Carole Boston Weatherford, and her son, Jeffrey, team up to create an illustrated novel in verse. "Kin: Rooted in Hope," goes deep into a family’s history from slavery into liberty. The poems conjure many voices from as many perspectives--a powerful portrait shaped by enslavement and freedom.

Links: Ivy Bookshop event Sat. Sept. 23. 

<a href="https://cbweatherford.com/">Carole Boston Weatherford</a>, and her son, <a href="https://thebookingbiz.com/client/jeffery-boston-weatherford/">Jeffrey</a>, team up to create an illustrated novel in verse. "Kin: Rooted in Hope," goes deep into a family’s history from slavery into liberty. The poems conjure many voices from as many perspectives--a powerful portrait shaped by enslavement and freedom.
Links: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carole-boston-weatherford-and-jeffery-boston-weatherford-kin-book-launch-tickets-706013464277">Ivy Bookshop event Sat. Sept. 23</a>.

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org" target="_blank">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

'Kin: Rooted in Hope' tells a family's history shaped by enslavement and freedom on the Eastern Shore

Though the agonizing conflict in Gaza is in the headlines, the war in Ukraine slogs on. Dr. Boris Lushniak, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health--son of Ukrainian immigrants--tells of the mood in the country’s capital. Plus: what’s the outlook for more U.S. assistance? We speak with U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th).

Though the agonizing conflict in Gaza is in the headlines, the war in Ukraine slogs on. Dr. Boris Lushniak, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health--son of Ukrainian immigrants--tells of the mood in the country’s capital. Plus: what’s the outlook for more U.S. assistance? We speak with U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th).

A public health perspective on Ukraine; Rep. Hoyer on stalled foreign aid

The state's massive education reform package - the Blueprint for Maryland's Future - lays out a plan to expand free pre-kindergarten to low-income families. How will school systems and private childcare providers work together? 

We speak with Jennifer Lynch, a member of the Blueprint’s Accountability & Implementation Board, and Chris Peusch,executive director of the Maryland State Child Care Association.

Links:
The State of Preschool 2022 - The National Institute for Early Education Research
Breaking down the Blueprint: Major changes ahead as Maryland plans dramatic expansion of early childhood education
Blueprint Pillar 1: Early Childhood Education
Blueprint for Maryland’s Future: Prekindergarten Implementation Planning
Prekindergarten Expansion and Improvements

The state's massive education reform package - the <a href="https://blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org/">Blueprint for Maryland's Future</a> - lays out a plan to expand free pre-kindergarten to low-income families. How will school systems and private childcare providers work together? 
We speak with <a href="https://aib.maryland.gov/Pages/members.aspx">Jennifer Lynch</a>, a member of the Blueprint’s <a href="https://aib.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx">Accountability &amp; Implementation Board</a>, and Chris Peusch, executive director of the <a href="https://mscca.org/">Maryland State Child Care Association</a>.
Links: <a href="https://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/YB2022_ExecutiveSummary.pdf">The State of Preschool 2022 - The National Institute for Early Education Research</a> <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/06/19/breaking-down-the-blueprint-major-changes-ahead-as-maryland-plans-dramatic-expansion-of-early-childhood-education/">Breaking down the Blueprint: Major changes ahead as Maryland plans dramatic expansion of early childhood education</a> <a href="https://blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org/ece/">Blueprint Pillar 1: Early Childhood Education</a> <a href="https://marylandpublicschools.org/Blueprint/Documents/Reports122021/PrekindergartenImplementationPlanning.pdf">Blueprint for Maryland’s Future: Prekindergarten Implementation Planning</a> <a href="https://blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org/prekindergarten-expansion-and-improvements/">Prekindergarten Expansion and Improvements</a>

What does Maryland's pre-K expansion mean for the child care industry?

In Maryland, some officials and civil rights advocates are concerned there is not enough oversight of how the city uses increasingly sophisticated surveillance tools such as facial recognition technology.

We talk about policy at the state and local level with Baltimore City CouncilmanKristerfer Burnett and State Sen. Charles Sydnor.

In Maryland, some officials and civil rights advocates are concerned there is not enough oversight of how the city uses increasingly sophisticated surveillance tools such as facial recognition technology.
We talk about policy at the state and local level with Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett and State Sen. Charles Sydnor.

'Kin: Rooted in Hope' tells a family's history shaped by enslavement and freedom on the Eastern Shore

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