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More than one in five people in Baltimore live in a food desert, which the city calls “Healthy Food Priority Areas.” More than 30% of people who live a quarter-mile from an affordable grocery store in the city are African American. A quick trip to a full-service grocery store, or a trip for a week's worth of food, is made harder when supermarkets are farther away. Convenience stores and small corner markets fill in the gap, but they rarely offer produce or affordable prices. The residents in neighborhoods near the B&O Railroad Museum were part of that grim statistic until recently. A new store in the Mount Clare Junction shopping plaza, JumboFresh Supermarket, features a wide variety of foods and products catering to the culturally-diverse clientele of nearby neighborhoods. Improving food access is crucial for the health and wellbeing of city residents. Today, a discussion about how this new store came to open in Southwest Baltimore, its unique business model and what it means to the residents of the surrounding areas. Are there lessons other neighborhoods can replicate? We begin with Bif Browning, the President of the Union Square Association, and Jonathan Tejada, a JumboFresh staff member. Later in the program, we talk to Baltimore City 10th District Councilwoman Phylicia Porter, and Carrie Baniszewski, the Executive Director of the neighborhood development nonprofit Pigtown Main Street.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Today on Midday, a conversation about the work of Philip Berrigan, whose writing has been assembled in a new collection, A Ministry of Risk, edited by Brad Wolf.  Philip Berrigan was an iconic peace activist, a soldier, a priest, a scholar, and a protester who came to international prominence as part of the Catonsville 9, a group that burned draft cards in 1968, during the Vietnam war. In 1973, Berrigan, with his wife, Elizabeth McAlister, founded Jonah House in Baltimore, a Catholic Worker House inspired by the gospel nonviolence work of Dorothy Day. Program guests include Brad Wolf, cofounder of Peace Action Network of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We also speak with Brendan Walsh and Willa Bickham, the founders of a Catholic Worker House in Southwest Baltimore called Viva House.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

“Peace is the duty of our time,” Phillip Berrigan told a class of college students in 1965. 60 years later, it remains so. Berrigan was an iconic peace activist, a soldier, a priest, a scholar, and a protester who came to international prominence as part of the Catonsville 9, a group that burned draft cards in 1968, during the Vietnam war. In 1973, Berrigan, with his wife, Elizabeth McAlister, founded Jonah House in Baltimore, a Catholic Worker House inspired by the gospel nonviolence work of Dorothy Day. Today on Midday, a conversation about the work of Philip Berrigan, whose writing has been assembled in a new collection, A Ministry of Risk. Brad Wolf edited the work. He is a lawyer, former prosecutor, professor, and community college dean. He is cofounder of Peace Action Network of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an affiliate of Peace Action and a partner of World BEYOND War. Brad's writings have been published in The Progressive, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Antiwar.com, Consortium News, and Dappled Things. We also speak with Brendan Walsh and Willa Bickham, the founders of a Catholic Worker House in Southwest Baltimore called Viva House. On July 4, the 2024 Peace Walk is set to take place in Washington, D.C.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Today is Midday's Newswrap, and we start with Emily Hofstaedter of the WYPR news team. She is covering the Baltimore City Council's deliberations about a new map for councilman districts and a financial penalty for environmental crimes in Curtis Bay. Tom continues with Tim Prudente, enterprise reporter for the Baltimore Banner, on the latest Catholic abuse case coming out of St. Benedict's Church in Southwest Baltimore.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

YouTuber and motivational speaker, Charleston White, suggests that what Martin Luther King Jr dreamed, has turned into a nightmare for Black Americans. The Pop Stars will respond to Charleston's claims each with their own perspective. Also, the Pop Stars will be reacting to the headlines of the day, including Kevin McCarthy, Biden's Border Visit, tragic events of Southwest Baltimore and more. #martinlutherkingjr #charlestonwhite #popandpolitics #mlk #kevinmccarthy #biden #baltimore #mlkday2023

We speak with two newly minted OSI Baltimore Community Fellows. Eric Sorrell is the founder of ‘Fernway Outdoors,' an outdoor education program that will offer field trips and teach wilderness skills to kids in Southwest Baltimore. Artist Christopher KOLPEACE Johnson's project, ‘Gentleman's Graffiti,' will bring young men in East Baltimore together to create art and engage in leadership development opportunities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this special episode we talk with Ashley Esposito who's running for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners. She's a mom, full-time technology analyst, local artist, and neighborhood wellness advocate living in Southwest Baltimore. In this interview we get to know more about Ashley, her campaign, and her vision for Baltimore City Public Schools.   If you'd like to learn more about Ashley, her campaign, or have questions you'd like to ask, be sure to visit her website or reach out to her on social media.  Visit - https://ashleyesposito.com/ Follow Ashley on Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshleyEsposito_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/espositoforbaltimore/          

Learn  how to spread some holiday cheer in West Baltimore with help from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the Southwest Partnership. Tony Scott, executive director of the Southwest Partnership and Ashley Valis, MSW, executive director of community engagement and strategic initiatives at UMB and a Southwest Partnership board member are our guests (8:26). Tony and Ashley chat about workforce development programs (17:53), supporting local merchants for the holidays (23:35), helping nonprofits and volunteering (29:12)  And did someone say cookie tour in Union Square (30:45)?! Your hosts also share other holiday events happening around the city to check out this week (1:06) and a quick Pulse Check (7:51).

Today, it’s another installment in our series of Conversations with the Candidates. Tom's guest is Congressman Kweisi Mfume, who represents Maryland’s 7th District . Mfume won a special election in April to fill the vacancy left by the death of his long-time friend, Congressman Elijah Cummings. He bested a large field of Democrats in a June’s primary and now, as he did last spring, Congressman Mfume is running against Republican nominee Kimberly Klacik. He won their last race decisively. Congressman Mfume previously represented the 7th district from 1987 to 1996, before leaving Congress to head up the NAACP. The seat he vacated in 1996 was filled by Elijah Cummings. Rep. Mfume will turn 72 years old next month. He is married to Dr. Tiffany McMillan, an Assistant Vice President at Morgan State University. They live in Southwest Baltimore. Congressman Kweisi Mfume joins us on Zoom. Listeners are welcome to join the conversation.

Tracey has a conversation with George Hopkins, the pastor of Gallery Church in Southwest Baltimore, Maryland. They discuss race, and the history of Juneteenth. This was an interview that aired on 95.1 SHINE-FM on June 19, 2020. We hope you enjoy this special bonus episode!

Maryland Senator Jill P. Carter is Tom’s guest. She is one of the 19 Democrats running for Congress in Maryland's 7th District. After 14 years in Maryland’s House of Delegates, Sen. Carter has represented the 41st District in the Senate for the last two years. Sen. Carter is the daughter of the late Baltimore civil rights activist, Walter P. Carter. A lawyer, she is 55 and lives in Hunting Ridge, in Southwest Baltimore.

Today, we begin a new series of Conversations with the Candidates: 2020 in advance of the special primary election in February, and the local and national primary elections in April. The congressional vacancy in the 7th District created by the death last month of Representative Elijah Cummings has attracted 32 candidates to an election to succeed him, including Congressman Cummings’ widow, a former aid, four state legislators and a law professor. Twenty-four Democrats and eight Republicans have filed to run in a special primary election on February 4th. The general election for the 7th District will take place on April 28th, which is primary day for all other races in MD, including the Presidential Primary. Kweisi Mfume joins Tom today in Studio A. He is familiar to many 7th District voters. He held the seat for five terms -- from 1987 to 1996 -- before leaving Congress to head up the NAACP. He stepped down from that position in November 2004. Since 2012, he has served as chairman of Morgan State University’s Board of Regents. He has also worked as a broadcaster, in the nonprofit health care industry, and as a consultant. Kweisi Mfume is 71 years old. He is married to Dr. Tiffany McMillan. He has six grown children. He lives in Southwest Baltimore. We invite listener comments and questions for Congressman Mfume. This conversation was live-streamed on WYPR's Facebook page. To watch the video, click here.

What Up, Get Up Nation? My name is Ben Biddick, the Host of the Get Up Nation Podcast and Co-Author of Get Up: The Art of Perseverance with former Major League Baseball player and CEO of Lurong Living, Adam Greenberg. Recently I had the honor and privilege of speaking with Troy Staton, the owner of New Beginnings Barbershop in Baltimore, Maryland. Troy has been a barber for 30 years in Baltimore, ten of them at New Beginnings in Hollins Market in Southwest Baltimore. Troy says about New Beginnings, “My shop is more than a barbershop. It’s where I share my passion for art with the community, it’s where my son Rashad brings young men together to talk about their dreams and challenges in ShopTalk meetings, and it’s where I join with businesses to bring health screenings and services to the community.” Troy says, “Being a barber is how I make my living, but the community inside and outside the barbershop is my life.” Troy almost lost his life this year on Halloween. Troy has described how “a frustrated, misguided young man" came into the barbershop shooting. “He wasn’t aiming for me, but I was shot along with another client,” Troy said. Troy survived that night, and not only that, he has persevered to be a powerful, resilient voice and example in his community. He is striving with renewed passion to end the violence in our communities. He said, “A bullet is not going to stop me. I’m ready to elevate even further, to keep pushing for our community, especially for young men like the man who shot me, whose life circumstances lead them to feel they have no option other than violence. I want to reach them and show them that there’s another way.” I am absolutely honored that Troy has taken time to speak with me on the Get Up Nation Podcast! Source: (https://bit.ly/2Pt5yk8) New Beginnings Barber Shop: http://www.nbbs2.com/ Luvs Art Project Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/troystatonluvsartproject www.getupnationpodcast.com Music: "Awaken" by Ethan Rank & “But As the Radiance Left Your Eyes” by The SoundKeeper You Tube: https://youtu.be/PQdriK42p84 Facebook: @getupnationpodcast itunes: apple.co/2xZPeih Instagram: @getupnationpodcast Twitter: @getupnationpod Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2G6Wja7 iHeart Radio: ihr.fm/2Jr08DU Ivoox: bit.ly/2EPnV34 Spotify: spoti.fi/2wOjBKD Stitcher: bit.ly/2yzoklu Overcast: bit.ly/2L4pg8B Castbox: bit.ly/2LndDt0 Spreaker: bit.ly/2l4pmR3 Listen Notes: bit.ly/2Rc3les Podchaser: bit.ly/2Pgoirg Acast: bit.ly/2z1P6AM Buy Get Up at: amzn.to/2rt2lWN --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/get-up-nation-podcast/support

In the first of our Hidden Victims series looking at how the criminal justice system impacts women of color, we hear the story of Greta Carter and the death of her son, Kevin Cooper. Cooper was shot and killed by a Baltimore police officer after a routine call to his Southwest Baltimore home in August of 2006. Carter tells the traumatic story of her son's death, and her emotional encounter years later with the officer who killed him.

Our guests this afternoon are two of the newest members of the Baltimore City Council. They join us on Midday to reflect on their service and the urgent affairs of the city, as they complete their first year in office. A few months ago, Tom spoke with freshman council members Shannon Snead, Leon Pinkett and Ryan Dorsey. Today, we welcome Dr. John T. Bullock, who represents the 9th Councilmanic District. That includes West and Southwest Baltimore. Before being elected to the council he was an assistant professor of political science at Towson University, and the executive director of the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance. He and his wife are the parents of two sons, Thomas and George. They live in Union Square…Councilman Zeke Cohen joins us as well. He represents the 1st District, which includes Canton, Fells Point, Greektown, and O’Donnell Heights. He taught in local public schools as a member of Teach for America, and later went on to found The Intersection, which works on college readiness and leadership skills for high school students. He lives in Canton, where he and his wife are expecting their first child, a daughter, in early December.Like the entire 14-member council, Dr. Bullock and Mr. Cohen are Democrats. They were elected in November 2016 along with six other candidates, who all joined the council for the first time when they were sworn into office on December 8th of last year. What are the issues that most animate them? What are the issues that most animate you?

Back in the 1800’s, they literally herded pigs through the streets of Southwest Baltimore’s Washington Village, from the terminus of the B & O Railroad to the neighborhood’s meat packing plants and butcher shops. The nickname, ‘Pigtown,’ has stuck, but the industry is long gone from this part of the city. These days, the neighborhood is known for unemployment, homelessness, and drug addiction. The 1100 block of Ward Street stares these problems in the face and does everything it can to turn the tide. Paul’s Place Outreach Center is a beacon of hope on Ward Street, and in this episode we meet the folks who give and receive that hope on a daily basis.

Joanna Campbell of MTA's WTTZ-FM 93.5 tours Paul's Place with her guide Kathleen Elliott. After more than three decades helping neighbors in Southwest Baltimore, Paul's Place has grown from a soup kitchen to becoming a center for education, job training and dozens of other tools to help put the less-fortunate among us on the road to self-sufficiency. #WeAreYourMTA #mdotnews

Our friend from the Gallery Church, and the new ministry in Southwest Baltimore, talks about finding Jesus in brokenness.