Our next rally will be at the intersection of Northern Parkway and Charles Street. Let's fill all four corners of the intersection with our messages: Black Lives Matter! Stand Up for Immigrant Justice!
GEDCO/CARES provides about 4,100 people with emergency food and financial aid every year along with permanent housing services and job placement assistance. The inspiration for GEDCO began in 1984, when seven pastors of different denominations along the York Road corridor got together to address the housing crisis for older adults in northern Baltimore City. GEDCO was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1991 and opened CARES in 1994. Thirty-one years later, the need for emergency food and financial assistance is greater than ever with the cuts to governmental assistance programs proposed and enacted by the current administration.
– From John Lewis' 2017 memoir, "Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America"