Exelon also contributed $8 million for COVID relief efforts to local communities, including communities of color, which experienced disproportionately greater health impacts and higher rates of unemployment during the last year. Read More...
For Baltimore to deal with its own racial inequities, it needs the buy-in of all the city's stakeholders — community groups, residents, government officials and religious institutions. Read More...
Calvin Butler, GBC Chair and Senior Executive Vice President, Exelon and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Utilities, discussed the GBC's continued leadership role in advancing racial equity and social justice. Read More...
The GBC and many of its business members have taken steps in the past year to begin to close inequity gaps and engage more segments of the city and region, Calvin Butler said. Read More...
"These are challenging times but promise lies ahead. This is an ideal time for you to become involved with the GBC."--GBC President & CEO Don Fry Read More...
Keynote Speaker Thomas L. Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, will focus his keynote speech on the importance of the racial equity and social justice movement. Read More...
"Thomas Friedman is a highly respected voice in journalism today and will provide his global insight on how organizations like the GBC are vital to the changing dynamics of the economy, politics, the workplace," said Donald C. Fry. Read More...
Pictured: GBC Board Chair Calvin Butler, Thomas Friedman, GBC Vice Chair Mary Ann Scully and GBC President & CEO Don Fry. Join the Greater Baltimore Committee for its 66th Annual Meeting, the state’s premier business event of the year. Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New... Read More...
It points to areas where tech skills can lead to more jobs. Getting to that point will require a focus on workforce development and education by the business community, the report states. It also means a focus on education and training that is inclusive, and barriers. Read More...
The business advocacy group recommended an array of ways to match workforce training and education with those jobs and to address workforce barriers such as structural racism and gender inequities. Read More...
