Elevated Voices, June 21, 2020
A curated list of Maryland's best political coverage and commentary
#ShareTheMic with Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary and Delegate Stephanie Smith
We turned our platform over to two powerful leaders in Annapolis - Delegates Vanessa Atterbeary & Stephanie Smith - who share their experiences being women leaders of color. This is part of the #ShareTheMic initiative that is focused on empowering the voices of black women.
The chemistry on this show is off the charts. Listen to these amazing women engage in a candid discussion of the challenges facing Maryland and our country.
You can listen HERE.
LINKS
National
Facebook Groups are Destroying America (Wired)
A Presumption of Guilt by Bryan Stephenson (New York Review of Books)
Moving forward, prosecutors and police must pave the way to public trust (Washington Post) - coauthored by Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson
We understand the pain and fear of seeing yet another black man’s life cut short in a deadly interaction with law enforcement. As longtime prosecutors, we fully comprehend that there are, unfairly, separate and distinctly different rules of engagement for people of color in our society.
One of us, Richard Gibson, also knows there are additional burdens and standards of conduct placed on people of color that, generally, his white counterparts don’t have to worry about or meet. As a black man, a father, a career prosecutor and Howard County state’s attorney, he is frustrated greatly by these inequities.
State
Q&A: Brandon Scott on ‘defunding police,’ the BLM protests and his victory in Baltimore’s mayoral primary (Baltimore Sun)
Local
Howard County school board adopts $918 million operating budget (Howard County Times)
Howard County Launches Housing Opportunities Master Plan Public Survey (The Merriweather Post)
Calculated Misogyny (Spartan Considerations)
No More Juggling (Village Green/Town Squared)
This week’s birthdays:
June 22nd - Amy Brooks, Elizabeth Edsall Kromm
June 24th - Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
June 27th - Felix Facchine, Keith Scott, Sharon Brackett
*Bold - past Elevate guests