PRESS: Reactions to “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart”: Crime, Race, Class and Neighborhoods

Source: The Marc Steiner Show | Original publication date: February 13, 2014

In February 2014, LBS CEO Adam Jackson sat down with The Marc Steiner Show to discuss the an article that appeared in the Baltimore Post-Examiner, titled “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart: This is why people leave,” Here were some of the other featured guests:

• Tim Barnett, founder of Baltimore Bike Party and author of a response to the aforementioned article, titled “Baltimore City: You’re Not Breaking My Heart. I’m not leaving“;

• Katie Long, Program Director and Hispanic Liaison of the Friends of Patterson Park;

• Hasdai Westbrook, Partner at ChangingMedia, a digital agency devoted to social change, and author of the blog post, “To #SaveBaltimore, Embrace the Wire“;

• Dr. Tara Bynum, assistant professor in the Department of English at Towson University;

• and Bobby Marvin Holmes, Youth Advocate for Baltimore Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (BYAP) and Producer of Live Young Blood, a documentary focused on the struggle to end youth violence.