Going deep into Baltimore
DAY 17 of "A Journey with the Brethren" One of the more intense training sessions here at Orientation was a trip into Baltimore's inner city for four days to experience homelessness and to do service projects. To better understand the pangs of the disadvantaged we slept and ate each day at a homeless shelter for men called I Can, Inc. "I Can" is an acronym for "Individual, Character, Attitude and Newness of mind." Setup in a historic four story, granite block structure that was once a Catholic girls school called St. Ann's (dating back to 1927), I Can Inc. is located at 2215 Greenmount Avenue: deep in the heart of Baltimore . Baltimore is mostly a devastated area due to a population that began fleeing to the suburbs in the 50s and the city is only now undergoing a major building spree in the downtown area, specifically in the Inner Harbor East district. The men's shelter and rehabilitation center at 2215 Greenmount Avenue is certainly i