| Get your FREE ticket now! Nine finalists are pitching their big ideas for social change. Only four will win. Attend the Changemaker Challenge Live Event to hear their ideas and find out which finalists will win up to $25,000! The Horizon Foundation and United Way of Central Maryland are pleased to present the 2019 Changemaker Challenge on Nov. 11 at the Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, featuring nine big ideas for social change: Big Red Barn Environmental Education: Danielle N. DuPuis – Community Ecology Institute Community Accessibility with Dignity: Liz Burrage, Colette Jackson, Bryan Sorrentino – The Arc of Howard County Initiative for Latin American Community Engagement – InLACE: Lucas de Melo, Patricia Silva Mental Health First Aid and Narcan Training with a Focus on Veterans: Gary Canteen, John Way – VA Way Practical Skills Training for Caregivers: Claire Cohen, Dan Demmitt, Elizabeth Edsall Kromm, Tracy Novak, Rachael Parran, Esther Tenaglio, Kathy Wehr – Howard County General Hospital Rubix Preventative Mental Health Program: Dr. Zaneb Khan Beams – Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Spreading the Word about Columbia’s Black Freedom Visionaries: Pamela Woolford STEER – Strategic Training for Empathic Emergency Response: Dr. Leah Katherine Saal, Dr. Lisa Schoenbrodt Upcycled Structures from Recycled Goods: Orlando Goncalves, Alfred Striano – Upcycled Hosted by the Horizon Foundation and United Way of Central Maryland, the Changemaker Challenge is an event focused on sparking innovation and fresh thinking to address some of Howard County’s most pressing issues. The event, taking place on Veterans Day, will feature a presentation of the colors by the Atholton High School Color Guard. Four prizes totaling $60,000 will be given in the amounts of: $25,000, $15,000, $10,000 and $10,000. One will be awarded to a project serving people with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Changemaker Challenge Live Event Monday, November 11, 2019 6:30 – 8:30 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm) Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Kossiakoff Center 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Room K215 Laurel, MD 20723 Get your ticket today! |
