PORTRAITS NOW LINE THE WALLS OF THE PEEL COMMUNITY MUSEUM CALLED THE GUARDIANS PRESERVING OUR LEGACY EXHIBITION. THE GUARDIANS OF BALTIMORE IS A STORYTELLING AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTO PROJECT THAT UPLIFTS 25 BLACK WOMEN LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE REALLY DOING THE WORK TO IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FIGHT FOR RESOURCES FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. SATURDAY, BALTIMORE CELEBRATED 12 NEW GUARDIANS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND ORAL HISTORIES OF THE WOMEN LEADERS CAPTURED BY BALTIMORE ARTIST. BUT I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE TO STAY HERE IN BALTIMORE TO TELL THE STORY OF WHERE I’M FROM AND THE FOLK THAT COME FROM WHERE I COME FROM, TO HAVE MY ACCENT THAT GREW UP IN ROWHOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT’S LIKE I JUST WANT TO JUST STAY TRUE TO MY CULTURE. SO THIS PROJECT WAS PERFECT FOR ME. GUARDIAN SAMEERA FRANKLIN MENTORS YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MUSLIM GIRLS, HELPING THEM FOSTER THEIR IDENTITY AS OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE WISDOM. WE NEED TO POUR INTO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER FOUR YOUTH WERE SHOT IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN BALTIMORE FRIDAY, A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL AND 17 YEAR OLD BOY AND 216 YEAR OLD BOYS. FRANKLIN SAYS IT’S TIME FOR MORE PEOPLE TO STEP UP IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I WOULD CHARGE EVERYONE IN OUR CITY TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND IDLY BY? AND WHEN THE CHANGE IS COMING AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO REAP WHAT THEY SOW AND THAT REALLY JUST MEANS BE A PART OF THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON BALTIMORE. THE EXHIBITION IS ON DISPLAY AT THE PEEL THROU

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‘The Guardians: Preserving Our Legacy’ exhibit honors Black women leaders

Baltimore celebrated 12 new guardians Saturday whose portraits now line the walls of The Peale Community Museum.”The Guardians: Preserving Our Legacy” exhibit honors Black women who spend their lives fighting for better, healthier communities.”The Guardians of Baltimore is a storytelling and documentary photo project that uplifts 25 Black women leaders from across the city, who are really doing the work to improve their neighborhoods and fight for resources for their communities,” said Whitney Frazier, the exhibit’s creative director.Photographs and oral histories of the women leaders are captured by Baltimore artists.”I specifically chose to stay here in Baltimore to tell the story of where I’m from, and the folk that come from where I’m from, that have my accent, that grew up in rowhomes. I just want to stay true to my culture, so this project was perfect for me,” said Kirby Griffin, the exhibit’s photographer.Samirah Franklin mentors young people, especially Muslim girls, to help them foster their identity.”As older people who have wisdom, we need to pour into our young people,” said Samirah Franklin, one of the guardiansAfter four youth were shot Friday in two separate shootings in Baltimore, involving a 14-year-old girl, a 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys, Franklin said it’s time for more people to step up in their communities.”I would charge everyone in our city to decide if you want to be a part of the solution or would you like to stand idly by. The change is coming and there are going to be people who reap what they sow, and that really just means (to) be a part of the positive impact in Baltimore,” Franklin said.The exhibit is on display at The Peale through Oct. 1.

BALTIMORE —

Baltimore celebrated 12 new guardians Saturday whose portraits now line the walls of The Peale Community Museum.

“The Guardians: Preserving Our Legacy” exhibit honors Black women who spend their lives fighting for better, healthier communities.

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“The Guardians of Baltimore is a storytelling and documentary photo project that uplifts 25 Black women leaders from across the city, who are really doing the work to improve their neighborhoods and fight for resources for their communities,” said Whitney Frazier, the exhibit’s creative director.

Photographs and oral histories of the women leaders are captured by Baltimore artists.

“I specifically chose to stay here in Baltimore to tell the story of where I’m from, and the folk that come from where I’m from, that have my accent, that grew up in rowhomes. I just want to stay true to my culture, so this project was perfect for me,” said Kirby Griffin, the exhibit’s photographer.

Samirah Franklin mentors young people, especially Muslim girls, to help them foster their identity.

“As older people who have wisdom, we need to pour into our young people,” said Samirah Franklin, one of the guardians

After four youth were shot Friday in two separate shootings in Baltimore, involving a 14-year-old girl, a 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys, Franklin said it’s time for more people to step up in their communities.

“I would charge everyone in our city to decide if you want to be a part of the solution or would you like to stand idly by. The change is coming and there are going to be people who reap what they sow, and that really just means (to) be a part of the positive impact in Baltimore,” Franklin said.

The exhibit is on display at The Peale through Oct. 1.