SOURCE
SOURCE is the community engagement and service-learning center for the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine.
SOURCE’s mission is to engage the Johns Hopkins University health professional schools and Baltimore communities in mutually beneficial partnerships that promote health and social justice.
We also serve as a channel for student, faculty and staff involvement with community organizations, and local projects.
SOURCE has a particular, but not exclusive, focus on East Baltimore neighborhoods in close proximity to the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus.
News from SOURCE
2025 Community Engagement Survey for Students: Complete by Fri, May 9
SOURCE is surveying students and postdocs from the JHU Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine in order to determine students’ perceptions of community engagement and its place in the curriculum, qualify students’ perceived benefits and barriers to community engagement, and help refine future programming from SOURCE. Responses are anonymous. You will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a chance to win a SWAG BAG if you respond by Fri, May 9!
Reminder: Report your service hours before the year ends
Report your 2024-25 community service or service-learning hours before the year ends! Data is used for engagement reports for our community partners, measuring community impact and advocating for programmatic support, recognizing and appreciating community engagement activities, securing funding for service-based activities, and sharing stories of impact to spread the word about service opportunities in Baltimore.
Letter From Our Director, "Reflecting on 20 Years of SOURCE"
SOURCE Founder and Director Mindi Levin looks back at how our center has evolved since opening in 2005 to serve the Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and School of Medicine.
Congratulations to our Star of the Month for May 2025, Tanner Grudda from the Bloomberg School of Public Health!Tanner has been actively serving our community for the past two years volunteering with our amazing partners at Healthcare for the Homeless to support their Safe Syringe Program. Read our interview with Tanner to learn more about his experience!
Upcoming Events
SOURCE hosts a wide range of different events throughout the academic year, both in person and virtually, to highlight the incredible work that our partner community-based organizations (CBOs) across Baltimore are doing to address health disparities in the city, as well as the collaborations which are happening between our partners and Hopkins students, faculty and staff. Visit our YouTube page to learn more about our partner CBOs, watch previous panel discussions about issues facing Baltimore communities, and learn how you can get involved!
Our Values
Reciprocity
To exchange with others for mutual benefit
Justice
To promote fair and equitable treatment for all
Service
To be of service to others
Collaboration
To work with others intentionally