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Does it Matter Who Wins the Narrative?: Exploring the Controversy Around MONSE with Dayvon Love from Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

2nd AP Submission for 2025 Outstanding Public Affairs 

Air date: December 9, 2025

Baltimore City, the most controversial office, at this moment, is MONSE (the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) and as a result, Mayor Brandon Scott and the Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates are deeply and publicly divided on how this office should conduct business.

Dayvon Love, the director of public policy for the Baltimore-based think tank, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, agrees with the Mayor and published an Op-Ed supporting the work.

Today With Dr. Kaye sat down with Mr. Love and talked through his "Why does it matter that Ivan Bates is wrong" and took phone calls from both supporters and critics of MONSE.

This is a deeply personal topic for Baltimoreans and TWDK opened up the space to talk through the issues.