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How a map can shape a city
By Justine Paradis
“In elementary school, when I was learning about maps, I did not enjoy the classes at all. And often because it was focused on people like Christopher Columbus or other Eurocentric travelers who ‘discovered’ places,” said LaToya Gray Sparks.
Sparks is a graduate student at the Virginia Commonwealth University, studying urban and regional planning. Her work focuses on historical and cultural preservation as it pertains to the African-American community.
“I love mapping, so that s what I do a lot in my spare time,” she said.
Credit Courtesy LaToya Gray Sparks
Two dorms at the Metropolitan Transition Center in Baltimore have been quarantined after a confirmation of coronavirus cases there, Maryland’s prison system confirmed Thursday.
Vaccination rates among vulnerable inmates corrections officers have provided silver linings of data for Maryland's corrections system, which for the last year has been racked with far greater incidence of COVID-19 than the general public has.