Otenasek scholarships sustain ability to study and serve
( May 16, 2019 - Timonium, MD.) “We’ve created something good after experiencing something evil,” said Frank Otenasek as he addressed guests gathered at Gallagher Services for the 29th Annual Anne Lindsey Otenasek Scholarship awards [...]
A celebration of home for My Brother’s Keeper
(May 16, 2019 - West Baltimore) - When you see a crowd of people gathered outside a West Baltimore house on a beautiful spring day, you know there's a good cookout happening. Dozens of community [...]
When addiction hits home
by Bill McCarthy, Executive Director You may know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health issues and substance use often coincide. Throughout our programs, we encounter individuals affected by one, the other, or [...]
Art therapy allows women to find peace and camaraderie
Standing in front of a vibrant blue oil painting, Shelly Abdalla, smiled ear-to-ear as her peers complimented her work, prompting her smile to widen even more. Abdalla and six other women created their paintings, [...]
Women graduate from Learn to Earn internship program ready to work
(Baltimore, May 2, 2019) With praise and thanks, seven women graduated from the Learn to Earn clerical and culinary internship program offered by My Sister's Place Women’s Center. Pennye James, the program supervisor, said the [...]
Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester calls for an end to violence in parade for peace
Children hold a sign featuring Taylor Hayes — the 7-year-old girl shot and killed in 2018 by gun fire. She struggled to survive for two weeks until she tragically passed away. . “Four [...]