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03 Mar: Press ‘BUILDING BLACK FUTURES’ Shelley interviewed as UW School of Law Alum

FEB 26, 2021

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20 Feb: Press ‘Black Women Build – Baltimore receives donation from Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill’ – WJZ-TV

FEB 19, 2021

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04 Feb: Upton in the news – ‘A bastion of Baltimore’s Black history and culture, Upton neighborhood seen as center for revitalization’ – Baltimore Sun

FEB 4, 2021

Shelley Halstead, ED and Founder of Black Women Build - Baltimore

Upton/Marble Hill resident Shelley Halstead is the leader of Black Women Build, an organization that trains black women in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing skills by restoring vacant and deteriorated houses in West Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)