Peace and Civil Rights Activist and journalist for the Afro-American Newspaper https://www.loyolablakefield.org/news-detail?pk=1162647# https://communityarchitectdaily.blogspot.com/2020/01/ralph-moore-we-have-not-done-right-by.html
Director of Mother Lange Guild https://www.oblatesisters.com/sr-magdala Sister Magdala Marie Gilbert 91, director, Mother Mary Lange Guild Sister Magdala Marie Gilbert, 91, joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence, an order of Black nuns founded by Mother Mary Lange, 73 years ago. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun) Mother Mary Lange, the nun who established the first Catholic school for African American girls in America and the first successful religious order for Black Catholic sisters in the world, died 140 years ago this year, but to Sister Magdala Marie Gilbert, she could not be more of a living force. Gilbert, 91, joined Lange’s order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, 73 years ago and has upheld its vows of poverty and charity ever since. She has worked as a teacher, librarian and director of religious education. But her main occupation today is promoting the cause of sainthood for Lange, the Cuba-born sister who moved to the slave state of Maryland in 1813 and turned her religious faith into revolutionary doings. Gilbert has been director of the Mother Mary Lange Guild, an organization based at the order’s Catonsville mother house, for 13 years, and it has gone national and international under her leadership. Now with 17 board members and chapters across the country, the Guild has developed a network of donors and supporters in places as far afield as Poland, Uganda, India and Brazil. Gilbert can be seen each day making her way to her office above the campus gym, where she knocks out as many as 40 letters — then sometimes has...
Chef Steve is the Culinary Director of The Franciscan Center, he is a two time graduate of Stratford University with a Advanced Culinary Degree and Baking & Pastry Arts Degree, graduating with honors. He is 2015 BIC Scholarship recipient. He has previously worked at PF Changs, The Capital Grille, Northwest Hospital, City Seeds, Iron Rooster and The Table Foundation. He is a member of the American Culinary Federation. He is a honorably discharged decorated US Navy Veteran. He is also a “Returning Citizen” who was incarcerated in The Maryland Department of Corrections for 6 years and was released in 2014. Chef believes that he has been chosen to do this work and attends Mass regularly at The Basilica of the Assumption. Steve Corrozi is a graduate of the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver, CO and has worked as a professional cook and caterer after a career in education operations and management including serving as COO of a regionally-accredited, career college. He also holds an MS in Nonprofit Management from the University of Baltimore. He’s been a volunteer at The Franciscan Center for the past 5 years and joined the staff in 2020. https://www.pbs.org/filmfestival/films/chef-steven
Meeting with Delegate Maggie McIntosh, Delegate Regina Boyce and Senator Antonio Hayes Conversation with Maryland General Assembly Ethics Advisor Deadra Daly Tour by Legislative Associate Deborah Geary
https://www.steviewalkerwebb.com/ Stevie Walker-Webb is an award-winning Director, Writer and Cultural Worker who believes in the transformational power of art. As a survivor of poverty and the associative violence that comes with growing up black and poor in America, he creates work that liberates and reframes the narratives of marginalized groups. He is a co-founder and Executive Director of HUNDREDSofTHOUSANDS an arts and advocacy non-profit that makes visual the suffering and inhumane treatment of incarcerated mentally ill people and the policies that adversely impact their lives. He’s received an Obie Award for Directing-Ain’t No Mo (Public Theatre). He is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award for Theatre, The Lily Award in honor of Lorraine Hansberry awarded by the Dramatists Guild of America, a 2050 Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop and a Wellspring Scholar. He’s The Founding Artistic Director of the Jubilee Theatre in Waco, Texas, and has created art and Theatre in Madagascar, South Africa, Mexico, Mississippi and across America. His work has been produced by: The Public Theatre, American Civil Liberties Union, The New Group, Cherry Lane, Zara Aina, Wooly Mammoth, Baltimore Center Stage, La Mama and Theatre of the Oppressed-NYC. Along with his art and advocacy work, Stevie currently teaches and creates art at Harvard University and New York University’s Tisch School for the arts.