“The Black Baltimore Renaissance”

Produced by Devin Wilkins

Devin Wilkins is a Native of Baltimore City and founder of Meeting Where You Are (MWYA), a mentorship program that focuses on reducing the recidivism rates amongst the youth through mentorship, opportunities, and exposure.

Devin has been actively involved doing community outreach for youth, and works with many organizations such as Baltimore Youth Arts (BYA) and he visits the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center weekly to have dialogue circles with between 4-10 youth offenders. In his efforts to showcase his city Devin created “The Black Baltimore Renaissance Vol. 1” coloring book in which he highlights the greatness that the Black community of Baltimore City has to offer and the people that are changing the narrative of their city and cultivating minds by pushing the city forward.