Mary Anne O’Donnell and Sabree Akinyele on WJZ’s On Time with Gigi Barnett
February 22, 2015 Mary Anne O'Donnell, Catholic Charities' Assistant Director and Chief Administration Officer, and Sabree Akinyele, Director of Our Daily Bread Employment Center, appeared on WJZ's On Time on with Gigi Barnett on February 22, 2015 to [...]
The Daily Record Interviews Esperanza Center’s Managing Attorney Adonia Simpson Regarding Recent Court Ruling on Immigration
February 22, 2015 Adonia Simpson, Managing Attorney for Immigration Legal Services at Esperanza Center, was interviewed by Lauren Kirkwood of The Daily Record regarding the injunction on President Obama's executive actions that would provide deferred action for [...]
The Esperanza Center Facilitates Homecoming for a Child Who Suffered a Stroke During Immigration
December 27, 2014 The Esperanza Center helped reunite a family from Honduras. A mother in Baltimore and her two daughters in Honduras were separated. As the girls struggled to reach the US, the nine-year-old suffered a stroke [...]
From El Salvador to Maryland:
From El Salvador to Maryland: One unaccompanied child's dangerous journey to the U.S. BALTIMORE - It's being called a crisis at the U.S. border. The latest figures show that U.S. Border Patrol agents have stopped [...]
Formerly homeless, Jerrie Olds gives back as chef at My Sister’s Place
November 26, 2014 By Rachel Anne Warren, City Paper Jerrie Olds sits at a vinyl-covered table for six in a large room full of other, empty, tables for six. Plastic marigolds sit in the center of each [...]
Maryland Legal Community Looks For Attorneys For Undocumented Immigrant Children
This summer, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrant children fled poverty and brutal gang violence in Central America to come to the U.S. Over three thousand are in Maryland, and the vast majority of those are [...]