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Maryland lawmakers pass ‘transformational reform’ to compensation for crime victims
Dylan Segelbaum / The Baltimore Banner
April 9, 2024

Many crime victims are denied compensation in Maryland. A bill would overhaul the process.
Dylan Segelbaum, The Baltimore Banner
March 8, 2024
ROAR Center Peer Healing Circle: A new video shows how Black men are helping each other heal from the trauma of gun violence
ROAR Staff
February 23, 2024
ROAR urges passage of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Reform Act
ROAR Staff
February 9, 2024

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Nonprofit restoring Mitchell family home as part of revival of Baltimore’s Upton community
Jonathan Pitts
The Baltimore Sun
February 5, 2024
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/02/05/beloved-nonprofit-restoring-mitchell-family-home-as-part-of-upton-revival/
ROAR: A Lifeline for Survivors of Crime in Baltimore City
The Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
October 23, 2023
https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/roar-lifeline-survivors-crime-baltimore-city
While police stalled in serving a warrant, a victim of abuse was killed
Hallie Miller
The Baltimore Banner
July 28, 2023
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/lakisha-wheeler-warrant-delay-Z2CXXBK4YRB6TPJ3GZOWE2SGMI/
They were wounded in a mass shooting. Then Baltimore Police seized their belongings.
Ben Conarck
The Baltimore Banner
July 25, 2023
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/brooklyn-homes-shooting-victims-evidence-LJXD3OYAK5FZBECFFR3HDOQI2U/
Baltimore Law Offices of Juanita Jackson Mitchell to Be Restored
Marianne Dhenin
National Trust for Historic Preservation
July 14, 2023
https://savingplaces.org/stories/mitchell-law-offices-restored
Beloved Community Services Corporation on a mission to revitalize Mitchell family home and law office
Megan Sayles
The Afro
May 11, 2023
https://afro.com/beloved-community-services-corporation-on-a-mission-to-revitalize-mitchell-family-home-and-law-office/
Maryland legislators announce $1.75 million to restore historical law office in Upton
Tashi McQueen
The Afro
April 21, 2023
https://afro.com/maryland-legislators-announce-1-75-million-to-restore-historical-law-office-in-upton/
Office of Maryland’s first Black woman lawyer to be restored as legal hub in West Baltimore
Penelope Blackwell
The Baltimore Banner
April 17, 2023
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/baltimore/west-baltimore/office-of-marylands-first-black-woman-lawyer-to-be-restored-as-legal-hub-in-west-baltimore-PYMIVU4H6FC5VMP4XUB4OBTN5E/
$1.75 Million announced to revitalize office of Juanita Jackson Mitchell
Alex Glaze
WJZ News / CBS News Baltimore
April 17, 2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/1-75-million-announced-to-revitalize-office-of-juanita-jackson-mitchell/
C4 and Bryan Nehman: Congressman Kweisi Mfume discusses the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Legal Center
C4 and Bryan Nehman
WBAL News Radio
April 17, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGDTNTL44Ic
Overall crime in Maryland is going down, but homicides and rapes are rising
Victoria A. Ifatusin
Capital News Service
March 16, 2023
https://cnsmaryland.org/2023/03/16/overall-crime-in-maryland-is-going-down-but-homicides-and-rapes-are-rising/
Who is making sure victims of crime are cared for?
The Daily Record
March 10, 2023
https://thedailyrecord.com/2023/03/10/caring-for-victims-of-crime/