Saving Stories and Saving Time

May 28, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday I interviewed my dad, Calvin Drakeford, as a way to document the normal, and honestly mundane, aspects of his life. The disproportionate amount of death experience by older African Americans, particularly men, as a result of the Covid pandemic jolted me to action. Many stories are being lost and there is an urgency to […]

Know Your Rights!

April 11, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Port Towns CDC and Town of Cottage City will be hosting a Know Your Rights workshop on Thursday, April 20 at 7pm, Cottage City Town Hall. The workshop will be provided by the ACLU of Maryland and will cover people’s basic rights during police stops, immigration home raids and protests. Please join us and […]