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Brave (in a) New World – Social Impact Report                                                                                                                                                                           2018-19


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            referenced even more broadly       cases, as  well  as  maintaining   “We  have  to  strike  a  delicate
            as these same challenges crop      an increasingly broad presence    balance,   no   doubt,”   admits
            up  across  the  country.  “Our    with the issues concerning the    Cullen. “On the one hand, with the
            argument was in part based         Canadian   border—the     team    issues we’re dealing with, there’s
            on  D.C.  court  precedent.  Now   recently  deployed   to  North    real potential physical danger
            there is Maryland precedent.       Dakota  to  navigate  a  custody   for  people  if  they  are  exposed.
            The snowball gets that much        issue  involving  the  Cree Nation,   On  the  other,  we  do  want  folks
            stronger each time and we are      as  one  example.  For  a  variety   to know that we can help.”
            beginning  to  hear  from  other   of reasons, though—not the
            states who want to employ our      least of  which  is  the  rhetoric    “Which is another reason why
            strategy,”  Powers  notes.  The    coming  out  of  Washington—      the Court of Appeals ruling is so
            reward, she says, is knowing that   it  is  what  is  happening  at  the   critical—it threads that needle,                                                                            “Thank you for
            the  team  is  effecting  change  at   southern  U.S.  border  that  is   and  this one  story will  help get                                                                           donating your
            both the micro and macro level.    getting  top billing  and most of    the  word  out  on  what  is  going
                                               the  media    attention,  which   on down there, as well as one                                                                                      time and energy
               They  still  work  European     proves  a  double-edged  sword:   possible path to change.” ■                          Maryland Food Bank volunteer photos.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    to fighting hunger
                                                                                                                                                                                                    in Maryland! Your

                                                                                                                                                                                                    support makes it
                                                                                                                                                                                                    possible for us to

                                                                                                                                                                                                    distribute more than

                                                                                                                                                                                                    37 million meals

                                                                                                                                          Miles  &  Stockbridge  volunteers  have                   annually through
                                                                                                                                      collectively  donated  more than  150
                                                                                                                                      volunteer hours  to the  Maryland Food                        our network of 1,150
                                                                                                                                      Bank,  which  equates  to  approximately                      distribution partners
                                                                                                                                      12,375 meals over the past six years.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    across the state,”
                                                                                                                                          Despite  being  among  the  wealthiest
                                                                                                                                      states in the nation, Maryland continues to
                                                                                                                                      be deeply impacted by food insecurity. As
                                                                                                                                      its  central  hunger-relief  organization,  the               — Paul Lynner,
                                                                                                                                      Maryland  Food  Bank  serves the  food  in-                      Volunteer Program Coordinator,
                                                                                                                                      secure in the most vulnerable communities.                       Maryland Food Bank





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