City Councilmember
Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore City Council Member Zeke Cohen has represented the First District on the Baltimore City Council since 2016.
He grew up in Northampton, Mass., the son of a social worker and a psychiatrist. His belief that "community comes first" was inspired by his mother's stories of marching for civil rights and registering voters during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. After graduating from Goucher College, Cohen taught in West Baltimore and, as a teacher, was awarded the Elizabeth Lawrence Prize for Excellence. He attained a master’s degree in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. He started his nonprofit, The Intersection, to help young people learn community organizing and civic leadership and ran for office with the belief that democracy only works when everyone has a voice in the process. .
In July 2019, Cohen introduced the Elijah Cummings Healing City Act, making Baltimore the first city in the country to comprehensively legislate trauma-responsive care. The bill, which was signed into law in February 2020 and the movement that propelled it forward were created to help Baltimore heal from our enduring legacies of trauma, racism and violence.
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
