(2:05) On Dec. 11-12, 2020, the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Office of Community Engagement found a way to bring its annual Christmas store to neighbors in West Baltimore.Thanks to a partnership between UMB’s Community Engagement Center (CEC) and the Foundry Church, organizers set up a tented, outdoor toy store that allowed parents and caregivers the opportunity to buy new gifts for their loved ones at deeply discounted prices.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/december-2020/cecs-covid-safe-christmas-store-spreads-cheer.php#WestBaltimore #CommunityEngagement #UMB #FoundryChurch

(2:07) The annual Christmas Store returned to the basement of the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Community Engagement Center (CEC) on Dec. 10-11, 2021. The store is a partnership between UMB and Foundry Church to give West Baltimore families an opportunity to buy toys and other holiday gifts at reduced prices.Unlike many toy drives that happen around the holidays, UMB’s Christmas Store works directly with parents so that they can hand-pick toys and gifts for their loved ones.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/december-2021/annual-christmas-store-spreads-holiday-cheer.php#ChristmasStore #CommunityEngagement #westbaltimore

(6:16) On May 13, 2022, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, University of Maryland Medical System CEO Mohan Suntha, and other dignitaries broke ground on the Roslyn and Leonard Stoler Center for Advanced Medicine – that will become the new home of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).The $219 million tower will enable UMGCCC to provide the most technologically advanced, integrated care to cancer patients throughout Maryland and the region well into the future. The structure will feature a distinctive metal and glass façade built onto the front of @UMMCVideos existing downtown campus at 22 S. Greene Street, transforming the face of the academic medical center and creating a new main entrance.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/may-2022/stoler-center-for-advanced-medicine-breaks-ground.php

(1:36) Representatives from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #141 signed a new labor contract benefiting the UMB Police Department on June 3, 2022.The starting salary for an entry-level uniformed police officer at UMB is $45,055; by comparison, a Baltimore City officer brings home $55,117 as a recruit. The new pay scale, which kicks in July 1, increases UMBPD entry-level salary by $10,000 with annual step increases.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/june-2022/umb-police-celebrate-new-contract.php

(0:28) University of Maryland Baltimore celebrates our Revitalized Core Values.@University of Maryland School of Medicine student Donald De Alwis values Well-Being and Sustainability.Learn more about UMB's Core Values: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(0:32) University of Maryland Baltimore celebrates our Revitalized Core Values.@University of Maryland School of Nursing student Kiara Stevens values Equality and Justice.Learn more about UMB's Core Values: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(0:29) University of Maryland Baltimore celebrates our Revitalized Core Values.UMB Senior Manager of Environmental Services Mark Drymala values Well-Being and Sustainability.Learn more about UMB's Core Values: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(0:39) University of Maryland Baltimore celebrates our Revitalized Core Values.@University of Maryland School of Dentistry student Melisa white Valencia values Well-Being and SustainabilityLearn more about UMB's Core Values: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(0:26) University of Maryland Baltimore celebrates our Revitalized Core Values.UMB Police Department Public Information Officer Carin Morrell Cardella values Respect and Integrity.Learn more about UMB's Core Values: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(2:25) The University of Maryland, Baltimore's revitalized Core Values were celebrated during UMB's Core Values Month in April 2022.UMB's Core Values are: Respect and Integrity Well-Being and Sustainability Equity and Justice Innovation and DiscoveryLearn more: https://www.umaryland.edu/president/core-values/

(1:10:16) Special Edition: Virtual Face to Face with University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce JarrellOn June 24th, the United States Supreme Court delivered the most significant ruling in recent memory in a Mississippi abortion law case (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization).To be part of this important, national conversation, University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, will host a special edition of Virtual Face to Face with President Bruce Jarrell to discuss the potential impact of the case.On June 29, President Jarrell was joined by a panel of UMB thought leaders to answer questions and facilitate a discussion about the major impact the ruling will have on women, the disproportionate effect it will have on the BIPOC community, and the socio-economic issues that will inevitably arise. The panel of Thought Leaders will include:Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, PhD, MS, research associate professor and director, Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative, @UMBSocialWorkStacey Stephens, LCSW-C, director of B’more For Healthy Babies, an initiative meant to combat the infant mortality rate in Baltimore under Promise Heights in the University of Maryland School of Social WorkDanya Qato. PhD, PharmD, MPH, assistant professor and director of the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Graduate Program at the @University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.Jessica R. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the @University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/june-2022/face-to-face-the-impact-of-overturning-roe-v-wade.phpChapters Intro 0:00 Maryland Impact 10:56 Prevention of Adolescent Risk Initiative (PARI) 11:22 B'more For Healthy Babies 17:25 Access to Contraception in Other States 25:19 Training Medical Providers 30:55 Importance of Access Throughout Maryland 37:13 Medical Ethics Board Decisions 42:00 Can Maryland Protect Out-of-State Providers 42:33 Abortion Provider Training 45:33 Impact on Men 48:00 Statistics on Who Gets an Abortion 52:23 Honoring Medical Code 1:00:00 67 Percent of Maryland Counties Don't Have Access 1:00:57 IVF Medicine 1:01:52 How To Help Women Outside of Maryland 1:03:11 Grading Maryland on Reproductive Health 1:04:39 What is a Title X Clinic? 1:07:38#roevwade #abortionrights #AbortionHealthCare #SupremeCourt #highereducation #familyplanning

(1:16) This summer, the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Community Engagement Center (CEC) is bursting with arts and culture with an exciting summer camp program from Moving History.The fun and excitement are the result of a partnership between UMB’s Office of Community Engagement and Moving History, a summer enrichment program offered by @Guardian Dance Company that teaches music, dance, voice, visual arts, and more through a historic lens that specifically teaches African culture and traditions.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/july-2022/moving-history-creates-community-through-culture.php

(55:38) 10th grade, a year of achievement for five University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars from West Baltimore, suddenly crashes in March 2020. Faced with the pandemic upheaval, they rely on personal resilience. With the killing of George Floyd, a national spotlight reveals their fears of police brutality they face daily in their neighborhoods. From their homes in 11th grade , they reveal the meaning of "West Baltimore Strong."The five teens featured in the documentary participate in the UMB CURE Scholars Program, a pipeline mentoring program that began in 2015 providing science enrichment opportunities to middle and high school students from West Baltimore. The scholars were first featured in From West Baltimore, which documented their middle school experiences.Learn more at umaryland.edu/cure-scholars

(57:15) Five scholars from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program continue their journey in the documentary, "Ninth Grade: From West Baltimore."With a series of flashbacks, "Ninth Grade: From West Baltimore" starts in middle school, where the adolescents share their youthful dreams for the future and their determination to overcome the devastating realities of their neighborhoods.Now in the most prestigious public high schools, the scholars — Shakeer Franklin, Tyler McKenzie, Princaya Sanders, Courtney Jacobs, and Davioin Hill — are competing with Baltimore’s best and realize each grade counts not only for high school, but also for college.Each morning, they travel for over an hour on buses and light rail, leaving behind their neighborhoods of violence, drugs, and poverty, to get the education that will one day make their goal of college a reality. They believe they can do it and so do their teachers at Polytechnic Institute, Western High School, Bard High School Early College, and Green Street Academy.The five teens featured in the documentary participate in the UMB CURE Scholars Program, a pipeline mentoring program that began in 2015 providing science enrichment opportunities to middle and high school students from West Baltimore.Learn more at umaryland.edu/cure-scholars

(54:02) Five students from West Baltimore, a neighborhood of extreme violence, drugs and poverty, face the challenge of proving themselves in 8th grade while dealing with their identity as African American teens and the discrimination and racism confronting them daily. In 8th grade, they face their first hurdle for a better life as they apply for acceptance by Baltimore’s competitive college preparatory high schools.The five teens featured in the documentary participate in the UMB CURE Scholars Program, a pipeline mentoring program that began in 2015 providing science enrichment opportunities to middle and high school students from West Baltimore.Learn more at umaryland.edu/cure-scholars

(56:31) The sixth and seventh graders featured in From West Baltimore attend Franklin Square Elementary and Middle School, Green Street Academy, and Southwest Baltimore Charter. They are all participants in the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program, which offers science enrichment experiences. Each of these students hopes to attend college. "The pressure is really on," says Princaya, voicing all of their concerns about doing well on the standardized tests given in eighth grade. These tests will determine if they qualify for admission to Baltimore’s most competitive highs schools and possibly the trajectory of their lives.Six young teens in West Baltimore, coming from a community plagued with violence, high unemployment, and generational poverty, share their lives in middle school, their fears and hopes. Through their eyes, the traumatic reality of their neighborhoods comes alive. In stark contrast, despite the challenges they face, their vision for the future reveals an optimism for what will be possible in their lives.

(1:36) After a lengthy relocation, a full renovation, and a global pandemic neighbors gathered on Oct. 28, 2021, to open the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) new Community Engagement Center (CEC) at 16 South Poppleton Street.West Baltimore community members, UMB faculty, staff, and students, and leaders from across the state of Maryland gathered Oct. 28 to celebrate this highly anticipated grand opening. The new CEC is the cornerstone of UMB’s Community Campus, a location and concept that demonstrates a deep commitment to strengthening West Baltimore in collaboration with the neighbors who live there.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/november-2021/community-engagement-center-welcomes-neighbors-with-grand-opening.php

(1:29) After months of anticipation, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) announced on September 24, 2020 that the new Community Engagement Center (CEC) has been completed on time and under budget.This beautiful, historic building located at 16 S. Poppleton St. has been reimagined into an architecturally stunning, 20,000-square-foot space complete with a large event space, a dance and movement studio, private clinical rooms, and a robust computer lab. While preserving some elements of the original architecture, the building presents a bright, open, and welcoming atmosphere that is ready to be enjoyed by members of the community once health and safety protocols allow.Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/september-2020/umbs-new-community-engagement-center-ready-and-waiting.php

(1:31) On June 16, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) joined friends and neighbors in West Baltimore to celebrate freedom with the UMB Community Engagement Center’s (CEC) second annual Juneteenth Jubilee. Read more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/june-2022/umb-celebrates-juneteenth-with-neighborhood-jubilee.php

(0:37) University of Maryland Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, shares his memories of the Cambridge Packing House as a child on the Eastern Shore as UMB celebrates the renovation of this historic building where the University will offer a variety of programs with community partners.