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WELCOME

TO

THE B- S I D E

“ I SEE BALTIMORE WITH LOVE AND REVERENCE. IT IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT IS RESILIENT, CREATIVE AND DEEPLY HUMAN. WHEN PEOPLE CHALLENGE WHAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS CITY, I DO NOT ARGUE. I TELL MY STORY.”
AUNDREA COLBERT, BORN AND RAISED IN WEST BALTIMORE