About Us
The Maryland Just Power Alliance is a multi-racial, multi-faith, nonpartisan people power organization representing tens of thousands of Maryland residents.
We organize people in congregations, schools, and neighborhoods to hold elected leaders accountable and make people’s lives better in our communities.
Through our member affiliates ACT in Anne Arundel County, AIM in Montgomery County, and PATH in Howard County, we have helped win over $1.5 billion for affordable housing, free after-school programs in 18 low-income elementary schools, passed the Maryland DREAM Act, created hundreds of green jobs for young adults, and much more.
We have worked together at the state level since 2024 as the Maryland Just Power Alliance and have helped win $73 million for clean, affordable home energy and pass important immigrants’ rights and affordable housing legislation.
We are excited to be officially incorporating our statewide organization in 2026 to make an even stronger impact at the state level while continuing our deep local community organizing.
Our Member Affiliates
Board of Directors
Diana Bird—AIM; The People’s Community Baptist Church
Bob Bourg—AIM; River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Rev. John Crestwell—ACT; Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
Chuck Koplik—PATH; Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County
Andris Salter—PATH; Locust United Methodist Church
Marla Schulman—AIM; SEA Change/B’nai Israel Congregation
Rev. Tim Stern—ACT; retired from Ark & Dove Presbyterian Church
Our Staff
Member Institutions
Congregations & Organizations
Annapolis Friends Meeting House, Annapolis
Anne Arundel Muslim Council, Annapolis
Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church, Odenton
Asbury United Methodist Church, Annapolis
Beth Shalom Synagogue, Columbia
Broadneck Baptist Church, Annapolis
Christ Our Anchor Presbyterian Church, Cape St. Clair
Colesville United Methodist Church, Silver Spring
Dar al-Taqwa Mosque, Ellicott City
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Silver Spring
First Baptist Church of Guilford, Columbia
First Presbyterian Church, Annapolis
Glen Mar United Methodist Church, Ellicott City
Islamic Society of Annapolis, Gambrills
Joy Reigns Lutheran Church, Edgewater
Kittamaqundi Community Church, Columbia
Locust United Methodist Church, Columbia
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Potomac
Patapsco Friends Meeting, Ellicott City
The People’s Community Baptist Church, Silver Spring
Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Wheaton
Adat Shalom Congregation, Bethesda
B’nai Israel Congregation, Rockville
Congregation Har Shalom, Potomac
Tikvat Israel Congregation, Rockville
Sligo Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Takoma Park
St. Andrew By the Bay, Annapolis
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Annapolis
St. Camillus Catholic Church, Silver Spring
St. John Baptist Church, Columbia
St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Ellicott City
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Annapolis
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Gaithersburg
Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park
United Church of Christ of Annapolis, Edgewater
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, Bethesda
Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, Severna Park
Excel Beyond the Bell Elementary Schools
Burnt Mills Elementary, Silver Spring
Cresthaven Elementary, Silver Spring
Georgian Forest Elementary, Silver Spring
Greencastle Elementary, Silver Spring
Harmony Hills Elementary, Silver Spring
JoAnn LeLeck at Broad Acres Elementary, Silver Spring
New Hampshire Estates Elementary, Silver Spring
Oak View Elementary, Silver Spring
Roscoe Nix Elementary, Silver Spring
South Lake Elementary, Gaithersburg
Harriet Tubman Elementary, Gaithersburg
Waters Landing Elementary, Germantown
Watkins Mill Elementary, Montgomery Village
Weller Road Elementary, Silver Spring
Wheaton Woods Elementary, Rockville
Whetstone Elementary, Gaithersburg