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Responses: Will will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “I’m okay for my life. I’m 66. I’m worried about my kids and grandkids. I hate to say that. I love this country and I am worried. Then again, my dad said the same thing … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Johna Applestein, North Bethesda, MD

Johna is a determined 24-year-old woman brimming with creative potential. Her parent’s house is full of sculptures she’s made in various mediums. She is also an aerial artist on the silks. Two years ago, after graduating college, she applied to … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Marta Vogel and Eliot Applestein, North Bethesda, MD

“Building community in the suburbs is like pumping up a tire that has a persistent leak.” Marta Vogel and Eliot Applestein have lived in the Tilden Woods area of Bethesda for 23 years. “It was easier to meet people when … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Andrew Umentum, Mount Rainier MD

“I don’t aspire to live a safe, comfortable, suburban life.” Andrew Umentum is a lanky Midwestern graduate from University of Wisconsin – Madison. When he began working for National Geographic as a cartographer he lived in College Park, but moved … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Megan Young, Sheila Maffay-Tuhill, and Michael Hartman, Greenbelt MD

The place to meet in Greenbelt MD is The New Deal Cafe, which serves very good Middle-Eastern food. I met Megan Young, Director of the Greenbelt Museum, Sheila Maffay-Tuthill, the museum’s Education Coordinator as well as long-time Greenbelt resident, and … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “We have lost faith in science. It began with the Cold War, when ‘duck and cover’ didn’t give us confidence against the threat of nuclear war. White-coated scientists lost their prestige. Then science began to … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Aaron Marcavitch, Executive Director, Maryland Milestones, Greenbelt, MD

Rexford Tugwell, a man with an aristocratic name and impeccable white suits, ran the Resettlement Administration under FDR’s New Deal. In 1937 Greenbelt, MD – a new town modeled on Europe’s Garden City movement, became one of the agency’s most … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Joan Treacy and Christine Byerly, UMMC NICU, Baltimore, MD

I met Joan and Christine about five years ago, when we worked tougher to design a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for University of Maryland Medical Center. After many delays, it opened last fall. I appreciated a tour of the … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Hannah Collins, Baltimore MD

Hannah Collins grew up in East Africa, the oldest child of Christian missionaries. Though she visited the US on regular vacations, Hannah never lived here until she attended college. “It’s difficult to transition to the United States after living in … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “I’m going to go on. I had a dual lung transplant a year and a half ago and I completely fine.” Molly, ferry rider, Cape May, NJ How will we live tomorrow? “I’m just waiting … Continue reading

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