Catherine Benton-Jones | President, Change4Real Community Corporation
Catherine is a true community servant. Nothing will deter her from the fight to ensure fairness for those society has chosen to ignore.
Catherine is the President of Change4Real, a resident-led development effort in Oldtown, as well as President of Chick Webb Recreation Center. She has a long career working for the City of Baltimore, including 20 years in the City Hall Law Department and 15 years at the Housing Authority of Baltimore City in Resident Services as the Manager of Resident Staffing Program. Ms. Benton-Jones managed the support group It’s Your Turn for five years, and she is founder and pastor of New Creations Ministries, Inc. Ms. Benton-Jones is an advocate for those in low-income areas and continues this work advising the Douglass Homes Tenant Council and the Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR). She holds a Bachelor’s degree from North Carolina College of Theology.
There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
James Baldwin
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