Author: Justine Abel

Additional school spending to be down payment for implementing the Kirwan educational reforms BUILD Leaders Call on Baltimore Mayor Young to Commit Significant New Funding to Education WHAT:    BUILD leaders meet with Baltimore Mayor Young to demand he commit major […]

On August 20th in east Baltimore, ReBUILD Johnston Square, BUILD and our development firm, ReBUILD Metro, celebrated breaking ground with our newest partners Ingerman and the Weinberg Foundation on a 60 unit, $16.5 million affordable apartment building on the corner of Greenmount […]

In July of 2013 Regina attended her first community association meeting. “Children everywhere in the street.  Loud knocks on the door and no one there.  I went to that first community meeting because I wanted the kids to have something […]

Darley Park celebrates grand opening of community space More than six years of fighting for better signage, lighting, and a community space for all to enjoy came to fruition on July 13 with the grand opening of Darley Park’s Gateway […]

BUILD Community Health Worker (CHW) Griselda “Zelda” Funn, a Turnaround Tuesday graduate who works at University of Maryland Midtown Clinic, won the “People’s Choice” Award for her poster presentation at the 4th Annual Symposium on Home and Community Based Care. […]

The current scandals plaguing City Hall only highlight a more urgent truth: Baltimore has operated for too many years without a clear vision or strategy, one that is independent of changes in our political leadership. As Baltimoreans, we simply cannot wait around for, or depend upon, any […]

October 22-26, Baltimore Once again, NEXT Church, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, and Metro Industrial Areas Foundation are teaming up to offer a Certificate in Community Organizing and Congregational Leadership. But this time, you can choose to participate in only […]

What is Kirwan? Maryland is fighting to lead the country by giving public schools the resources they need! The Kirwan Commission is set to issue a once-in-a-generation plan for fully funding schools – a $3 BILLION increase across the state […]

Do Not Stand Idly By, has so far enlisted public officials in 124 municipalities who have agreed to use their influence as major customers to urge gun manufacturers to explore “smart gun” technology that renders the weapon useless if picked […]

Nehemiah Training Baltimore’s unprecedented violence last year made national news, and BUILD responded by listening to approximately 1,100 city residents about their experiences with violent crime and what they most want the Mayor and City officials to act on immediately. […]