Bridging Gaps in Baltimore: The Embrace Initiative at UMB

Send us Fan MailExplore the transformative work happening at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) through the lens of EMBRACE — a civic engagement initiative led by executive director Kyla Liggett-Creel, PhD, LCSW-C, who is also a clinical associate professor at the University of Maryland Graduate School. Liggett-Creel shares her insights into creating pathways for community improvement and how EMBRACE facilitates connections among the University, nonprofits, and the communities they serve.Listeners will get a peek into EMBRACE’s main areas. They include:Healing Youth Alliance    •    Training youth to become peer educators, advocates, trainers, and consultants focusing on mental health and resilience.Youth Development    •    Working with youth who have been arrested for nonviolent offenses to provide mentoring and case management to support prosocial behaviors.Violence Reduction    •    Partnering with credible messengers and people with lived experience providing conflict resolution, crime/violence prevention, and resource management.Liggett-Creel also shares updates about the Eutaw Street Initiative, which is an innovative collaboration between UMB Police and Public Safety and social workers to support those in need on the streets. The initiative has a new home at the Embrace Resource Center at 55 N. Paca St.Tune in to learn more about how the EMBRACE initiative is making significant strides in civic engagement, community service, and fostering a collaborative environment for positive change in Baltimore. Whether you’re a community member, student, faculty, or simply interested in social impact, this episode offers valuable insights into the power of collective action and the importance of embracing and empowering communities. Links of interest from the show:Opening of the Embrace Resource CenterWays to Give to the Embrace InitiativeEmail Liggett-CreelListen to The UMB Pulse on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you like to listen. The UMB Pulse is also now on YouTube.Visit our website at umaryland.edu/pulse or email us at [email protected].