After seeing Baltimore's unhoused people on her walk to school, Tatum Byerson asked to organize a fundraiser for her sixth birthday. She raised over $3,000, which her family used to buy assorted supplies like soap and toothbrushes. On Wednesday, June 7, Tatum wheeled a cart full of supplies into the Manna House with her father right behind her in Baltimore, Md.

Annapolis Blues defender Luke Dunne watches as the ball sails past the Virginia Beach City FC goalkeeper during their game at Navy Memorial Stadium on June 10, 2023 in Annapolis, Md.

UNC red shirt first-year WR Gavin Blackwell celebrates UNC's victory over Wake Forest at Truist Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 in Wake Forest, N.C. Blackwell had two receptions for 20 yards, and UNC won 36-34.

On the first day of Baltimore Community Rowing's summer partnership with Restoring Inner City Hope, Cordell Pinckney Jr. led the way carrying a rowboat out to the water on July 11, 2023 in Baltimore, Md. Rowing has had a place on Baltimore's waterfront for centuries, but has historically been an upper-class sport. Baltimore Community Rowing has spent recent years trying to diversify the sport through scholarships, partnerships, and community outreach.

Hillside High School football head coach Torrey Nowell (far left) celebrates in the locker room with his team after winning the Durham-Chapel Hill Conference Championship in overtime on Oct. 27, 2023, in Durham, N.C. Nowell and his coaching staff led Hillside to a winning season despite it being his first year managing the team.

For decades, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA, supplied power to the island as a government-owned service. In 2021 privatization began with the offloading of transmission and distribution to LUMA. Power workers were given the choice of working for LUMA or transferring to a new government job.
Edith Soto, posing in front of the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, worked in customer service for PREPA for 14 years before its dissolution. Now, she’s 41 years old and a secretary for the natural resources department. “We didn’t believe in the private sector,” she said. “We believe in change."

At his annual Juneteenth celebration in Baltimore, Md., Malcolm Ruff reaches out in triumph to the crowd. Maryland Governor Wes Moore had just announced Ruff’s appointment to a seat in Maryland's House of Delegates. Ruff pledged to do everything he could for West Baltimore, a historically underrepresented community.

Kylis Fagbemi, 20, was shot and killed on July 2, 2023, in the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. Tamika L., Fagbemi’s mother, is comforted by a loved one at a vigil in honor of Fagbemi on July 11, 2023.