Last class our panel of guest speakers discussed a few different topics that I thought I knew a bit about. However, to my surprise there was actually very little I really knew about the Black Panther Party, the Freddie Gray case, and the general environment of Baltimore. Eddie Conway was the first speaker, and his personal experience within the Black Panther Party brought a completely different view of their role in society to light. Hearing about how he became involved to help young children eat a morning breakfast, and to organize individuals to have their voices heard. Really impacted me because it showed me the little information that we really learn about various topics growing up in school. Then Dr. Brown talking about how many neighborhoods were being torn apart in downtown Baltimore, and how the loss of manufacturing in the surrounding areas of the city were large influences on where Baltimore is today. The switch of class between the city and suburbs of Baltimore magnifies the necessity for new jobs, and wealth to be used in the city of Baltimore to make it even a resemblance of what it used to be.
My group, Group V, is going to be covering the Current Situation and Solutions section for the radio series. I personally am glad that we got this section because I feel as if it is the most important of them all. This is because in this section we can really connect with the community and see what they think can or should be done in order to revive the diminishing life of the neighborhoods. However, I do also think that this section could be the most difficult to tie into the others because we will have to see what the other groups incorporate into their sections, so we are able to effectively summarize what we as a group, and class, are trying to accomplish with this radio series.
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