What are reparative arts, and how we might chart a way forward in alleviating systemic harms and injustices by creating living monuments through staging, performance, and other ways of memorialization? Drawing on Dorinne Kondo’s (2018) concept of ‘reparative creativity’, we understand reparative arts as the processes (methodologies/pedagogies) and/or products (visual,…
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By: Sierra Romero On February 28th, eight students in Dr. Jasmine Blanks Jones’ class, “Black Storytelling: Public Health Education in the Black World” went to the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum to hear from Janice the Griot Greene and Dr. Joanne Martin. While there, students received an in-depth account…
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By: Sierra Romero “Complicated complicated issues demand creative solutions,” noted a student. “There’s not always a simple, straightforward answer or solution.” Other students shared a few nods in agreement. At times, Hopkins students may feel the expectation to change the world weighing on their shoulders, without knowing where to start,…
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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 twelve days in December, Dr….
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Fatima Baloul | Shepherd’s Clinic As I have reached the home stretch of CIIP, I have reflected quite a bit on all that I have learned throughout the course of the past 2 months. Shepherd’s Clinic has illuminated the value and the impact of being in a work environment surrounded…
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Hélène Girard | Village Learning Place My placement collaborated with the 29th Street Community Center for orientation. Our missions as organizations are very similar, but 29th Street is more recent as a nonprofit, so they were still in the process of figuring out their structure for the children’s summer program….
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Genesis Aire | Public Justice Center Over the summer, I’ve noticed a lot of collaboration happening between the housing project of the Public Justice Center and Baltimore Renters United. The marketing graphics I’ve created for the inclusionary housing and licensing bill all received feedback from members of BRU. The PJC…
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Aiman Altaf | 29th St Community Center I see intersectionality at 29SCC through the activities I do with the kids and adults who come to the community center, and in the ways the center interacts with other local nonprofits. One of the first times I noticed it was after a…
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Kerim Bali | Office of Councilmember Mark Conway This was the penultimate week of my internship in the Office of Councilman Conway, and I’m honestly shocked at how fast this summer went by. I spent a lot of this week working on my end-of-the-summer project. Our office has this project…
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Fatima Elzamzami | Franciscan Center These past two weeks I have had the opportunity to visit detox facilities, shelters, and homeless encampments across Baltimore with the Franciscan Center’s Outreach team. The goal of our outreach services is to reach clients who may otherwise be inaccessible to the Center due to…
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