Archives: Firesouls


Taryn Chase

Taryn serves as the Development Officer for The Arc Central Chesapeake Region. Currently, she is involved in engaging their community in their Capital Campaign- Expanding What’s Possible. To have a Sacred place to share with the people that The Arc supports is exciting, but to also have a Sacred Place to share with our community…

Kaliyah Williams

Kaliyah Williams is a parent at SLYC, St. Luke’s Board member, and certified medical assistant. The St. Luke’s community is a special place for Kaliyah’s family and she is passionate about sharing the joy she finds at SLYC with her community….

Debbie Cameron

For thirty years, Debbie has supported individuals and corporations in managing their assets and treasures the deep relationships that have been developed over the years. In her spare time, Debbie is a ‘serial volunteer’, committed to Baltimore City, where she has lived for decades. Connecting greening projects in Johnston Square to something that makes my…

Regina Hammond

Regina is a 39 Year Homeowner in the Johnston Square neighborhood of Baltimore. She serves as Founder and Executive Director of Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization, and represents her community while lead engagement efforts to carryout the mission of the organization’s goals; Reviving this once thriving multicultural community that has fallen victim to marginalization and…

Shira Goodman

With three years of experience in managing community gardens elsewhere, Shira joined the Filbert Street team as Internal Relations Coordinator and manager of the production garden in March of 2023. Her timely addition to the Filbert Street team perfectly coincided with the beginning of the Sacred Place design and development there. Especially in an urban…

Brittany Coverdale

Originally from New York, Brittany has lived in Baltimore for over 13 years. She believes that farming can be a powerful vessel for racial and environmental justice. Her background is a hybrid of youth advocacy/development and agricultural education, and loves to explore the way that those worlds intersect. In her free time, Brittany enjoys camping,…

Bella Rose

Bella is a dedicated young leader in her community and an advocate for what she believes in. She is service oriented and finds joy in serving others. As Firesoul, Bella is memorializing her best friend, to whom this Sacred Place is dedicated….

Quiana Roberts

Quiana is a career civil servant with the Federal Government where she works as a Program Manager. She is also a serial entrepreneur, having founded a real estate development company with four other minority women. She is a devoted mother of two beautiful daughters who are very active in the arts – Dance, Theatre, Singing,…

Charles DeBarber

Charles serves as the Animal Husbandry Coordinator at Filbert Street Garden. Although he is mainly a beekeeper by expertise, he also looks after their other animals including goats, sheep, chicken, turkeys, and ducks, the majority of which are rescue livestock. Charles has been volunteering at the garden for almost 8 years and is a firm…

Pastor Robin Mathews-Johnson

Pastor Robin has worked with many local congregations in the United Methodist Church. She has been with The Wesley United Methodist Church of Fresno since 2021. The church is proudly pro-LGBTQ+, and has a long history of seeking justice in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Pastor Robin is blessed by a patient husband, two…

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