Public Allies Maryland is an AmeriCorps program of the Social Work Community Outreach Service of the University of Maryland School of Social Work
Class of 2012-2013
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New Leadership for New Times
Public Allies’ Mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities,
non-profits, and civic participation. We are changing the face and practice of leadership
in communities across the country to meet the demands of changing times.
Public Allies in Maryland
Public Allies Maryland is a program of the Social Work Community Outreach Service
(SWCOS) of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. We launched our
program in October of 2009 with a class of 20 Allies. The Allies featured in the pages
that follow are members of our fourth class; they began their service on October 1,
2012 and will graduate on July 31, 2013.
Who are the Allies?
The Public Allies Model
Our 10-month signature AmeriCorps program includes:
1
Full-time apprenticeships
in local nonprofit organizations or public agencies
Where Allies create, improve and expand services that address diverse issues such
as education, economic opportunity, healthy futures, and the environment.
Allies are matched with nonprofit organizations and public agencies using a
thorough matching process.
2
A rigorous leadership development curriculum
that includes
:
Intensive weekly skill training and leadership development seminars.
Critical feedback, reflection, and personal coaching toward individual
performance and professional goals.
Community building and service opportunities with a diverse cohort of peers.
Team Service Projects created and implemented using an asset-based comm
unity development approach that benefit local communities.Through the Public Allies program, Allies:
Serve as full-time AmeriCorps Members
Receive a $15,000 living stipend, $5,550
Education Award, health care, and other
benefits if eligible
Turn their passion into a viable career path
Public Allies are talented young
adults, ages 18-30, from diverse and
under-represented backgrounds
who
have a passion to make a difference.
Keith Holley
Renee is supporting GLSEN Baltimore’s Safe Space for All program by facilitating classroom sessions at middle schools on anti-bullying. She is assisting in curriculum development as well as developing meas-urement tools to collect data on the program. Renee is also facilitating presentations for school staff on LGBTQ issues and creating a bibliography for the school library for LGBT youth. Lastly, Renee is re-cruiting volunteers from local colleges and High Schools.
Renee Stainrod
Alan Mclain
Reni Lawal
Keith is the Student Support Liaison for Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts. He is working with high-risk students who have been referred to the student support team because of chronic absentee-ism, behavioral issues, etc. He is monitoring these students, conducting home visits, and connecting the families to resources.
As the Admissions and Community Outreach Coordi-nator for the SEED School, Alan coordinates and or-ganizes various activities for the admissions depart-ment. This includes a new focus on identifying and attending community events throughout the state for recruitment purposes. Alan is creating a new initia-tive to bring 5th graders from to tour the SEED School, and will document all progress in a new de-partmental standard operating procedures.
In her role as Task Force Manager, Reni is improving the quality of Central Baltimore Partnerships (CBP’s) Task Force programs by engaging members who work to improve community issues, including: Housing, Public Safety, Sanitation, Greening, and Code Enforcement. Reni is assessing the commu-nity’s needs to ensure the Task Forces are targeting relevant issues as well as conducting recruitment and outreach for new members.
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Amber Jones
As the Family Wealth Advocate, Amber works one-on-one with low income Baltimore families and adults—using the Earn Benefits Online tool she connects them to income-enhancing benefits, such as food stamps, childcare subsidies, health insur-ance and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Amber follows up with clients to ensure they have accessed benefits. Additionally she is facilitating trainings about healthy finances.
Cierra McCoy
Antoinella Peterkin
Antoinella is serving as a liaison with the depart-ment of Social Services to recruit and enroll middle school aged foster youth into Higher Achievement programs. She is attending foster care events, con-ducting outreach, building partnerships, and com-pleting one-on-one follow up with foster care fami-lies to ensure that youth successfully apply, enroll, and attend Higher Achievement.
As Workforce Technology Coordinator, Cierra is supporting the efforts of Maryland New Directions’ Computer Lab. She is assisting with recruiting, in-terviewing and orienting new volunteers, then managing and supporting them in their work. She is also recruiting clients to attend the computer classes as well as planning and teaching both basic and intermediate level computer skills classes.
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Angelo Williams
Angelo is the Program Coordinator for Project PLASE; he works directly with homeless citizens in the transitional housing program. Angelo is design-ing and coordinatdesign-ing life skills traindesign-ings, organizdesign-ing social activities for residents, and recruiting volun-teers who will serve as mentors and job coaches to the homeless residents. Angelo is also working to build an Alumni Association to support the sustain-ability of Project PLASE.
Franklin is serving as the Student Support Monitor at MATHS Public Charter School. Franklin provides services to students and families in order to im-prove the attendance of chronically late and ab-sent students and students with chronic behavior problems. He is also revising the performance man-agement systems for MATHS students, which in-cludes attendance and suspension data on students.
Donald Eaddy
Elizabeth Kraus
Elisa Urtiaga
Franklin Young
As the Community Educator for Casa de Maryland, Elisa creates and implements charlas (community workshops) about college access for the immigrant/ non-citizen community. She is establishing part-nerships with schools with ESOL programs in Bal-timore City, BalBal-timore County, and Anne Arundel County in order to host these charlas. Elisa also provides follow-up to students and families to en-sure they take advantage of college preparatory and financial resources.
In her role as Assistant Volunteer Manager, Lis is responsible for three main aspects of the volunteer program at Movable Feast: volunteer recruitment, the development of volunteer profiles, and facilitat-ing volunteer management. She reaches out to community groups with the goal of recruiting and retaining new volunteers. Liz also orients, trains, and supervises volunteers that come to work at Movable Feast.
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As the Volunteer Outreach Coordinator for Busi-ness Volunteers Unlimited (BVU), Donald is responsible for smooth delivery of BVU’s Pencil Program which connects skilled business volun-teers to Baltimore city schools. Donald also admin-isters Baltimore City’s Volunteer Central by con-necting citizens seeking volunteer opportunities to local nonprofit organizations as well as helping nonprofits shape volunteer descriptions.
Kevin is serving as the Community Asset Builder and is working to expand the reach of Central Balti-more Partnership north of 25th street. He is meeting with community and neighborhood groups in the area and working to engage the new members and agencies into existing taskforces. In particular, Kevin is working with Johns Hopkins to realize community engagement and service ideas.
Haley Bandier
Jordan Paley
Joanna Parmer
Kevin Paul
In her role as Community Engagement Coordina-tor, Joanna serves as the main point of contact for any community member interested in volunteering at or engaging with the SEED School of Maryland. She is streamlining the existing volunteer process with a special emphasis on the tutoring program. Joanna will also manage SEED’s external presence online and attend networking events in order to increase community engagement.
As the Academic Coordinator for SquashWise, Jor-dan is expanding the reach of the organization's intensive academic tutoring program by developing new resources and services offered to students in the after-school program. Jordan works with SquashWise students in daily sessions comprised of academic tutoring and enrichment curricula, she tracks student progress, supports students and teachers in partner schools, leads field trips, and manages volunteers and mentors.
As Village Coordinator for CHAI Baltimore, Haley supports the new Village program—an initiative aid-ing seniors agaid-ing in their homes in Northwest Balti-more—by creating systems of volunteer support. Haley is organizing neighborhood leaders who will own and run the Village process as well as recruiting and engaging new volunteers and potential business partners that can offer discounted services.
As the Senior Case Manager at Charm City Clinic, Leichelle manages the day-to-day operations of the clinic and assists walk-in clients as they arrive. As a case manager, Leichelle completes client intakes, then works with client through the eligibility and ap-plication process for health care resources. Leichelle also supervises student volunteer case managers who are in the office during clinic hours and assists Charm City Clinic with community outreach.
Nadja Bentley– Hammond
Nyasha Dixon
Nick Jones
Leichelle Smith
As the Outreach Coordinator for Youth Empowered Society (YES) Drop-in Center, Nick recruits 14-25 year olds at risk for or currently experiencing home-lessness through presentations, online communica-tions and one-on-one conversacommunica-tions. Nick also serves as a Peer Counselor and completes intake and provides case management services to youth home-less clients at the Center.
In her role as the Youth Outreach and Advocacy Co-ordinator for the Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center (MFYRC), Nyasha conducts outreach to Bal-timore Homeless and Foster Youth to share about the services of the center. She then works with youth that come to the center by completing intake, case management and follow up services. Finally, Nyasha facilitates life skills classes and support groups. As the Activities Coordinator for the Youth Empow-ered Society (YES) Drop-in Center, Nadja develops and facilitates life skills, recruitment, and resource workshops for homeless youth as well as supports volunteers who deliver workshops. Nadja also serves as a Peer Counselor and completes intake and pro-vides case management services to youth homeless clients at the Center.
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Shannon Daley
Shannon Marshall
Shannon is creating a story bank for the Just Kids Partnership program at Community Law in Action (CLIA) to put a face to the issue of youth charged as adults in the Justice System. Shannon is interview-ing and documentinterview-ing youth and families involved in CLIA’s programs and will turn the Story Bank into outreach materials such as brochures and a website, as well as attend community events to distribute the materials.
As the Youth Program Assistant Shannon is creat-ing and expandcreat-ing My Brothers Keeper’s new Youth Programs. Shannon is facilitating activities within three programs- Circle of Dreamers, Youth Leader-ship Team, and APEX- which work with K-12 stu-dents in school and out of school in the Irvington neighborhood of West Baltimore. Shannon will col-lect data and evaluate program activities and will document program events and successes and help to spread the word, and recruit youth via social media. Oyinade is the Outreach Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake. She focuses on volunteer outreach by recruiting Big Brother and Big Sister mentors for youth ages 8-18 years old. She plans recruitment events, assists in partnership de-velopment and manages an online database of volun-teers. Oyinade has a special focus on a new campaign for Black Male Achievement, which provides male mentors for boys on the waiting list.
Zach Bradley
Zach is serving as the Squash and Volunteer Coordi-nator for Baltimore Squashwise. Zach is expanding the squash, fitness and nutrition curriculum, includ-ing teambuildinclud-ing exercises and lessons on sports-manship and athleticism with a team of High School students. He works with 30-40 Baltimore City Stu-dents in daily squash programming, fitness activi-ties, tournament planning, and pre/post testing of athletic progress . Zach also recruits, orient and train volunteers for SquashWise’s programs.Meet The Allies
Taeketra Haynes
60% Age 21-23
20% Age24-25
20% Age 26-28
68% Female
32% Male
28% LGBT Identify
60% Bachelors Degree
32% Some College
8% HS Diploma/GED
60% Black
32% White
4% Hispanic
4% Other
Allies residence at
time of application:
68% Baltimore City
24% Other Counties in
Maryland
8% Out of State
This year’s class:
In her role as Community Conversations Outreach Coordinator, Taeketra is developing a program of Community Conversations designed to improve in-tergroup relations and understanding amongst neighbors in CHAI's five neighborhoods of North-west Baltimore City. This involves engaging a lead-ership group of volunteers who are designing the community conversations that create a safe space for kids and/or adults.
