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Baltimore Sociai Justice Organizing History Course
Final Class Course Reflection Group Discussion
Thursday, April 21, 2005
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A new view / understanding of Baltimore
Greater ownership of Baltimore
Greater sense of Baltimore history
A determination to be involved
Idea of current events
Inspiration
Optimism
Strategies
Insight
Heroes
An openness to different styles of organizing
Community spirit
Mixed feelings
A sense of responsibility
Some overwhelmed-ness
Leaming experience / !earning community
Seeing each other differently
Resources
Amazing peopie to contact
T eiling others
Hope for Baltimore
Personal stories
Admiration for the risk-takers
The power of a diverse group
Organizing techniques
Connectedness to history, each other, and the future
Local focus
Fiiiing a need
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Creativity
Direct knowledge of others' personai stories
Feeling small groups can change things
Things wiii change as long as you fight
Success
Renewed possibilities and desire
A feeling of rubber hitting the road
G.A.C.
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�Baltimore Sociai Justice Organizing History Course
Finai Class Course Reflection Group Discussion
Thursday, AprH 21, 2005
CHALLENGES
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Group work was difficult as first, easier towards the end
Time to interact with the presenters and experience the exercises
Hard topic to teach/iearn once a week
How does it fit in to organizer training? Is it better for more experienced fo!k?
Speaking up and participating
Applying it to the work
Keeping track of ail the information
At times there were too many presenters - need to wake myself up
Scheduling time to be here
Fatigue (mental and physical)
Evaluations are difficult to complete at the end of each session
Creating class community
SUGGESTIONS
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Saturday classes
Website to house information I summarize activities to retain what happened
Fewer presenters at a time
Summary emaii sent for each class
Binders to keep at home and track course material
Add participants' current work into ciass exercises
Longer course (more than 8 weeks)
Split presenters and class exercises into two separate classes
To create class community: nametags, participant bios, !ist of associated
organizations, show and tell for participants at the first class, more time to
interact with each other
More visuals
KEEPING THE MOVEMENT GOING ...
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Telling the story of/ for each other people to take charge (each one reach one)
Develop a community relationship with JHU Hospital
Maintain the vibe
Identify who can make the difference
Need for organizer training in Baltimore
Add to the community development curriculum (at Sojourner)
Stamp out elitism in organizing culture (image)
✓ Organizing groups can be committed to dismantling racism/sexism/classism
✓ Need strategy consultants and mentoring programs available
✓ Satellite sites for the course
✓ Link to Sojourner's plan for the college and the community
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April 2i, 2005
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500 North CarolineStreet - Baltimore, Maryland 21205 - (t,10) 276-0306
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Officeof the President
April 21, 2005
Dear Student:
Congratulations on the successful completion of the "History and
Vision of Social Justice Organizing in Baltimore" course. We hope
that this experience has been informative and enjoyable, and that it
will assist in your future organizing efforts.
Again, congratulations, and best wishes for happiness and
success in your future endeavors. Thanks for choosing SojournerDouglass College to help you attain your professional development
goals. We hope that you will consider our school as you continue your
educational pursuits.
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Betty Garman Robinson Papers
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East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) -- History -- 21st century.
City planning
City planning--Maryland--Baltimore
Community activists
Community organization
Community organization--Maryland--Baltimore
East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.)--History--20th century.
Gentrification
Gentrification--Maryland--Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Medial Institutions
Save Middle East Action Committee, Inc. (Baltimore, Md.)
Urban renewal
Social reformers -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Social action -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Description
An account of the resource
Betty Garman Robinson was a community organizer in Baltimore, Maryland from the 1970s until her passing in 2020. She has contributed to multiple nonprofit and grassroots organizations including Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA), Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative (BNC), Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC), Northeast Good Neighbors (NEGN), and others. In 2003, Robinson was awarded an Open Society Institute Fellowship to teach the history of social justice and community organizing in Baltimore. This collection contains Robinson's community organizing records, correspondence, teaching documents, collected research and community organizing training materials, and organizational records.
This digital collection contains a selection of digitized materials from the Betty Garman Robinson Papers.
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Robinson, Betty Garman, 1939-2020
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<a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/213">Betty Garman Robinson Papers</a>, University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives.
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1983-2017
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Social justice and education
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Sojourner Douglass College (Baltimore, MD)
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