The nonprofit world is increasingly filled with talk of mergers. And in Baltimore, February brought real-world action, as two local nonprofits developing youth for leadership formally combined in a move to broaden their impact.
Effective Feb. 15, Community Law in Action (CLIA) and The Intersection have merged operations. The move brought together two orgs with similar programming geared toward leadership training and grassroots advocacy: CLIA, founded in 1998, counts among its programming an initiative to train young people ages 15 to 18 as community advocates, engaging state legislators around key issues. The Intersection, founded in 2011, teaches high school students about civic action, and offers training to become community organizers.
They partnered over two years, and eventually found common ground. It’s a move toward “deepening the impact and increasing our capacity to be able to serve more families and more young people,” said CLIA’s executive director, Ryan Turner, who will lead the newly merged entity under CLIA’s banner.
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