This May, Baltimore’s City Council unanimously voted to establish the Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission to oversee the distribution of funds granted by the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund, making Baltimore City the first jurisdiction in Maryland to establish a commission like this. Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a grassroots think-tank that advances the public policy interest of Black people in Baltimore, was an integral advocate for the creation of this commission. Our keynote speaker, Dayvon Love, Director of Public Policy at Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, will explain the importance of this commission and how vital reparations and reinvestment are in Baltimore.

This session will also feature a musical performance by Scott Patterson, an outstanding lyricist, musician, and co-founder of Afro House, a Baltimore-based art house committed to creating disruptive music culture. Our night’s artistic feature will be acclaimed poet and former Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, Keyma Flight.

Come for the community, stay for the conversation, and leave with a deeper civic connection to Charm City.