Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later

May 19, 2016

Downtown Voices: Episode 4 — The Uprising

May 19, 2016 - Segment 1 - This semester's radio series, Downtown Voices, features UMBC students talking to city dwellers about their thoughts on the past, present, and future of Baltimore. Today you will hear "The Uprising," a snapshot of the movement that developed in the wake of Freddie Gray's death, and the effect it has had on our city.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 1 – The Law

May 9, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Episode 1 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. The first episode analyzes the role of the law and legal system.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 2 – Policing & Police-Community Relations

May 10, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Episode 2 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at the UMBC. Episode 2 looks at how policing and police-community relations are part of the story.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 3 – Education

May 11, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with Part 3 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 3 focuses on issues connected to education.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Part 4 – Housing

May 12, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host Part 4 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 4 focuses on issues connected to housing.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Episode 5 – Current Situation & Solutions

May 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host part 5 of The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray, a 5-part radio documentary produced by students at UMBC. Episode 5 looks at the current situation and potential solutions.
May 13, 2016

The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray: Reflections From The Student Producers

May 13, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host a roundtable with the students who helped produce The World That Brought Us Freddie Gray. Steiner Show Senior Producer Stefanie Mavronis and I will talk with students Turrel David and Dalton Maize.
May 11, 2016

Trial Of Officer Nero, Charged In Death Of Freddie Gray, Scheduled To Begin Thursday

May 10, 2016 - Segment 3 - We close the show with a discussion on the upcoming trial of Baltimore police Officer Edward Nero in the death of Freddie Gray. With Doug Colbert and A. Dwight Pettit.
May 11, 2016

Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There

May 10, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host another episode of our month-long series Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later. The episode focuses on Economic Development Alternatives in Baltimore & How We Get There.
May 6, 2016

Rebroadcast: Voices From the Freddie Gray Protests

May 6, 2016 - Segment 3 - We continue with Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later, with a rebroadcast of a piece we produced a year ago, featuring the voices of people at protests during the Uprising.
May 6, 2016

Jean Albert Renaud on the Lead Up to the 1968 Riots

May 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - We continue our feature Baltimore Uprising: One Year Later, as Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery interviews Jean Albert Renaud in a conversation about the 1968 riots. Renaud is a former Motown artist, horseman, wild Mustang rancher, and founder of Protect Yourself 1 and Project Arrowhead, two programs for at-risk youth.
April 29, 2016

A Tale of Two Cities: Examining West Baltimore Then & Now In The Context Of Last April’s Uprising

April 29, 2016 - Segment 2 - We talk with Ron Cassie, Senior Editor of Baltimore Magazine, about his in-depth and thought-provoking article "A Tale of Two Cities: For half a century, West Baltimore was a vital center of black culture, mixed-income neighborhoods, and groundbreaking civil rights activism. After Freddie Gray, can it be again?"
April 22, 2016

Baltimore Mayoral Candidates Forum For Ex-Offenders, Part 1

April 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host the first part of a broadcast of the Baltimore Mayoral Forum for Ex-Offenders, which took place Wednesday, April 14, at Douglas Memorial Community Church. Candidates who participated included: Sheila Dixon, Elizabeth Embry, Joshua Harris, DeRay McKesson, State Senator Catherine Pugh, Councilman Carl Stokes, and David Warnock.
April 22, 2016

Luminous Intervention At The Tubman House In Baltimore

April 19, 2016 - Segment 4 - We are joined by Talib Saber, Program Associate for the Friend of a Friend program, talking about the Tubman House. We discuss the Luminous Intervention Project with him and its involvement with the Tubman House.
April 22, 2016

Timothy Wilson, Community Advocate & Friend Of Freddie Gray, Reflects On Sandtown-Winchester A Year Later

April 19, 2016 - Segment 3 - We reflect upon the anniversary of his death and of the Baltimore Uprising. With: Ralikh Hayes, organizer with Bmore Bloc; and Timothy Wilson, co-Director at On Our Shoulders and Vice Chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee at the NAACP of Baltimore.
April 22, 2016

Ralikh Hayes Reflects On The Year Since Freddie Gray’s Death & The Uprising

April 19, 2016 - Segment 2 - Today is the one-year anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray. Producer Stefanie Mavronis brings us a conversation with Ralikh Hayes, organizer with Bmore Bloc, about the anniversary of Gray's death and of the Baltimore Uprising.
April 14, 2016

Update: The Tubman House Project With Dominque Stevenson

April 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host an update on the construction of the Tubman House in Sandtown with Dominique Stevenson. Dominique is a Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee and co-author of Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther.
April 12, 2016

RaceBrave: New and Selected Works

April 11, 2016 - Segment 1 - Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland, joins us to talk about her new book, RaceBrave: New and Selected Works.
April 8, 2016

One Sandtown Pastor’s Protest To Get Out the Vote

April 8, 2016 - Segment 4 - Marc met Elder CW Harris in Sandtown to talk about his plan to live on the roof of 1947 Pennsylvania Avenue until 514 people from his beloved community vote in Maryland's upcoming primary election, and what this past year in Sandtown has been like since Freddie Gray's arrest and death.
April 8, 2016

Discussion with Luminous Intervention

April 8, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a discussion with members of the Luminous Intervention Project who hosted a project during Light City Baltimore. During the festival the group presented projection based collages, highlighting issues surrounding Baltimore City’s government: police violence, education and recreation, and housing.
April 8, 2016

Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later: Paul Rucker on History, Art, and the Uprising

April 8th, 2016 - Segment 2 - We play a segment of our project: Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later, we talk with cellist, artist, and Baker Artist Award recipient Paul Rucker about history, art, and the Uprising.
April 7, 2016

Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later: Kim Chase On Growing Up In West Baltimore

April 7, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the next installment of our series Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later. We look back at the 1968 unrest in Baltimore following the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With: Kim Chase, Business Manager for WEAA.
April 7, 2016

Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later: Looking Back at 1968

April 5, 2016 - Segment 5 - It's our latest installment of our month-long series, Baltimore Uprising, One Year Later. Today's installment is called Looking Back at 1968.
April 7, 2016

Police Accountability Legislation in Maryland

April 5, 2016 - Segment 2 - The Maryland General Assembly is winding down, and we hear an update on the state of legislation on police accountability before the state legislature. With: Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle.
April 5, 2016

The Comparison & Contrast of MLK and The Baltimore Uprising

April 4, 2016 - Segment 2 - Marc reflects upon, contrast and compare the 1968 Baltimore riots following the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 2015 Baltimore Uprising. With: Dominique Stevenson and Marshall "Eddie" Conway.