"Stoop Shoots," by Daisy Brown, Episode 9 Election Edition by Be Here Stories | Stories from Main Street

The Peale is excited to share stories and photos by Daisy Brown, a native Baltimorean, who is working on a audio-diary project called, "Stoop Shoots." From a safe distance, Daisy is taking photos of people in East Baltimore on their stoops and in the surrounding neighborhood. She's also capturing black-and-white vignettes of street corners, parks, and sidewalks in East Baltimore. Each person involved in the project has the opportunity to share a voice recording about his/her experiences during the COVID-19 crisis and 2020 in general.

"Stoop Shoots" is part of the Be Here: Baltimore storytelling program and a new way to discover the people and places of the city. To date, we have shared more than 1,500 stories online, at the Peale Center, and in Baltimore’s communities. Hear stories from around Baltimore and record your own on the Peale’s website or using the Free Be Here Stories App for iOS.

Daisy: Hi, I'm Daisy Brown, staff photographer for the Peale, and welcome to "Stoop Shoots," where once a week, I will feature photos and stories of residents of East Baltimore. I just wanted to share with you an interview, a brief interview I did outside an early polling site right off of Eastern Avenue. It's for a young lady who was running for her local district as councilwoman. So, this is one of the volunteers that was outside campaigning on her behalf.

Volunteer: Okay, this is Franca Muller Paz. She's running for District 12. She's running as a third party candidate. She's all about education. She's been teaching at City College for 10 years now. She believes that education is really important. She was able to allocate 3 million dollars from City Hall to try to close the digital divide that we have now. She's not running a campaign to, with like developers or for developers. She's running it for the people. She was able to collect donations from grass groups and just like regular people like us, so she's going to respond to us, so yeah, she's pretty awesome (laughs).

Daisy: Until next time, thank you for watch Stoop Shoots.

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