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From councilman Zeke:
Hello Neighbors,
I wanted to provide some additional context on the meeting about reducing sex work and opioid use in Highlandtown. I am not looking to spark a larger debate, but illuminate the approach we are taking. For several years, residents in the Highlandtown and Baltimore Highlands neighborhoods have dealt with a variety of problems associated with extensive drug activity and sex work that takes place in and around the Highland Ave and Conkling St corridors. These problems stem, in large part, from sex work, sex trafficking, poverty, opioid addiction, and other forms of substance abuse. No one should have to live in fear of what is going on outside their doorstep.
In dealing with these types of deeply rooted challenges, my office has experienced the greatest level of success through organizing collaboration between appropriate agencies, elected officials, and community. Tomorrow, I am convening a meeting with several community members, Delegate Robbyn Lewis, and representatives from BPD's Southeastern District, BPD's Vice Unit, Turn Around, the Health Department, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the State's Attorney's Office, the Southeast CDC, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, and the SPARC Center. We will discuss the ongoing concerns shared by community members and then we will direct our attention to the resources we can leverage to address these problems. My goal is for each party to come out with clear commitments and action steps.
I love Highlandtown. It is an incredible, diverse, vibrant community, filled with artists, educators, entrepreneurs. Highlandtown has seen significant investment in the past few years, largely anchored by community members who have stepped up and fought for change. My commitment is that I will continue to work tirelessly to continue to improve quality of life. It would be disingenuous to claim a quick solution to the problems we are facing. This effort will take time and it will require ongoing dedication from all parties. However, we have seen this strategy succeed in making discernible progress in the past, from targeting drug houses on Leverton Ave, to dealing with sex work in Graceland Park.
If you are interested in learning more about this effort and the ways in which you can get involved, please email me at xxx and my Director of Civic Engagement, Joshua, at xxx. I will report out next action steps after the meeting.
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Fairhaven Wednesday Morning
Had to be in Baltimore City early Wednesday, so I came home by way of Curtis Bay and looped around Fairhaven a few times for old times sake. This was around 9-10 am.
I don't know how many of you venture out in the morning hours, but the area was crawling with talent. Unfortunately, I didn't bring any cash and couldn't stick around. But I saw almost a dozen WSW's along the main roads and various side streets. Didn't get any names, but most looked a lot better than they did in my heyday there, which was 10-15 years ago.
Previously, I'd only driven around Fairhaven / Pennington in the late afternoons and evenings. It never occurred to me to go early. But if and when I go back, I will make a morning run instead.
Followup for highlandtown meeting via Zeke, useful info
This afternoon, I convened a meeting about sex work and opioid use in Highlandtown, with ten residents and business owners from the Highlandtown and Baltimore Highlands neighborhoods and representatives from BPD's Southeastern District, BPD's Vice Unit, Turn Around, the Health Department, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the State's Attorney's Office, the Southeast CDC, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, Johns Hopkins University and the SPARC Center. I want to thank everyone who participated in the meeting, including Robbyn Lewis and representatives from Councilman Brandon Scott's office.
The community members painted a clear picture of the problems associated with extensive drug activity and sex work taking place in and around the Highland Ave and Conkling St corridors. Their input was critical as the group then discussed current efforts and made commitments to actions they will take moving forward. We all collectively acknowledged that no single agency can solve these challenges, but it will require ongoing commitment from all parties including community. Those commitments are listed below.
- My office will continue to coordinate all parties involved and will reconvene this group after a couple months to assess our progress. We will also work with the appropriate City agencies to identify effective strategies to tackle chronic illegal dumping in the neighborhood.
- Delegate Lewis, as a resident of Southeast Baltimore, will contribute to ongoing community initiatives in the area. As one of our state representatives, she will also fight for the additional harm reduction resources we need from our state government.
- BPD leadership in the Southeastern District has secured a dedicated Hispanic liaison for Southeast Baltimore and will request their assistance in building relationships with the Hispanic community in Highlandtown and Baltimore Highlands. They will begin creating profiles of suspected sex workers and "Johns". Officers already deployed in Highlandtown will be strategically shifted to respond to the concerns raised by community members.
- BPD Vice will assist Turn Around staff in connecting directly with sex workers during their operations.
- Turn Around will work with community members to organize walks in the area to inform sex workers of resources available to them. They will also work closely with BPD's Vice Unit.
- The Southeast CDC will help organize community events in the area, in collaboration with the local community associations.
- The Health Department will continue their outreach on Mondays and Wednesdays on overdose awareness and they will request assistance from partner health organizations in an effort to direct additional resources to the area.
- The Department of Housing and Community Development will collect the addresses of the worst "problem properties" from community members and will work with BPD to pursue drug and other nuisance cases against the worst offenders.
- The SPARC Center and JHU researchers will assist Turn Around in distributing information on resources available to sex workers.
- Community members will create small cards they can distribute to sex workers outlining resources available to them. They will collect the license plate numbers for vehicles of suspected "Johns" and pimps and work with BPD and the Community Law Center to discuss the renewal of a "Dear John" letter campaign. Community members will also identify the most severe "problem properties" in the area and provide that information to the Housing Department for targeted action.
- The State's Attorney's Office and the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice will provide information to community members on the differences between sex trafficking and prostitution. They also offered to speak at local community association meetings about the work of the City of Baltimore's Human Trafficking Collaborative.
I am encouraged by the resilience of our community. I am confident that intense collaboration will begin to address these deeply rooted problems. Things will not change overnight, but when communities, elected leaders, agencies, businesses and organizations work together we can tackle even our most challenging issues. If you are interested in getting involved in the work ahead, please email me at xxx.
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