by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Mar 17, 2025 | Baltimore, Black Church, Church Garden, Students, Youth & Young Adults
On a crisp Saturday morning, March 8, 2025, a group of compassionate and determined Bucknell University students led by Rev. Kurt Nelson, the school’s Director of Religious & Spiritual Life and Chaplain for the Protestant Community, joined us at New Creation...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Jan 22, 2025 | Baltimore, Community Organizing, Events
Monday, January 20, 2025 was a different kind of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday because it was also the presidential inauguration day for Donald Trump. We gathered as a community to celebrate those who labored in the Black Freedom Struggle from various...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Sep 28, 2024 | Baltimore, Maryland
Searchable Map of Baltimore’s food banks with name, address, and hours and days the food bank is open. You can search for instance by typing “Mon” and get the results of all of the food banks that are open on Mondays, or “21215” and get...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Sep 21, 2024 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Church Garden, Community Organizing, Maryland, Operation Higher Ground, The Network
I’m trying to be more intentional about sharing the steps that I and we take at The Black Church Food Security Network (BCFSN) to further food justice in local communities through the work of African American congregations. This is not only to help support...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Sep 10, 2024 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Church Garden, Community Organizing, Maryland, New Beginnings, The Network
Earlier this year, I announced that we would be putting even greater focus on making our hometown of Baltimore a demonstration site for what grassroots, faith-led food justice work looks like. Many of our member churches in our city became inactive or inconsistent...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Sep 9, 2024 | Baltimore, Community Organizing, Maryland
We are fortunate to be in partnership with an organization called Out For Justice (OFJ). This organization was founded by a group of formerly incarcerated individuals who were ready and willing to work but repeatedly denied employment due to their criminal record....
