Spotlight On Maryland-Greater Baltimore Urban League’s 100th [Video]

This week on Spotlight On Maryland, Gina Crash was joined in studio by Harold Booker, Interim Workforce Development Director at the Greater Baltimore Urban League, (GBUL), and VP of Membership & Finance for GBUL’s Greater Baltimore Leadership Association, (GBLA), aka GBUL’s Young Professionals Age 21-40, to talk about their Centennial Year celebrating 100 years of impact and a future of promise. The celebration kicked off June 8th with a block party at the historic Orchard Street Church, (the home of GBUL’s offices), and later that day with recognition at the Associated Black Charities Gala. GBUL recently launched their “Voices of the People” Podcast on YouTube hosted by GBUL’s Interim COO, Shea Rice.

Harold talked about GBUL’s Workforce Development’s Community Trade and Apprenticeship Program, (CTAP), supported by an $800K grant from the Department of Labor, where 66 participants have gone through training to get jobs in the Construction industry. They also have a …