Brittney Drakeford Selected for New National Leadership Program to Build Health Equity

September 27, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m ready to live in a community where all people have the opportunity to live the
healthiest life possible—regardless of their ethnicity, geography, race, socioeconomic
status, or physical circumstance. I know I can’t do it alone, so I’m collaborating with
leaders from a diverse range of fields—including transportation, education, food systems and many more—as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of
Health Leaders program. I’m excited to embark on this journey and share it with this
community! Learn more at cultureofhealth-leaders.org

Family Love: The Harrods

September 19, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

One of my favorite personal factoids is that, working with my family (shoutout to you Troy!) I’ve been able to trace my ancestry back to 1851, or just a decade prior to the start of the American Civil War. In my genealogical research, I’ve discovered that my family has lived in Prince George’s County for six generations, were integral members of the historic, Ridgely Methodist Episcopal Church, and served as trustee members for Highland Park School, a Rosenwald School for African American students in Landover, when the school system was segregated.