Paul’s Place, is now open for carryout. It is located at 925 Washington Blvd and will open with the rest of the offerings later this year. The carryout shop also offers delivery and is open Tuesday to Saturday from 7 am to 3 pm. The menu includes all-day breakfast as well as a variety of lunch salads, sandwiches, and flatbreads. Check out their menu here.
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Opportunities for the People
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Check out these opportunities from friends and partners within our network:
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Innovation Works' (IW) goal is to empower community members to use their lived experience to generate innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to their community’s unique issues. They are currently hiring for the following two positions:
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Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (BCAN) is a city-wide initiative advancing the economic empowerment of Baltimore creatives by providing holistic and strategic entrepreneurship support.
BCAN is seeking an Entrepreneurship + Innovation Fellow who will be the organizational wizard supporting their Program Director in the development of programmatic innovations to help propel and empower Baltimore’s creative community.
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Infinite Focus Schools - Infinite Focus Schools is a digital self-regulation and emotional health tool for youth. Their software teaches young people how to manage and self-regulate their emotions to create happy, healthy life experiences. The team is currently hiring for the following two positions:
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Parity - Parity is a Black-led equitable real estate development company, proudly headquartered in West Baltimore that creates pathways for organic social groups to buy homes together on mostly abandoned blocks as a means of wealth-building and community-building. Parity is hiring for the following three positions:
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Impact Hub builds community as a nonprofit social enterprise. We remain affordable, accessible and mission-centered thanks to our members, partners, and sustaining contributors. Their investments in our staff and programs advance the work of hundreds of committed, visionary leaders in Baltimore every year:
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