Page 13 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 2 2024

Building the Future Together with Communities
The Port of Baltimore values, supports and regularly works with its community partners, such as Filbert Street Garden and Turner Station Conservation Teams, to benefit Marylanders in various ways.
Another partner is the City of Refuge in South Baltimore, led by Founder and Executive Director Billy Humphrey. Located in Curtis Bay, this organization addresses food insecurity and homelessness, unemployment, youth vulnerability and other crises faced by local residents.
During boots-on-the-ground outreach for the Masonville Dredged Material Containment Facility
and Masonville Cove, City of Refuge was one of the first organizations to engage with the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), opening its doors to host the MPA and lead community meetings. “I remember [the MPA] talking about the Masonville Cove project. And I thought to myself, ‘Here we go again. South Baltimore is getting dumped on again.’ [That first impression] has turned
into this wonderful asset, not just to our community, but to our state, to our city... And it’s taken some time. But this process that you’ve put in place is working,” said
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the keynote speech at the 2023 DMMP Annual Meeting as part of the Port community and representing partnership opportunities.
Humphrey, the keynote speaker at the 2023 Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP) Annual Meeting.
Humphrey has been a leader in bringing hope to his community and connecting them to the Cove for more than 15 years. His wife Sarah was also pivotal in designing the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center and served as one of the first front-desk staff members in the new building.
The MPA is grateful to partners like Humphrey and the City of Refuge for their input, counsel and support as it continues its environmental justice work in underserved communities. 
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