Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts

“Part vi question 2 board treasurer todd marcus serves as executive director of intersection of change, an organization with which we have a memorandum of understanding related to the sanaa center project.”

“Todd marcus intersection of change treasurer exec. Dir”

“The document is provided in via email, specifically to the finance committee and board treasurer for review. Comments are excepted and amendments are made if necessary. It is then presented to the full board for comment.”

“Board members were asked frequently if the status of their conflict of interest changed and the board's leadership monitored business transactions that the organization entered into to ensure it did not trigger a conflict of interest.”

“A general market analysis and approval by the board of directors during budget drafting.”

“A general market analysis and approval by the board of directors during budget drafting.”

“The governing documents and financial statements are available for inspections upon request.”

“The project restart is a multi-prong initiative to restimulate the creative economy in west baltimore by sponsoring local curators who create arts, entertainment and cultural experiences, curating marquee events and providing training, fellowship, internships, and development and networking opportunities for black creatives. This initiative seeks to reduce the negative economic impacts of the covid 19 pandemic, speed up recovery efforts for the arts and cultural community, and leverage resources as a catalyst for the long-term resilience, vibrancy, and sustainability of black creatives. Project restore dewmore baltimore initiatives: dewmore baltimore youth poetry league engages youth in middle schools, high schools and various city institutions using the power of poetry. Poets participate in weekly dynamic writing and performance workshops from acclaimed artists that will expose poets to complex concepts, advanced vocabulary, and critical analysis. The program creates a safe space for poets to explore who they are and where they are from on a local and national platform. Using slam as a vehicle to self discovery, poets exercise the art of "truth-telling." with the support of the school's faculty coach, a teaching artist and a community of writers, every moment of development - from the page to stage - is guaranteed to be a transformational experience on average each year we work with 10 schools but our goal is to build capacity and work with more middle and high schools. Youth poetry festival - every spring, dewmore baltimore hosts the dewmore baltimore youth poetry festival. This is maryland's largest spoken word festival. Here, students are given the opportunity to meet like-minded youth of their age group who they would have normally never encountered. They attend workshops by some of the region's most recognized artists and organizers. The young people learn together, build relationships and have a great time, then engage in some healthy competition. This type of cross community building will help to decrease violence and bolster a sincere love for our city. Baltimore youth poet laureate program - the youth poet laureate program appoints a youth from the age of 13-19 every year to represent baltimore on a local and national platform and two additional youth that co-serve as ambassadors. Every spring, city hall hosts up to 12 creative, honest and powerful youth voices to compete for the title of baltimore's appointed youth poet laureate. The youth poet laureate will be responsible for being a youth ambassador of baltimore's art and culture community as they speak, share, and build locally and nationally. The ypl will receive a cash prize, a national book deal, an opportunity to represent baltimore internationally, and will perform on a local enoch pratt library tour that will bring this powerful experience to the community. Maya-baraka writers institute- the maya angelou writers institute (mbwi) is a writing program that hires student writers to participate in a series of poetry workshops and cultural activities including local performances and visits to historical art sites. Mawi focuses on providing context to art as activism that is accessible and relevant for millennials by providing access to presentations by local non-profit and for-profit leaders, writers, artists and activists, films/videos, informative reading material and creative writing workshops.”

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