25 Years of Volunteerism & Community Service · 2002–2027
Our Programs

Where Volunteers
Go to Work.

Every COR program follows one model: recruit committed people, train them well, and mobilize them where children and neighbors need them most.

BuildCOR instructor in the workshop with trainees working behind him COR 4 Kids students in COR shirts posing with their instructor in a school gym COR Fitness Power & Image trainers in matching COR Fitness shirts Street Engagement Unit and 300 Men March members huddled on a corner at night
Launching in 2027

New Programs

Street Engagement Unit leader teaching a training class beneath the COR leadership principles wall
Spring 2027 · Adults

Volunteer Engagement Training

The basic training every COR volunteer completes before entering any program: 8 weeks and 35 hours of classroom instruction, physical fitness, leadership development and community service. Graduates are certified as COR Community Volunteers.

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Spring 2027 · Children & families

Children's Defense Task Force

A coalition of trained volunteers working to eliminate violence against children through advocacy, safety resources, and search and rescue support to law enforcement.

Advocacy Search & Rescue Safety
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COR Community Organized Response members with Baltimore City Sheriff leadership
Youth COR class and instructors in Youth 300 COR shirts at the training center
Summer 2027 · Young men 16–21

Youth COR

Courage, Opportunity, Responsibility. A 20-week leadership and fitness program for young men from neighborhoods challenged by crime and violence.

20
weeks
60
training hours
10
per class
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25 Years of Programs

Our Legacy Programs

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Brother 2 Brother mentors and young men in white shirts and red ties
2002–2006 · Mentoring

Brother 2 Brother

100+ Morgan State men mentored Baltimore middle and high school students.

Early COR Fitness members and youth in COR Mental & Physical Fitness sweatshirts
2007–2016 · Health

COR Fitness

Saturday conditioning that served 200+ young men and taught the Four Rules of Discipline.

COR 4 Kids students in COR shirts and martial arts pants standing in ready stance
2010 on · Children's health

COR 4 Kids

Daily fitness and martial arts for boys with Paul's Place, Margaret Brent, Patterson Park and the Collington Club.

Munir Bahar leading men in COR 300 Men March shirts down a Baltimore street
2013 on · Violence prevention

300 Men March

600+ men marched 10 miles on North Avenue, then walked 35 miles to Washington, DC.

Street Engagement Unit members walking a Baltimore block at night
2013 on · Violence prevention

Street Engagement Unit

43 trained men walked target neighborhoods every Friday night, 8 to 11 pm.

Munir Bahar coaching an outdoor PowerCOR Fitness class of adults and kids
2017 on · Health

PowerCOR Fitness

Elite sprint and resistance conditioning for East Baltimore youth and young athletes.

Munir Bahar speaking at a We Must Stop Killing Each Other rally with Youth COR members beside him
2015 on · Leadership

Youth COR

Launched after the 2015 unrest to train young men as leaders and positive influences among their peers.

BuildCOR instructor guiding two trainees at a carpentry workbench
2018 on · Workforce

BuildCOR

Carpentry training for veterans, young adults and high school students.

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front line.

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