I grew up loving baseball. It taught me how to win, how to lose, how to lead, and how to follow. It taught me humility and patience — skills that I wanted my students to understand and build on. So…
Category: Every Story Counts (page 2)
#EveryStoryCounts – Inez Robb + Roxane Prettyman
Inez Robb: When the City came to us about creating a Resiliency Hub — where people can go to get what they need in the face of all kinds of hardship — I thought this church would be a perfect place.…
#EveryStoryCounts – Roxane Prettyman
I’m a life-long resident of Sandtown-Winchester, a mother, and a Ravens fan of course! When I was growing up, my mother was always helping our community. So when I had my daughter, I started looking for ways I could do…
#EveryStoryCounts – Inez Robb
Everybody who knows me, knows that I say it like it is. I don’t care if you’re in Roland Park, Canton, Harbor East, or Sandtown-Winchester, you should treat everybody the same. The bottom line is love. We have got to…
#EveryStoryCounts – Brian Arnold
The first time we couldn’t believe it. We were standing on the other side of the bank while the flood was happening, just hysterical. We came back here the next morning and opened the door on this complete ruin. Then…
#EveryStoryCounts – Noah Smock
We would like to thank this follower of the #EveryStoryCounts Campaign for submitting a wonderful story on Noah Smock’s behalf: As the Executive Director of the Baltimore Community ToolBank (BCT), Noah is privy to a pretty unique purview of Baltimore:…
#CadaHistoriaCuenta – Fabiola Lopez
English En mi caso, no hablo inglés. He sido invitado a asistir a reuniones comunitarias con la policía, incluso reuniones donde sabía que habría traducción. Pero no me atreví. ¿Por qué? Porque sé que voy a ser la única allí…
#EveryStoryCounts – Fabiola Lopez
Español In my case, I don’t speak English. I’ve been invited to attend community meetings with the police, even meetings where I knew there’d be translation. But I didn’t dare. Why? Because I know I’m going to be the only…
#CadaHistoriaCuenta – Consuelo Correa
English Nunca había estado en ningún grupo, pero pensé que era importante hacer algo por nuestra comunidad latina. Hay muchos problemas que enfrentamos y vi la necesidad de educarnos e informar a los demás. Sabía que no sería fácil, pero…
#EveryStoryCounts – Consuelo Correa
Español I had never been in any group but I thought it was important to do something for our Latino community. There are many issues we face and I saw the need to educate ourselves and inform others. I knew…