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lots to cover, but, don, why don't we go to you and talk about trf and trf is actually -- they work in a lot of communities, but they've been in baltimore for ten years. so deep long-term patient capital investment and partnerships in that community. talk about your work in baltimore and what -- how that's a reflection of your theory of change at trf. donald: sure. the reinvestment fund is both a cfi, financial institution that's a nonprofit but also we've founded a development company, very specifically for baltimore, but it is working across the mid-atlantic as well. then we also are a data and analytics company and that's part of both the development entity and our data business are really -- reveal our theory of change. we were invited to baltimore by by an organization just after the dawson fire bombing, an event that today would spark a riot, but then it sparked a tremendous amount of despair. the neighborhood and all of it organized with build's assistant ce, and they wanted something positive to follow that horrible , heinous event and they invited us to come and help them deve

to you and talk about your work in baltimore and how that's a reflection of your theory of change at trf. donald: sure. the reinvestment fund is both a cfi, financial institution that's a nonprofit but also we've founded a development company, very specifically for baltimore, but it is working across the mid-atlantic as well. then we also are a data and analytics company and that's part of both the development entity and our data business are really -- reveal our theory of change. we were invited to baltimore by by an organization just after the dawson fire bombing, an event that today would spark a riot, but then it sparked a tremendous amount of despair. the neighborhood and all of it organized with build's assistant ce, and they wanted something positive to follow that horrible , heinous event and they invited us to come and help them develop a redevelopment strategy. amy: can you tell the audience what oliver is, where that is. donald: oliver is in east baltimore, it is where they film the wire. it is adjacent to the ebdi region around johns hopkins medical. it is between johns hopki

amy: on the school's piece, i know both trf and bart talked about reforming and building charter schools in the neighborhoods you're working. are those higher performing in these functions. donald: we need a whole lot more than just charter schools. the henderson hopkin school, that's a contract school. it sits in between a conventional public school and a charter school. it took a lot of public and private resources to lift that off the ground. you know, the bond issue that has since come out around rebuilding and refurbishing schools, is essential money. it had to be state money baltimore couldn't have afforded that. it is also around alternative models. >> we took public schools and had an agreement with the mayor as to what could and couldn't be done. moved the needle and we took the teachers invested in them and in the principles showed them exams, brought them back in we ran afoul of the union transferring out our principles. they both quit. it was 24-7. there are lots of issues, lots of experimentation going on right now, and you see it in new york, you see it in other places. and

. >> but on the school peace i know both trf and bart talked about reforming and building charter schoolsn neighborhoods you're working. are those higher performing in these low income neighborhoods? >> we need a lot more than just charter schools. we need a whole continuum of experimentation. the henderson hopkins was built in our neighborhood where we are building. that's essentially a contract school. it sits in between a eventual public school and a charter school and its design can edit took a heck of a lot of public and private resources to lift that off the ground. the bond issue that has since come out around rebuilding and refurbishing schools is essential money that often local jurisdictions lacking that's what had to be state money. baltimore could not have afforded that probably. there needs to be a whole continuum around this. it's also around alternative models have reached the population. >> in winchester we took public schools and have an agreement with the mayor as to what could and couldn't be done within the union structure and really moved the needle on them. we took t