The Choice Program

#ChoiceServes An AmeriCorps program operating from The Shriver Center @ UMBC. Providing mentoring & advocacy for youth & families in MD

[The Choice Program @Choice_Program]

Art Rysing was initiated in response to the Baltimore Uprising.

Art Rysing aims to bring the community together to remember, reflect, celebrate and create through the power of art.

Art Rysing believes art can be a tool for activism.  RSVP required

https://t.co/lv6DunBNqQ

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

62 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law.

It was not a gift. It was won through courage, sacrifice, organizing, marching, and the refusal to accept legalized discrimination.

But civil rights laws do not protect us by merely existing. They must be enforced, defended, and strengthened.

Today, those protections are being threatened by efforts to weaken enforcement, dismantle equity work, restrict voting power, and distort history. We cannot honor the Civil Rights Act while being passive about efforts to undermine it.

We must stay informed. We must vote. We must pay attention to courts, legislatures, school boards, executive orders, and policies that shape people’s lives.

Freedom is not self-sustaining. Justice must be guarded by every generation.

#CivilRightsAct #MLK #Vote #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

[Youth Resiliency @YouthResiliency]

#FestivalWeatherAlert
Due to Baltimore City's Code Red Extreme Heat Alert, the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival will now begin at 5:00 PM on Saturday, July 4th.

The festival is still on! Join us for live music, art, food, and more @ Middle Branch Park. #SafetyFirst

[Brandon M. Scott @MayorBMScott]

As of this morning, Baltimore has recorded the fewest homicides ever through the first six months of this calendar year.

We are making progress on public safety that many thought was impossible. We know that our work is not done; one life lost to violence in our city is one too many.

But after decades of losing hundreds of friends, family members, and loved ones to gun violence every year, we are finally seeing sustained reductions in shootings and homicides and building the safer, healthier neighborhoods our residents deserve.

[WJZ | CBS Baltimore @wjz]

A Baltimore native is going viral for celebrating her college graduation in a way unique way.
Latia Carter, a recent Coppin State University graduate, earned her bachelor's degree with honors in computer science and mathematics last month. The 25-year-old first-generation college graduate marked the achievement by posting a rap video about her journey.
The video has reached more than 1.3 million views and helped her gain more than 10,000 followers. Carter says the response has led to job opportunities, speaking engagements and interview requests.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Carter says she wanted to celebrate beating the odds and hopes to continue making music while pursuing a doctoral degree in the future.

#Baltimore #CoppinStateUniversity #Graduation #ViralVideo #BaltimoreGraduate #Foryoupage #FYP #Explorepage #WJZ

[Human Rights for Kids @HRFK_ORG]

Every day in New York, young people are brought in for police questioning without ever speaking to a lawyer first. S878/A2620 would change that.

[Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver]

Sargent Shriver's posthumous memoir, We Called It a War, reminds us that it is possible for political leaders to tackle big challenges in creative ways for the benefit of society.

[Maryland DJS @MarylandDJS]

Secretary Fox Tolentino joined Baltimore Sun's Armstrong Williams on FOX45 to discuss Maryland public safety, school engagement, mental health, and DJS's 5-year youth success vision.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 DAMN.

Ruby Bridges said the moment she finally understood what was happening during school integration was when a little white boy told her:

“My mom said I can’t play with you because you’re a nigger.”

She was SIX.

And she said hearing that felt like “a huge weight lifted,” because suddenly everything made sense.

Why the classrooms were empty.
Why adults were screaming.
Why U.S. Marshals had to escort her to school.
Not because of anything she did.

Just because of the color of her skin.

A six-year-old child realizing an entire country was angry at her for existing.

[Morgan State University @MorganStateU]

This spring, Morgan’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) participated in a landmark underwater research and storytelling expedition unlike any in the nation.

Read to learn more about a project examining submerged Black history through immersive storytelling and more.

💻 Learn More: https://t.co/OTptGQZePf

[LBS Baltimore @LBSBaltimore]

In this Substack article, Dayvon Love outlines how Sinclair Broadcasting's lack of coverage of Senator Attar’s federal indictment reveals the selective way corruption is framed to advance a right wing political agenda.

[Morgan State University @MorganStateU]

Commencement With A View 🚁🎓

Over 800 students proudly marched into Hughes Stadium on Saturday as Morgan State celebrates the largest academic‑year degree completion since its founding, conferring a record number of degrees.

What a weekend and academic year to remember!

#MSUGrad #MorganStateGrad

[Maryland DJS @MarylandDJS]

When young people are given real opportunities to contribute, they begin to see themselves as capable and valued members of their community. For #EarthDay, the Backbone Mountain Youth Center came together for a day of teamwork, planting trees and flowers, and laying new grass.🪴

[Bobby Shriver @bobbyshriver]

New book! Written years ago. Published today! #Headstart #jobcorps #vista (now called #americorps) #legalservices #communityaction agency & #fostergrandparents all created by Dad. https://t.co/02QOK6TKkP

[Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver]

Our Quote of the Week suggests that we can empower ourselves by focusing on something larger than ourselves: service to our communities and to those with fewer opportunities than ourselves.

https://t.co/g7GhBvamiY

[The Choice Program @Choice_Program]

Adult legal system too often fails youth
https://t.co/SW79q2YzIx

[The Choice Program @Choice_Program]

Free food and clothes distribution

[The Choice Program @Choice_Program]

Youth charging reform bill clears key hurdle in Maryland Senate https://t.co/VDBatnII1k

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Virginia passes bill prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about the January 6 riot, such as portraying it "as peaceful protest." https://t.co/DG8ZPVW1Jx

[Baltimore MONSE - Neighborhood Safety & Engagement @BaltimoreMONSE]

Today, during Women’s History Month, #TeamMONSE is highlighting the life and legacy of Lillie May Carroll Jackson, a prominent woman figure within Baltimore’s history.