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Championing Children: Childhood Protected, Rights Respected

Erinique King, assistant director of Intensive Advocacy services, was featured in the Afro recently alongside other experts in the youth legal system. Their panel was part of an ongoing,...

Posted: November 14, 2025, 7:41 AM

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UMBC Representation at The 2025 SLCE Conference

Saturday, October 25 at Coppin State University

We want to thank our presenters and attendees of the 2025 SLCE Conference!  10:10 AM - 11:00 AM: "Art Rysing: Testimony, Healing, Empowerment, and Justice through Youth-led Arts in Baltimore"...

Posted: November 10, 2025, 11:30 AM

Poster displays details of the October 25 SLCE Conference themed "Adapting to Tomorrow: Innovating for a Rapidly-Changing World" held at Coppin State University

Just One More Day to Register for Local Conference!!!

Adapting to a Rapidly Changing World

Back in the 90's, The Shriver Center at UMBC led a Consortium of local colleges and universities through a Learn and Service America grant, which included activities like the "Solutions in...

Posted: October 21, 2025, 3:40 PM

Halloween Costume Drive

Call for new or gently used costumes

Where did the ghost get their Halloween costume? At a bootique. Choice will host a costume pop-up closet--a bootique--for neighbors in Cherry Hill (south Baltimore City) on Saturday October 25,...

Posted: October 2, 2025, 11:45 AM

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Sen. Will Smith and advocacy to end auto-charging in Maryland

Advocacy in Action: The Choice Program at UMBC

Did you know Maryland automatically charges youth as young as 14 in adult court for certain charges? Only Alabama is worse than us!  Did you know 81% of the children auto-charged are Black?  Did...

Posted: September 26, 2025, 8:51 AM

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Scare off the Invasive Trees on Saturday, October 4th!

Urban Conservation Volunteer Opportunity

Our Habitat Team of garden volunteers will meet next Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8:00-9:30 AM, and, being spooky season, the invasive trees better be scared! We'll focus on eradicating invasive mulberry...

Posted: September 24, 2025, 3:52 PM