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12-21-12: The Lines Between Us: Is Diversity Enough?

Our series "The Lines Between Us" has turned its focus from fair housing to economic opportunity, with a look last week at the various ways Baltimore’s minority entrepreneurs found support for their ventures when banks were denying them commercial credit.

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- Danista Hunte describes the biggest challenge in approaching race, equity, and inclusion at the foundation.
- Sheilah asks Hunte and Johnson whether the conversations about race at the foundation have ever gotten confrontational.
- Harry Johnson talks about seeing the same faces in civic leadership, and ideas for bringing new leaders into the fold.
- Danista Hunte describes mapping the city and finding many West Baltimore community associations either defunct or led by people in their 50s and 60s. She also talks about a BCF program that hopes to develop young leadership in these neighborhoods.
- Plus, the full, unedited interview (33:45).

audio/mpeg iconThe biggest challenge,
audio/mpeg iconDo conversations about race become confrontational?
audio/mpeg iconHarry Johnson on developing a new generation of civic leaders
audio/mpeg iconDanista Hunte on developing young leaders for defunct neighborhood ass'ns
audio/mpeg iconThe full, unedited interview.

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5-30-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

Exploring the new guidelines from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on background checks.

How and why the sand dunes of Mars move around the planet

Tom Hall talks with Darin Atwater, the founder of the Soulful Symphony, which is wrapping up its season this Friday with a tribute to Whitney Houston.


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