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 [...]
Debunking myths of individuals experiencing homelessness
March 2019 News coverage featuring My Sister's Place Program Director Rebecca Lorick and misunderstandings of individuals experiencing homelessness Watch WMAR interview Rebecca Lorick, program director of My Sister’s Place Women’s Center WBAL TV – NBC’s [...]
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 [...]
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Bill McCarthy, Executive Director It seems to happen every week - some kind of horrific act that claims lives - in schools, homes, places of worship, backyards. Last week in Colorado, we saw young people [...]