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Event Series:
It’s More Than History Lecture Series
Eroding History: How Climate Change Affects Black Cemeteries and Resting Places
February 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Online Event
Registrants will receive a Zoom link two days before the presentation.
February is Black History Month! In the first “It’s More Than History” lecture of 2024, learn about how climate change affects Black cemeteries and resting places. André Chung and Sean Yoes talk about their film, Eroding History, produced by Rona Kobel, André Chung and Sean Yoes. This lecture is one of three sponsored by the Baltimore National Heritage Area and presented by The Peale. Additional lectures will be presented online on March 22 and April 12. All are presented for free. Catch up on lectures on The Peale’s YouTube channel.
Presenter: André Chung, director of Eroding History, is an award-winning photojournalist and portrait photographer. He is the recipient of the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Domestic Photography, and he has also received the George Polk Award, and the Sigma Delta Chi award. A longtime award-winning photojournalist at The Baltimore Sun for more than a decade, he was twice named the Times Mirror Journalist of the Year. André’s work is housed in the permanent collections at the History Miami Museum and the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Presenter: Sean Yoes, the co-producer, and co-writer of Eroding History, is a native of West Baltimore and has worked in television, film and newspapers during a career in media, which has spanned more than 30 years. He has been honored for his work by Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the Association of Black Media Workers, the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C. Press Association. He is the former Baltimore editor and columnist for the AFRO American Newspapers. Yoes is also author of, Baltimore After Freddie Gray: Real Stories from One of America’s Great Imperiled Cities. He is founder of The Black River Film Project.
“Go back and fetch it”. We must look back to the past so that we may understand how we became what we are. and move forward to a better future.
Accessibility
Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available upon request for this event. ASL requests must be made three full business days prior to an event.
Wheelchair and Physical Building Access / The Peale has a brand new elevator! The new accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail.
Parking / There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holliday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are 4 access parking spots on the 200 block of Holliday Street.
Visual Descriptions and more / For additional information about captioning, ASL, services, and more, please visit our Accessibility page.
Visual Descriptions and more / For additional information about captioning, ASL, services, and more, please visit our Accessibility page.