My heart goes out: One year after Charlottesville

August 11, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I live in a time when U.S. cities are remembered more for their atrocities than their attractions. #TrayvonMartin #EricGarner #Ican’tbreathe #Ferguson #MikeBrown #TamirRice #MotherEmanuel #EmanuelNine #Sayhername #SandraBland #PhilandoCastille #HeatherHayer… #SeanBell… #AmadouDiallo… #EmmettTill… #IdaBWellsRedRecord… I am hash tagged to death. I don’t want this to be it, my mouth an endless memorial. One year later, my body is in […]

Freddie Gray: One Year Later

April 12, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Many are asking what has changed one year after the senseless death of Freddie Gray. One year ago, the 21 year old man died after suffering a severed spinal cord after what has been described as “a wild ride” in the back of a police van. The city of Baltimore burned before our eyes and today, […]