Center for Social Concern
Center for Social Concern
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- If you are a student at Hopkins, the CSC’s programs provide a perfect opportunity for you to learn about Baltimore and meet some new friends who have your same interests.
- If you are already active at the CSC, help us spread the word and get students involved and working with you! Tell them about your experiences and which programs have impacted you the most.
- If you are a faculty member, consider teaching a Community-Based Learning course or joining the next Engaged Scholar Faculty and Community Fellows Program cohort.
Read more about our other programs so you can get involved!
Hopkins Engage, powered by GivePulse, is the university’s community engagement platform that allows JHU students, staff, and faculty to connect directly with community partners, Baltimore nonprofit agencies, and other community-engaged campus departments. The platform provides easy search function for you to connect directly with organizations and projects you care about! Any Hopkins affiliate can log in through single sign-on with your JHED ID. You can become a member of JHU, the Center for Social Concern, and any other campus partners that are of interest to you and start getting connected.
Have questions? Please email hopkins_engage@jhu.edu.
News & Announcements
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Sister Cities, Sister States: Local Artists Travel to Liberia, West Africa and Perform an Original Play to Mark the Bicentennial
By: Sierra Romero The Center for Social Concern welcomed Jasmine Blanks Jones as the new Executive Director this past semester. Jasmine comes to the CSC with a multitude of exciting experiences, some that are occurring while she transitions into her new role at Hopkins. Over the course of twelve days
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2022 Week 7: Arts
Liesel Arauz Vallecillo | Art With A Heart The main two other placements that I can think of that intersect with ours are St. Francis Neighborhood Center and Baltimore City Public Schools. I assist with weekly classes every Monday and Wednesday morning at St. Francis Neighborhood Center. The students I
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Week 3: Neighborhood Improvement/Community Organizing
JANAYA BROWN | FRANCISCAN CENTER My week began slightly discouraging, but by the end I was reminded why I want to keep doing this work. Tensions run high in the nonprofit world, the workload is high, the staff is low, and the rewards are variable. This is the first week
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2021 Week 6: Virtual Internships
HUIYAO CHEN | BALTIMORE JOB HUNTERS SUPPORT GROUP Connecting dots is a particularly salient theme for this week. During the Bites session, we talk about the topic of immigration, which is very informative and eye-opening, especially when I learned that Baltimore is a sanctuary city while Maryland is not (a
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2021 Week 5: Virtual Internships
HUIYAO CHEN | BALTIMORE JOB HUNTERS SUPPORT GROUP Week 5 has been a significant week of learning and connecting (both dots and people). Aside from completing the second round of revision for the Green Guide, I have also made slide presentations for two articles on hiring biases and “what to
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2021 Week 4: Virtual Internships
HUIYAO CHEN | BALTIMORE JOB HUNTERS SUPPORT GROUP Reaching the midpoint of the internship, I have also been arriving at some milestones in my internship. The research guide is still under revision while close to the end as I am adding more new resources to the guide. I have also