Inspired by Citizen University’s Civic Saturdays, The Baltimore Butterfly Sessions combine music, poetry, literary excerpts, and thought-provoking keynote addresses to catalyze conversation and build awareness around today’s most pressing issues.

Each session for our 2023/24 season is themed around proposed and enacted legislation in our home state of Maryland, including The Equity in Transportation Bill, Trans Health Equity Act, and Community Reinvestment Ordinance, establishing Baltimore City Council’s Reparations Commission, and more.

Through the Baltimore Butterfly Sessions, BCS aims to create a space for civic dialogue & fellowship across differences by convening artists, activists, organizers, thinkers, and community members to unpack these resonant topics.

Come for the community, stay for the conversation, and leave with a deeper civic connection to Charm City.