'Divided Baltimore' Class Welcomes Guest Speaker, Delegate Cory McCray, Oct. 3
September 27, 2016
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
Del. Cory McCray will give a presentation, "Building Relationships to Help Build Our Communities," as a guest speaker at the Monday, Oct. 3 edition of the University of Baltimore class, "Divided Baltimore: How Did We Get Here? Where Do We Go?" The class will be open to the public, but seating is limited and only students formally enrolled in the course are guaranteed a seat. The class will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Town Hall in UB's H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, 1415 Maryland Ave. The talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
Del. McCray is an organizer, entrepreneur and public servant who is actively involved in the effort to build a better Baltimore. In addition to representing the citizens of the 45th legislative district, he is a member of the Environment and Transportation Committee, where he serves on both the Housing and Real Property subcommittee and the Motor Vehicles and Transportation subcommittee. He is one of a select few chosen to serve on the Regional Revitalization Work Group, a group tasked with developing innovative ways to integrate the greater Baltimore metropolitan area.
In addition to his duties as a state delegate, McCray also works as an organizer for his local union and manages his own small business. Born and raised in Baltimore City, McCray currently lives in the Overlea community with his wife and four children.
McCray is the first of several guest speakers scheduled for this semester's "Divided Baltimore" class, which is being taught by Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences lecturer Ron Kipling Williams, M.F.A. '16. Now in its third semester, the interdisciplinary course was launched by the University last fall as a way to build on a historical understanding of how Baltimore became segregated, what that means for people who live on either side of the divide, why it is in everyone's self-interest to correct the problem, and how we might do so.
Learn more about the "Divided Baltimore" course.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the College of Public Affairs, the Merrick School of Business, the UB School of Law and the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.