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Violence Prevention
300 Men March, the Street Engagement Unit and Youth COR: trained men walking, marching and mentoring for peace.
25 Years of Volunteerism & Community Service · 2002–2027
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Baltimore · Since 2002
25 Years of
Showing Up.
COR Community recruits, trains and mobilizes volunteers to protect children, strengthen neighborhoods and build the next generation of leaders.
25
Years of service
500+
Young people served
20,000+
Volunteer hours
250+
Volunteers mobilized
Our Legacy
Ordinary people.
Extraordinary service.
It started in February 2002 as Brother 2 Brother, a mentoring program at Morgan State University. Twenty-five years later, the method hasn't changed: find people willing to serve, train them well, and put them to work where children and neighbors need them most.
College students mentoring teens. Men walking high-violence blocks on Friday nights. Neighbors cleaning streets. Coaches teaching discipline after school. That is COR.
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violent incidents in 18 years of youth programming
3
community centers built from vacant buildings
Where We Serve
Four fronts.
One mission.
For 25 years, COR volunteers have served Baltimore in four areas.
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Children's Health
Fitness, martial arts, nutrition and camping trips through COR Fitness, the COR 4 Kids afterschool program and PowerCOR.
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Neighborhood Engagement
Clean streets, vacant rowhomes rebuilt into community centers, and neighbors trained to respond in emergencies.
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Workforce Development
BuildCOR and the COR Construction Bootcamp train veterans, young adults and high school students in carpentry and connect them to construction careers.
July 2014 · North Avenue
Hundreds of Men.
10 Miles.
One Message.
During one of Baltimore's most violent summers, the 300 Men March brought men into the street to say: we must stop killing each other.
25 Years
in Pictures
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The Next Chapter
Launching in 2027
Spring 2027
Volunteer Engagement Training
8 weeks, 35 hours. The basic training every COR volunteer completes before joining a program.
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Spring 2027
Children's Defense Task Force
Trained volunteers working to end violence against children through advocacy, safety resources and search and rescue support.
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Summer 2027
Youth COR
Courage, Opportunity, Responsibility. A 20-week leadership and fitness program for young men ages 16 to 21.
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Our Founder
Munir Bahar
“Change your life by helping others change theirs.”
At 20, Munir made a personal pledge. Months later, as a Morgan State student, he founded Brother 2 Brother. Through a fire that destroyed COR's first center, years with little outside funding and the unrest of 2015, he has led COR without interruption for 25 years.
NBC News Change Maker
BBJ 40 Under 40
Presidential Award for Community Leadership
William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award
The next 25
start with you.
Every COR program runs on trained volunteers. Training starts this spring.