About the Governor's Office of Community Initiatives

The Governor's Office of Community Initiatives (GOCI) mission is to serve as a coordinating office that connects Marylanders to eco nomic, volunteer, and human service opportunities by meeting with Marylanders at over 700 engagements every year. The office leads community affairs and engagement within the executive branch and houses the Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism (GOSV), Volunteer Maryland (VM), Banneker-Douglass Museum (BDM) , as well as faith-based outreach and the governor’s ethnic, cultural, and WWI commissions . Learn more by visiting our website at  goci.maryland.gov .