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...
"Many of the suggestions that we made came from Baltimore's consent decree," said Commissioner Harrison. "We have the most progressive and comprehensive and expansive consent decree in all of America." Read More...
GBC President & CEO Donald C. Fry said that when local business leaders formed the organization 66 years ago, their mantra was "problem-solving, solutions and results." 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...
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...
Topics discussed included the role African Americans have played in government and legislative efforts to address racial equity and social justice. Read More...
Don Fry, President & CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, talks about the COVID-19 recovery bill and other issues facing the legislature. Listen here. Read More...
Don Fry: "Those unconscionable acts have forced us to examine our workplaces, government, and institutions, and to demand that we take action end systemic racism and social injustice." Read More...