SOFIA CUENCA | CENTRAL BALTIMORE PARTNERSHIP Friday, I had the opportunity of going to the Baltimore Lights of Liberty protest against the current administration’s practices toward immigrant communities. More than 400 individuals from all over the city met in front of City Hall, marched to McKeldin Square to honor the…
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SARAH KIM | IMPACT HUB For work on Monday, I played with Legos. I was at Fast Forward U for Impact Hub Baltimore’s annual retreat with my supervisor Michelle Geiss and her team: Michelle Antoinette Nelson, Pres Adams, Joe Tynes, and Alanah Davis. The team holds these retreats to celebrate…
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CLAIRE ZOU | BALTIMORE CORPS Sometimes I miss the laughter of children. I miss their naïve questions about the world, their fierce competition when racing outside, their unexpected thoughtfulness towards each other. Even when their unrelenting energy would tire me out, I miss how they’d come up to me with…
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SOFIA CUENCA | CENTRAL BALTIMORE PARTNERSHIP Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise (C.O.R.E) is a city-state partnership aimed at revitalizing Baltimore by clearing the way for new green space and affordable and mixed-use housing. This week I had the opportunity to attend Project C.O.R.E.’s Anniversary — removing 4,000 Units of…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB Impact Hub’s work is inherently intersectional; being an organization that facilitates and catalyzes relationships across different sectors in the city of Baltimore, plus being an organization who prioritizes systems change work and viewing the city as a social ecosystem, Impact Hub constantly has to take…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB When I think about how what I’m learning this summer might apply to my career or life goals, it’s striking to me how much of my work this summer has been determined by individuals. Meeting, interviewing, and writing about Impact Hub, its members, the Baltimore…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB I admit that the fact that we’re halfway through the summer already gives me pause; where did the time go? It truly feels as if I’ve just started working at Impact Hub. That being said, I do think that the me I am now is…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB On a typical day, I walk into the Impact Hub space at about 9:45. I settle down at my regular spot in the entrance, go through my emails, and double check my calendar for the day. Now that I’m deep into my projects for the…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB A large part of this second week — now that I’m adjusting to the rhythms of Impact Hub more and more — was about attunement. Whether navigating a mix of working from home or going into the office, or finding a better work-life balance, this…
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RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | IMPACT HUB This first week at Impact Hub, I hit the ground running — reading and reflecting on Impact Hub’s projects and missions, speaking with the team and the organization’s members, writing and thinking about what it means to both connect people and authentically tell someone’s story….
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