Civic Engagement

You can make a difference in Baltimore!

There are many ways to get involved in making our city better, while having fun and meeting other like-minded Baltimoreans- sign up for a clean up day or Community on Patrol (COP) through your community association, tutor young people after school, serve as a mentor, use your professional skills to help a non-profit.

BVU’s Volunteer Central is a great resource to find an organization you want to support, or to search for volunteers for your own local effort.   Our city schools recently put a call out for 500 volunteers to improve our city schools and mentor our students.   

Baltimore City’s Department of Planning also has a detailed directory of community associations in Baltimore including city-wide nonprofits, community associations and block groups.

”Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”
    Martin Luther King Jr.

Links

• Americorps
• Baltimore Bioneers
• Bar Association of Baltimore City Lawyer Referral and Information Service 
• Bar Association of Baltimore City Legal Services to the Elderly Program
• Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland
• Civic Works
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Experience Corps
• Global Service Corps
• Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (MANO)
• More in the Middle – Associated Black Charities
• The B'MORE Fund
• Volunteers of America

Voting

You can register to vote at any library, firehouse or local or state government office.  Simply fill out a voter registration form and mail it in to the Board of Elections.  Make sure to sign the form! 

Read more about primary and general elections also on the Board of Elections website.  In the State of Maryland, you must be registered with one of the 5 currently recognized political parties in order to vote in primary elections to choose that party's candidate.  If you are not affiliated with a political party, you will be eligible to vote in the general elections. 

• Find your Baltimore City Council District
• Register to Vote!