Chrissy Thornton, the leader of one of Maryland’s most active racial equity organizations, believes Baltimore is on the path to thriving.
An alum of Morgan State University, Thornton last year became president and CEO of Associated Black Charities (ABC), which has worked for nearly four decades to close the racial wealth gap and end structural racism.
She’s working to grow the organization’s staff as ABC’s focus continues to expand.
“While over the 38 years we focus mainly on economic impact … we show up as an organization that’s looking to address the many ways comprehensively that racism affects people,” Thornton told Technical.ly in a recent interview, “including in education, housing, health care access, the criminal justice system, workplace discrimination, and then certainly the racial wealth gap.”
