Family League of Baltimore Celebrates 31 Years of Service, Honoring Six Community Partners

Baltimore, MD —As the designated Local Management Board (LMB) for Baltimore City, Family League invested more than $21.4 million to 81 community partners, benefitting more than 25,000 children, youth, and adults this year.

 

Thursday, November 10, 2022, Family League will reopen their doors for the first time since the outset of the global pandemic to celebrate 31 years of investing in Baltimore’s children, youth, and families at the 2022 Annual Meeting: Year of Innovation!

 

Festivities will kick off with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by recognition of honorees. Community leaders and special guests, including Mayor Brandon Scott, will gather to celebrate the community innovation that sustained our city through the public health crisis into recovery.

 

“Over the last year everyone had to adapt and adjust in ever changing environments. Our partners are true agents of change whose work too often goes unsung. We take every opportunity to recognize collaborative partnerships where people demonstrate our core values in ways that are impactful for Baltimore’s children, families, and communities,” remarks Family League’s President and CEO Demaune Millard.

 

This year’s celebration is sponsored by Comcast, MCB Real Estate LLC, Enterprise Community Partners, University of Maryland School of Social Work, PNC Bank, and the Davis Family Foundation, Inc.

 

 

HONOREES

Recognized for their exemplary service and dedication, Family League honors six community partners who best exemplify Family League’s core values: Stewardship, Performance, Trust, Respect, Innovation, and Equity.

 

Stewardship Award

Community Partners: Next One Up & We Will All Rise

Next One Up mission is to transforms the lives of young men in Baltimore City by supporting and advancing their academic, athletic and social development.

We Will All Rise creates targeted initiatives that invest in the socio-emotional, educational, and economic needs of young men of color.

 

Performance Award

Community Partner: Baltimore Brothers design, implement, and coordinate strategies and initiatives to reduce crime in Baltimore City by using astute resourcefulness and leveraging community assets and relationships.

 

Trust Award

Community Partner: Early Childhood Advisory Council coordinates efforts among early care and education programs, conduct needs assessments, and develop a statewide strategic report regarding early childhood education and care.

 

Respect Award

Community Partner: B’more for Healthy Babies at University of Maryland School of Social Work works to reduce infant mortality in Baltimore City through programs emphasizing policy change, service improvements, community mobilization, and behavior change.

 

Innovation Award

Community Partner: Keys Empowers motivates, educates and transforms opportunity populations through the use of non-traditional, unconventional, and non-linguistic methods of self-discovery.

 

Equity Award

Community Partner: Black Yield Institute serves as a think tank and collective action network that addresses food apartheid.

 

For more information or to register for the event, contact Communications@familyleague.org.

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About Family League of Baltimore

Family League of Baltimore (Family League) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the designated Local Management Board for the City of Baltimore. Since 1991, it has served as an architect of change in Baltimore by promoting data-driven, collaborative initiatives and aligning resources to create lasting outcomes for children, families and communities. Stewardship, performance, trust, respect and innovation are the core values that guide its work. In Fiscal Year 2018, Family League provided more than $13 million to 73 funded partners.  Learn more about Family League at www.familyleague.org. Join us on Facebook, InstagramLinkedIn and Twitter.