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

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.  

Topic: Air & Energy/ ENERGY: Urban Heat & Forest Patches Urban heat effect/   Dr. Baker’s research on role of forests in reducing urban heat effect. Matt Baker Professor & Associate Dean, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems University of Maryland Baltimore County https://ges.umbc.edu/baker/  

Topic: Focus on Major Emitter: Buildings Jared Lyles Certified Energy Manager Maryland Energy Advisors Why residential & commercial buildings emit such a major volume of greenhouse gases; How to reduce; what’s being done, especially in Baltimore.

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