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Anne Merrick Pinkard '46 Community Service Center
From 2006 through 2009, Goucher College has been the proud recipient of a U.S. Department of Justice grant, through the generous support of Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, which offered us the opportunity to expand current community service and community-based learning projects in Baltimore and also create new partnerships.
Community Partnerships
Wide Angle Youth Media
2526 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218
http://www.wideanglemedia.org/
In 2008 and 2009, Goucher has been a lead sponsor of Wide Angle’s Who Are You? Youth Media Festival, a month long celebration of Baltimore youth. Beyond the pre-festival workshops and outreach programs, this festival provides a stage and gallery for hundreds of youth artists, whose stories and identities are seen and heard by thousands of Baltimore residents, families, arts patrons, community leaders, and businesspeople.
Y of Central Maryland
1500 Harlem Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
http://www.ymaryland.org/
After-School Partnerships:
George Washington Elementary School, Dallas Nicholas Elementary School, Barclay Elementary/Middle, College Gardens Community Center, Chinquapin Middle School, W.E.B. Du Bois High School, Reginald F. Lewis High School, Walbrook High School, and Northeast Middle School
Goucher College partnered with the Y of Central Maryland’s Youth Asset Development Office to design multiple short-term programs with long-term outcomes that address issues of gang and violence prevention and intervention in Baltimore public schools, grades K-12.
Read-a-Story/Write-a-Story/Enacta Story at Dallas Nicholas Sr. Elementary School
201 East 21st Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218
http://www.bcps.k12.md.us/School_Info/
Goucher College has been providing a daily literacy afterschool program for the students of Dallas Nicholas Sr. Elementary School, Read-A-Story/Write-A-Story (RAS/WAS) and Enacta Story, which is an interactive and innovative storytelling program that promotes literacy, critical thinking, and cultural development for elementary school students.
The Barclay Boys Rites Program
201 East 21st Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218
http://www.greaterhomewood.org/news/barclay_boys_2008
The Barclay Boys Rites Program, based in the same neighborhood as Dallas Nicholas Sr. Elementary school, seeks to strengthen the African-American male community through the presentation of African traditions within a leadership program designed for African American males, ages 12-15, who were considered “at-risk” of joining local gangs.
Greater Homewood Community Corporation
3503 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218
http://www.greaterhomewood.org/
Baltimore City School Partnerships:
Barclay Elementary/Middle, Dallas Nicholas Elementary, Guilford Elementary/Middle, Waverly Elementary, Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle, and Medfield Heights Elementary
Goucher College has partnered with the Greater Homewood Community Corporation Public Education Department (GHCC PED) to create a series of best-practice violence-prevention programs, involving six GHCC PED partner schools. In 2009, all six schools produced best-practice models of violence prevention/intervention programs and were moving forward to implement them.
Middle Grades Partnership
2800 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218
http://www.middlegradespartnership.org/
The Middle Grades Partnership (MGP) supports partnerships between public and independent schools to provide comprehensive summer and after-school learning opportunities for academically promising Baltimore City middle school students. Goucher College partnered with MGP by providing support, research, and undergraduate student involvement in a literacy project for girls from Northeast Middle School and The Byrn Mawr School.
Delta Sigma Theta Partnerships
P.O. Box 240, Randallstown, MD 21133
http://bcacdeltas.org/
Goucher College joined the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta in sponsoring the Safe Schools Seminar, “When Students Stop Learning.” Cast members of HBO’s hit show The Wire also participated, as did psychologists, juvenile justice advocates, local elected officials, and representatives of the Baltimore City Police Department. Goucher College also co-sponsored “Toobie” LIVE! at Woodlawn High School, a “television studio” style program to positively impact ninth grade students regarding education and their future.
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