Previous Community Partners
Previous Community Partners
In addition to the funds raised by this concert for the op- eration of Stony Run Friends Meeting, each year we select nonprofit organizations in which our members are active. They are featured in this program, given $1,000 plus half the donations during the concert, and given the opportunity to introduce their mission to the audience. In addition to this year’s partners, Baltimore Ceasefire 365 and Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts & Entertainment District , the Stony Run community continues our relationships with these previous partners: Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) accompanies asylum seekers and survivors of torture on their journey from surviving to thriv- ing. Services include emergency and transitional housing, case management, English instruction, and job readi- ness training. www.asyleewomen.org Belize City Friends School , founded in 1994, educates boys and girls and ministers in Belize City. Stony Run Friends Meeting is helping establish an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) as well as a program to end human trafficking. www.friendsunitedmeeting.org/where-we-work/caribbean Episcopal Refugee and Immigrant Center Alliance (ERICA) provides direct assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and “asylees” in Balti- more. Services include no-interest loans, emergency financial assistance, education workshops, mentoring, and advocacy. www.erica-baltimore.org Esperanza Center is an immigrant resource center that offers hope, compassionate guidance, and essential services to people who are new to the U.S. Services include ESL education, citizen- ship classes, healthcare, and low-cost legal services to thou- sands of immigrants each year. www.catholiccharities-md.org Friends Womens’ Association Ntaseka Clinic in Bujumbura, Burundi pro- vides community-based health care to women and their families, improving women’s reproductive health, caring for HIV-positive people, supporting rape victims, and advocating against gender-based violence. www.fwaburundi.com The Intercultural Counseling Connection is a referral network of mental
health professionals who provide culturally responsive counsel- ing and therapeutic services for asylum seekers, refugees, and other forced migrants in the area, at no charge to the client. www.interculturalcounseling.org Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR) represents people of faith who live in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. IAHR’s mission is to end prison policies and practices that promote torture and solitary confinement and to counter bigotry directed against vulnerable populations. www.interfaithactionhr.org Intersection of Change is dedicated to enriching the economic, social, and spiritual lives of those dealing with poverty-related issues in the Sandtown-Winchester, Upton, and surrounding communities, offering a recovery program for women, using art as a catalyst for social change and empowerment, revitalizing the 1900 and 2000 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, and running an urban farm. www. intersectionofchange.org Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR) is a bipartisan, statewide alli- ance seeking legislative changes in the state’s correctional poli- cies to support alternatives to incarceration, address inequities, and aid those returning from prison to lead productive lives. www.ma4jr.org McKim Center in Baltimore’s Jonestown neighborhood creates a safe haven in a rocky world, connecting people throughout the city and beyond in supportive and lasting ways. It empowers and motivates young people to work together and give their best. And it develops new leaders and role models who will go on to make their own mark in the world. www.mckimcenter.org Ramallah Friends School has been closely tied with the history of Pal- estine since the Ottoman Empire. Operating under the care of Friends United Meeting, RFS offers children an academically rigorous, balanced, engaging, and inclusive learning environment. www.rfs.edu.ps Unified Efforts is a community organization in West Baltimore with a focused goal: engage youth during their time outside of school, enhance learning, and avoid summer slide. www.unifiedefforts.org
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