Leadership Baltimore County Hopes and Dreams ( LBC Class of 2021)
• Honor diversity voices. Work. Equally weight our voices. Beware of negotiation of power.
• Hope. There are two sides to every story.
• A robust public relations campaign for police. Change in politicians. Solutions to the opiate crisis.
• Hope is kindness to all.
• Avoiding group think and going with existing systems because we aren’t sure if or how we can challenge them.
• Less polarization and more compassion. What do we have in common?
• Accountability.
• I hope everyone sets to experience walking in one’s shoes.
• Awareness of power dynamics.
• I hope that we ignite an opportunity to write the Baltimore County community in a way that all can live well and be well.
• Training for all in PTSD + Trauma informed care and practices in workplace.
• Respect perspectives. Ask questions + listen to stories. Empathy.
• My hope is that external voices no longer override personal relationships.
• I dream that one day we can dismantle systemic racism that has pervaded many of the foundations of institutions that serve as the bedrock of out community.
• More experimental with de-escalation.
• Thankful we live in a time we can express our true selves.
• Grow with focus on awareness mutual respect and community commitment t to being a great place to live in, work, and raise a family.
• Empathy.
• Less gun violence. Real opportunities for all.
• Hope + dream for equity.
• More consultation with police forces from other countries.
• I hope the stigma of first responders needing mental health services actually goes away.
• I hope that people, organizations, companies and communities all take a visitor interest to working together to imprint our communities and human conditions.
• Not colorblind but color ambiguous. Neutral playing field. Opportunity. Selection for skill + talent.
• Culturally awake.
• Hope and dream that as a community we address the issues at a deeper level so that everyone feels safe.
• Kindness.
• I hope that we begin to address true root causes of problems. Poverty, systemic racism, bad drugs policy, and gun control. Stop asking police to solve these problems.
• Hopes that more people will engage in this courageous conversation so that people can begin to open their “fellow people” and learn to agree to disagree rather than hate and have respect for all.
• I hope to continue listening, learning, and improving my understanding and awareness of others. I hope to begin the conversation open and going.
• Open minded.
• Get to the core of an individual and ask more questions. Leaders that make the wrong decision should apologize.
• Actual conversation built in openness and empathy.
• Understanding.
• I hope that funding becomes available for tide-along social workers.
• Awareness of the true impacts of systems + structures.
• Return of civility.
• All lives are treated equal.
• Be kind and understanding to one another.
• Respect.
• Equal opportunity.
• Equitable community.
• Our country becomes more united.
• Hope for my black + brown family to be safe everywhere.
• A would where empathy leads.
• Equality.
• Let’s be citizens of the world.
• Appreciate the 99% of positive interactions by our public servants + communities.
• Clear the slate when we meet people. assumptions cause us to miss opportunities from learning from one another.
• Peace.
• Dream of society that takes on challenges openly + respects others.
• Dreams that my great grandchildren will not experience what my children & grandchildren have experienced.
• Harder lobby against automatic weapons.
• I hope people see each other as first and lead with love and an open heart.
• Hope is to hear from all sides and listen for understanding.
• More social workers on police forces.
• Be authentic without blow back.
• More understanding.
• Build a future of peace, where people of all races can live in harmony.