On January 12, 2023, the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative (BSEC) held its kickoff meeting in the A. Hoen & Co. Lithograph Building in the Broadway East neighborhood, one of the project’s focus neighborhoods, in Baltimore City. The meeting brought together BSEC project members, including city agency staff, community members, and researchers to discuss environmental justice issues in the city and the challenges and opportunities facing Baltimore’s climate future. BSEC community partners presented their existing work on environmental justice in the city and BSEC researchers shared background on plans and goals for the Department of Energy funded project.

Watch the panel discussion, Addressing Environmental Justice and Climate Change in Baltimore from the kickoff meeting:

Panelists: Mike Bader, associate professor, JHU, Dr. Doris Minor-Terrell, president and SEO, Broadway East Community and CDC, Claire Welty, professor, UMBC, and Ava Richardson, director of the Office of Sustainability, City of Baltimore
A dozen BSEC members sitting around a conference table at the kickoff meeting
A panel of four members at the BSEC kickoff meeting
A speaker at the BSEC kickoff meeting
A workshop at the BSEC kickoff meeting
Attendee speaking at BSEC kickoff meeting