March 17, 2021
The issue of food insecurity is real among students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), with nearly one-third surveyed in fall 2020 saying they felt some level of uncertainty regarding their food supply.
Erika Malone, the mother of UMB CURE Scholar Emani Malone, picks up food at the Intercultural Center’s Pop-Up Pantry with the help of UMB Police Officer Yale Partlow. (Matthew Paul D’Agostino/UMB Staff Photo)
UMB’s Intercultural Center, Division of Student Affairs, and Police Department (UMBPD) took a step toward combating the problem March 13, collaborating with other partners to provide 30-pound boxes of nonperishable food items to students as well as employees and community members at a Pop-Up Pantry.