Media and pop culture … like HBO’s current series, “We Own this City,” or from two decades ago, “The Wire” … help perpetuate a violent narrative about Baltimore. 

But Jamye Wooten intends to reframe the city’s reputation. The  nonprofit he created, called: Cllctivly, works to create and fund a network of people doing good, which tells a different story:

“Narrative goes hand in hand with resource mobilization and so narrative is important for us in our work. So we believe that we should be the ones - that folks within our communities should be the ones telling our own stories and making sure we’re highlighting the great work happening here in the city.”

Links: Cllctivly, Adaptive Village campaign, Bridgespan report about racial inequity in philanthropy.

Media and pop culture &hellip; like HBO&rsquo;s current series, &ldquo;We Own this City,&rdquo; or from two decades ago, &ldquo;The Wire&rdquo; &hellip; help perpetuate a violent narrative about Baltimore.&nbsp;
But Jamye Wooten intends to reframe the city&rsquo;s reputation. The&nbsp; nonprofit he created, called: Cllctivly, works to create and fund a network of people doing good, which tells a different story:
&ldquo;Narrative goes hand in hand with resource mobilization and so narrative is important for us in our work. So we believe that we should be the ones - that folks within our communities should be the ones telling our own stories and making sure we&rsquo;re highlighting the great work happening here in the city.&rdquo;
Links: <a href="https://cllctivly.org/">Cllctivly</a>, <a href="https://cllctivly.org/adaptive-village/">Adaptive Village campaign</a>, <a href="https://www.bridgespan.org/bridgespan/Images/articles/racial-equity-and-philanthropy/racial-equity-and-philanthropy.pdf">Bridgespan report about racial inequity in philanthropy.</a>

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