By: Sierra Romero On May 1st, around 30 students gathered at the Center for Social Concern’s office for Baltimore First’s end of year celebration. Baltimore First is the CSC’s individualized direct service and volunteering program. Students are matched to a site partner and volunteer once a week in groups of…
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by: Sierra Romero After 16 years with the Center for Social Concern, Young Song is embarking on a new adventure. Young joined the team as the Director of the Tutorial Project, Johns Hopkins University’s flagship tutoring program. Tutorial Project is an after-school tutoring program that pair Hopkins students with elementary…
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By: Sierra Romero On April 26th and 27th, Hopkins students, Baltimore elementary school students, and parents gathered in the glass pavilion to celebrate the end of another semester with Tutorial Project. Each tutee was called up to the podium to receive a certificate decorated by their Hopkins tutor, a book…
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by: Sierra Romero “Cultural humility.” “Potential.” “Reparative.” “Plaid.” “Flexibility.” On April 19th, five of the seven current Engaged Scholar Faculty & Community Partners Fellows gathered at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library for a “lunch & learn” panel hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation. Facilitated by Luisa DeGuzman,…
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By: Sierra Romero On April 24th and 25th, the courtyard outside Levering Hall was filled with over 100 elementary school students participating in the Tutorial Project’s annual Field Day extravaganza. Split between two days, Hopkins tutors and elementary school tutees participated in a series of events. This included sack racing,…
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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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The Center for Social Concern is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. In reaching such a milestone, we invited all community partners, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the Center for Social Concern to join us in celebrating 25 years of accomplishments, partnerships, and engagement with our community during Alumni Weekend…
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