Intersection of Change

We are excited to welcome back Marlene Clarke as the program director of our Strength to Love II program! Fresh off celebration of her beloved Knicks winning the NBA championship, Marlene brings valuable leadership and workforce development expertise to our team!

Marlene brings management and operations leadership to this position along with expertise in service delivery, business development, and oversight of multiple program models and systems in the areas of workforce development, family supports and HIV/AIDS services. Her experience includes providing technical assistance, capacity building support, grant monitoring and government audits for various public and private entities in California, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland. Most recently she oversaw a multimillion-dollar portfolio of federally funded grants focusing on workforce development and alleviating food insecurity. Marlene was nominated by her peers and received The Maryland Workforce Association’s award for Leadership at their annual “Raising the Bar” conference, recognizing her workforce development accomplishments in Baltimore City. She enjoys long distance running and coaching entrepreneurs.

Intersection of Change Strength to Love II farm

We are excited to welcome back Marlene Clarke as the program director of our Strength to Love II program! Fresh off celebration of her beloved Knicks winning the NBA championship, Marlene brings valuable leadership and workforce development expertise to our team!

Marlene brings management and operations leadership to this position along with expertise in service delivery, business development, and oversight of multiple program models and systems in the areas of workforce development, family supports and HIV/AIDS services. Her experience includes providing technical assistance, capacity building support, grant monitoring and government audits for various public and private entities in California, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland. Most recently she oversaw a multimillion-dollar portfolio of federally funded grants focusing on workforce development and alleviating food insecurity. Marlene was nominated by her peers and received The Maryland Workforce Association’s award for Leadership at their annual “Raising the Bar” conference, recognizing her workforce development accomplishments in Baltimore City. She enjoys long distance running and coaching entrepreneurs.

Intern spotlight: Chari Molley

Introducing our second summer intern! Chari also comes to us through the MD Public Service Scholars program, which is a Maryland state program that provides students with paid internships at local nonprofits and state government offices.

Chari is a senior at Towson University with a major in Psychology and a minor in Family Science. Growing up in a single-parent household, she understands the ways in which communities often step up to support families when other systems fall short. Those experiences sparked her interest in understanding how community-based organizations can empower individuals and create opportunities for growth and resilience in the face of adversity. She is excited to be joining Intersection of Change because of its commitment to meeting people where they are and providing resources that strengthen individuals, families, and communities.

In honor of our Martha’s Place Open House today, we want to do a throwback to our very first Intersection of Change fundraiser in 1999. We gathered the community in what became the living room of our main Martha’s Place house (though it looks pretty different now)! Tonight, come see the continuation of the work that fundraiser began more than 25 years ago.

🗓️ June 11th | 4:30-7pm
📍 1928 Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore, MD

Here’s a preview of our garden, where our Open House tomorrow will be! Come enjoy this beautiful green space with the community and learn more about our program! 💚🌼🌷🌸🌿🪴

🗓️ June 11th | 4:30-7pm
📍 1928 Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore, MD

Intern spotlight: André Vincent

We’re excited to introduce the first of our summer interns in this intern spotlight! Intersection of Change is fortunate to be able to host several interns every summer through collaboration with community partners. André comes to us through the program, which is a Maryland state program that provides students with paid internships at local nonprofits and state government offices.

André is a graduate student in the Master of Public Management program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership. His background includes work in higher education, public service, and nonprofit leadership development, most recently serving as Graduate Coordinator for the Rawlings Undergraduate Leadership Fellows Program. He is excited to join Intersection of Change because of its holistic approach to addressing poverty through recovery support, workforce development, community revitalization, and the arts.

Join us this Saturday, May 30 at our Strength to Love II farm to support our community farm stand run by our youth workforce development participants!

Join us tomorrow for our Jubilee Arts program's end of session celebration from 6-8pm here to see the vibrancy of our work in action!

Big thanks to The Commercial Group for their support with 60 yards of mulch at our farm and greenspaces! Extra thanks to their employee Andy who brought in a skid loader to help spread all this mulch around!