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As a young professional living in Baltimore, I am often asked where I went to school. If you have lived in Baltimore for any amount of time, you know that I’m being asked about my high school. It is something ...

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When we think about networking as young professionals, we tend to think about “grabbing a cup of coffee.” Even those of us who are not coffee drinkers often rely on this phrase to facilitate a casual meet-up during business hours ...

“Connect. Thrive. Grow” is the mantra of the Fostering Change Network, an organization that takes the importance of networking and the value of experience and unites individuals with that experience to benefit alumni of the foster care system throughout the ...

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While this column often tries to emphasize the importance of charitable work not only to help your community but your career as a young professional, this week I want to talk about the value of anonymity. I learned this important ...

With spring bursting into bloom, we are all able to enjoy the sight of flowers. But flowers are important year-round: Law firms and other businesses send bouquets to clients to say thank you and to members of their own organizations ...

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Every child deserves a child advocacy center. If you don’t know about the Baltimore Child Abuse Center, you should. The center’s mission is to provide local victims of sexual abuse, trauma and other adverse childhood experiences and their non-offending caretakers ...

When I was in law school, students taking part in a trial program who did not wear “professional attire” had points deducted – prompting me to have a conversation with the professor. I said the term is understood differently by ...

Brittany Gause, who moved to Baltimore as an adult in 2015, attributes a lot of her ability to make a difference in a city that is relatively new to her to her decision to get involved in a specialty bar ...

With temperatures below freezing, we think more and more of the homeless. Recently — in partnership with Jewish Volunteer Connection, the Monumental Bar Association and the Harambee Center (formerly the Kid Safe Zone) — a group of volunteers created “blessing ...

The recent snowstorm gave me the opportunity to watch the Netflix series “Tidying Up,” which highlights how we can benefit from eliminating things from our life that do not “spark joy.” I started thinking about this at a large law ...

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