Reactions to “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart”: Crime, Race, Class and Neighborhoods

February 12, 2014 – Segment 3

We look at an article that appeared in Monday’s Baltimore Post-Examiner, titled “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart: This is why people leave,” with:

Adam Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle;
Tim Barnett, founder of Baltimore Bike Party and author of a response to the aforementioned article, titled “Baltimore City: You’re Not Breaking My Heart. I’m not leaving“;
Katie Long, Program Director and Hispanic Liaison of the Friends of Patterson Park;
Hasdai Westbrook, Partner at ChangingMedia, a digital agency devoted to social change, and author of the blog post, “To #SaveBaltimore, Embrace the Wire“;
Dr. Tara Bynum, assistant professor in the Department of English at Towson University;
and Bobby Marvin Holmes, Youth Advocate for Baltimore Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (BYAP) and Producer of Live Young Blood, a documentary focused on the struggle to end youth violence.

DOWNLOAD

Written by Marc Steiner

The Marc Steiner Show currently airs on The Real News Network. The show covers the topics that matter, engaging real voices, from Charm City to Cairo and beyond. Email us to share your comments with us.