Elevate Maryland

This week, Candace and Tom interview the Howard County Student Member of the Board of Education Zach Koung. They discuss whether students support having police in schools, how students are receiving remote education, and mental health.

(Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties that caused this show to be abbreviated, but Zach offers more than enough to make this a great show).

Candace and Tom join the team at Baltimore Positive, Nestor Aparicio and Don Mohler, Ryan Miner of A Miner Detail, Mark Steiner, Lucinda Ware and Delegate Brooke Lierman to discuss the current state of the election with less than a week to go.

Candace and Tom sit down with the Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF) Executive Director Caryn York to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting the unemployed and under-employed. Caryn also describes how living authentically both in the community and in the board room helps her advocate for her constituency.

Three Things:

1) State of 2020 Race

2) Dr. John King's Strong Future Maryland

3) Goucher Poll

Candace and Tom join the team at Baltimore Positive, Nestor Aparicio and Don Mohler, Ryan Miner, Mileah Kromer, and Lucinda Ware to discuss the current state of the election as we're less than a month out from the 2020 results. The panel also had an opportunity to discuss Mileah's new Goucher poll results and Marylanders' likelihood to take a vaccine once available.

What if the only way for the United States to maintain dominance as a world super-power in the 21st century would be to add 600 million people? That's the premise of Matthew Yglesias's new book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. In this episode, Candace and Tom discuss this idea, the patriotism implicit in the conversation, and why Matt still has hope that America's best days may be in front of us. We also discuss more local issues such as why building more housing is both important and, often, politically impossible.

Three Things:

1) CB 51 & NIMBYism

2) Howard County's Racial Equity Task Force

3) Breaonna Taylor

In this episode, Candace and Tom interview Baltimore City Council-member Ryan Dorsey about his views on Baltimore police, Kimberly Klacik's city-wide attack ad, and renaming Baltimore's Columbus obelisk. Ryan also touched on the criticisms of "single party rule" and why he thinks the emergence of another political party in Baltimore may be good for the city.

Still around for 3 things, which are not at the end of the show:

1. Howard County Executive Ball Creates position for Equity and Restorative Practices Manager
2. Leaving provacatuers empty handed - https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1297587615135301632
3. Reminder that gestures and statements are fine but what are we doing to diversify boards and commissions and leadership in orgs.

In this special episode, Candace and Tom join Nestor Aparicio and Don Mohler from Baltimore Positive and Ryan Miner from A Miner Detail to discuss the 2020 election. This is the first in a series of episodes we will be recording in the lead up to the November election!

In this episode, Candace and Tom sit down with Brandon Soderberg, one of the co-authors of "I Got A Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad", which covers the rise and fall of the corrupt Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force led by police officer Wayne Jenkins. Soderberg discusses the manner in which the criminal justice system enables and protects corruption, including the complicity of city prosecutors. He also relates this story to the "Defund Police" movement and how reform may be possible.

Candace and Tom close the episode with a discussion of what it could mean to have a Vice President Kamala Harris.

August is Black Philanthropy Month. In this episode, Candace and Tom interview Malynda Madzel and Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz about the Women's Giving Circle and the importance of philanthropic inclusion.

In this episode, Candace and Tom interview Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership's Executive Director Adria Crutchfield. The BHRP is dedicated to providing housing for lower income families in "safe, healthy, and economically vibrant communities." Adria discusses many of the obstacles to obtaining such housing and the means by which the BHRP provides subsidies to live in such areas.

TWO Action Items:

1) Equity in Remote Education

2) Support Howard County's SAO 1-FY2021, which funds the Department of Housing and Community Development