Maryland Communities United
Communities United is a grassroots, membership organization of low to moderate income individuals and families in Maryland. Our mission is to organize our communities to build power to win transformative change for social, economic, and environmental justice. In partnership with labor unions, community organizations, faith-based organizations, and many others, we seek to build a movement that deeply transforms the challenges facing Maryland's low and moderate income communities.
We engage and build leadership among those most directly impacted by injustice – racism, poverty, trauma, addiction, criminalization – to build resilient grassroots power among those historically shut out of Baltimore’s economic and political life.
Maryland Communities United has five committees:
- Quality of Life - dedicated to building leadership among residents facing the often-overlapping stigmas of incarceration and addiction. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all members of our community and to reduce harm by changing institutions to address our needs.
- Trauma and Resilency - Our communities grapple with loss everyday. Our member led support groups help neighbors come together to support each other, share resources, and face trauma head first to build resilient neighborhoods and schools.
- Education and Parent Engagement - It takes a village to raise a child. Our parents, community member, and students in our community schools committee work together to advocate for long-term, equitable investment in the proven community school model.
- Housing - Inadequate and unsafe housing conditions negatively affect everyone. We organize residents in public housing and rental housing to demand safe, affordable, healthy homes.
- Youth - focus on issues that directly affect young people in this city. Led by a graduate of our 2017 Youth Organizing Cohort, this committee is made up of young adults from across Baltimore.
