News from the Baltimore Wisdom Project

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On January 28, 2018, Gabriel Pickus appeared as a guest on a special broadcast of 21st Century Radio on WCBM 680 Baltimore. During the broadcast, Gabriel spoke with Dr. J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronymus, an award winning radio broadcaster, author, and activist, about his groundbreaking holistic educational work with the Baltimore Wisdom Project. Click here to listen to the entire radio presentation. Check back here soon for a written transcript of the radio broadcast. 

Gabriel Pickus, Ras Tre Subira, and the Baltimore Wisdom Project's groundbreaking Olam Ubuntu Youth Leadership Program was profiled in the Baltimore Jewish Times. Click here to read the article. "Samantha Saunders, 14, was looking for a sort of cultural exchange when she joined the youth group Olam Ubuntu, a program that brings Jewish and African-American adolescents together," says the article. "The program...unites Jewish and African-American youth between ages 12 and 15 for a curriculum that aims to build a foundation for social justice and actions in tweens and teens. {Gabriel and Ras Tre's]’ welcoming, warm demeanors are perfect for working with young people as was evident on a recent 'Toxic Tour' in East Baltimore." Now in its second year, the BWP's Olam Ubuntu Youth Leadership Program continues to build participants’ capacity for thoughtful intercultural dialogue.