The SB7 non-profit is all about giving the people a voice and having strength in numbers.
The organization was formed in 2017 to make sure each of the neighborhood associations maintained control of their communities while also providing for the people who live in them.
“We created this new entity in order to ensure that there’s resources being pumped into the South Baltimore communities,” says Chenire Carter.
Communities which were cut off from the main part of Baltimore City.
Cherry Hill, Brooklyn, Mount Winans, Lakeland, Westport, Curtis Bay, and the Baltimore Peninsula are all within city limits, yet many of the resources available to the communities are limited. Carter says that is where the non-profit steps in.
“Public safety, transportation, workforce development, education, housing, in the like. So, if you’re in need in any of those ways, but it’s also about economic development and moving these communities forward,” says Carter.
She says after years of working directly with people in these neighborhoods, SB7 wants to expand its efforts, but it needs the community’s involvement and feedback to do so.