SOURCE
SOURCE is the community engagement and service-learning center for the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine.
SOURCE’s mission is to engage the Johns Hopkins University health professional schools and Baltimore communities in mutually beneficial partnerships that promote health and social justice.
We also serve as a channel for student, faculty and staff involvement with community organizations, and local projects.
SOURCE has a particular, but not exclusive, focus on East Baltimore neighborhoods in close proximity to the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus.
News from SOURCE
Complete our Annual Community Engagement Survey
SOURCE is surveying students and postdocs from the JHU Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine in order to determine students’ perceptions of community engagement and its place in the curriculum, qualify students’ perceived benefits and barriers to community engagement, and help refine future programming from SOURCE. Responses are anonymous. You will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a chance to win a SWAG BAG!
Now accepting proposals from CBO partners for 2024-25 Baltimore Action Projects
Baltimore Action Projects are a part of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, which specifically focuses on five areas affecting public health in the U.S.: Addiction and Overdose, Adolescent Health, Environmental Challenges, Food Systems and Health, and Violence. A Baltimore Action Project is a project identified by a current SOURCE partnering CBO which directly connects to an Initiative focus area. Propsoals are due Tues, June 18. Questions? Join our live mnline CBO Info Session on Thurs, May 30 at 11 am via Zoom.
Congratulations to our Star of the Month for April 2024, Sahithi Madireddy from the School of Medicine! Sahithi is a SOURCE Service Scholar working with our partners at Green and Healthy Homes Initiative to support electrification efforts for Baltimore residents. Read our interview below to learn more about her experience working with our community!
Upcoming Events
SOURCE hosts a wide range of different events throughout the academic year, both in person and virtually, to highlight the incredible work that our partner community-based organizations (CBOs) across Baltimore are doing to address health disparities in the city, as well as the collaborations which are happening between our partners and Hopkins students, faculty and staff. Visit our YouTube page to learn more about our partner CBOs, watch previous panel discussions about issues facing Baltimore communities, and learn how you can get involved!
Our Values
Reciprocity
To exchange with others for mutual benefit
Justice
To promote fair and equitable treatment for all
Service
To be of service to others
Collaboration
To work with others intentionally