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Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services - Ongoing Outreach
Community Outreach
The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood and Constituent Services' work program includes an aggressive community outreach component which consists of both attending and participating in community meetings and tours of communities, with spirited follow-up to issues. In the first six years the Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services participated in 3766 community meetings and tours.
While actively participating in community meetings throughout the City of Baltimore, the neighborhood liaisons act as representatives of the Mayor and work for and with the community representatives to make sure that the city is responsive to their needs. Because of the liaisons' interaction with the communities and city agencies, many community concerns have been prioritized and handled in a more timely fashion. Many initiatives of the city have also been communicated to the communities through the Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services. The liaisons help communities become familiar with the city and its processes so that community associations and members are able to work with the city better in handling concerns.
Neighborhood Liaison Assignments
Neighborhood Liaisons are assigned to geographic sectors. The liaisons have established strong relationships with community leaders. This allows community sentiment to be a strengthened and integral part of consideration when policies are made at the highest levels of city government. In addition to the Neighborhood Liaisons, other staff of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods have an equally important function. Neighborhood Liaison assignments and the functional assignment of other Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services' staff are shown below.
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LIASONS
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Outreach to Ethnic Community
The Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services, as part of its work program and as a directive from the Mayor, has reached out to the ethnic communities of Baltimore City. This is being done to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of these communities and how city services can best address needs that are identified. Recent meetings have been held with the Islamic community, the Jewish community and the Sikh community. The Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods and Constituent Services is working with the Community Relations Commission in this effort.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &
Transgender Task Force
The task force was created in 2001 by the Mayor to study the
needs of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community
in Baltimore and make recommendations as to how City services
can be improved to create a safe and welcoming environment for
the GLBT community. The task force is comprised of residents,
business owners, leaders of non-profit organizations from Baltimore
and across the region as well as representatives from city agencies. Issues the task force has undertaken include public safety,
health, outreach and battling discrimination.
The task force is currently working with Baltimore City Police Department representatives to create a video and materials to be used during training exercises to increase sensitivity to GLBT issues and understanding of available resources.
Chairman Bryan Stark can be reached via email at btstark@gmail.com and the Mayor's representative on the Task Force, Anthony McCarthy, can be reached at anthony.mccarthy@baltimorecity.gov.
Please contact either Mr. Stark or Mr. McCarthy for more information or if you'd like to become a member of the Task Force.