Creative Alliance (3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224)

Community Conversation: 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Digital Storytelling Workshop:  2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

In the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, we need conversations that bring together a variety of voices and communities to address the intersections of poverty, race, ethnicity, and gender and help create new stories about Baltimore. This event will highlight Baltimore communities and stories through conversations about the past, present, and future of the city. Participants will explore questions about equity, identity, immigration, and belonging and discuss how residents' experiences are shaped in and through their neighborhoods. After the conversation, participants can also learn how to use digital storytelling as a way to record and disseminate their voices.

Community Conversation (12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

Rodette Jones, Community Activist and Manager of the Filbert Street Community Garden in Curtis Bay, and Nicole King (American Studies)

Maria Nicolaidis, Greektown Resident and Historian, and Michelle Stefano (American Studies)

David Rosario, Baltimore City Mayor's Hispanic Commission Member, and Ana María Schwartz Caballero (MLLI)

Michael Scott, Chief Equity Officer/Founder of Equity Matters, and A. Adar Ayira, Director of Programs, Associated Black Charities and Trainer/Facilitator, Baltimore Racial Justice Action

Digital Storytelling Workshop (2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

With Bill Shewbridge (MCS) and Tania Lizarazo (MLLI)

For more program information: http://dreshercenter.umbc.edu/?p=1656

To register: http://goo.gl/forms/NVg6wnJhqF

Questions: dreshercenter@umbc.edu 

The Baltimore Stories project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is a collaboration between the University of Maryland, Maryland Humanities Council, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.