Interviews

On this week's 1430 Connection, WNAV’s Donna Cole interviews Nicole Kelsch, the artistic director of the The Ballet Theatre of Maryland. Exactly how are ballet dancers staying in shape, teaching and rehearsing during this pandemic? How does the company and its dancers continue to survive if this goes on? And what will the 2020/21 season look like if all goes perfectly? And if it doesn’t? For more information on the Ballet Theatre of Maryland, visit www.balletmaryland.org

A peaceful protest in Edgewater today had protesters marching over two miles, starting at South River High School, going around Edgewater and ending at the Anne Arundel County Police Department Southern District Station.

Four teenagers from Lutherville had quite the fishing experience to remember today. They were out in a boat in the Chesapeake and expecting to catch some fish, but that's not exactly what happened. They saved a life, possibly lives, instead.

There were two peaceful protests in Edgewater on Sunday. WNAV's Donna Cole reports.

On this week's 1430 Connection, WNAV’s Donna Cole interviews Jacqueline Boone Allsup, president of the Anne Arundel County NAACP. The topic is racial discrimination in the U.S., repeated cases of police brutality and the demand by a consortium of Black organizations to equip the Anne Arundel County Police Department with body cameras.

For more information about the Anne Arundel County Branch of the NAACP, visit http://annearundelcountynaacp.org/index.html.

Tuesday afternoon brought peaceful protests in Annapolis. Protestors began on Forest Drive, then moved downtown.

On this week's 1430 Connection, WNAV’s Donna Cole interviews Donna Rice Hughes, president and executive director of Enough is Enough, a Virginia-based nonprofit which focuses on making the internet safer for children and families. Enough is Enough has launched a petition to shut down Teen Vogue. Hughes discusses the concerns Enough is Enough has with Teen Vogue, the first amendment and internet safety tips for parents.

We have reached out to Conde Nast for an interview/response. We have yet to receive a reply.

For more information on Enough is Enough, visit https://enough.org/

WNAV’s Donna Cole interviews Paul “Bo” Bollinger, executive director of Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) for the 1430 Connection. This Annapolis-based non-profit provides the opportunity for those with disabilities and students from at-risk communities to enjoy boating. With adapted boats and equipment, boating and getting on those boat, which was considered too difficult or impossible for some, no longer is. Plus, the organization is planning an adapted boating center in Annapolis –hear all about that and how you can help it to happen. For more information on CRAB, visit https://crabsailing.org/

Today, Maryland's 9/11 Rolling Memorial visited a community in Edgewater, where the parents and sister of Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks live. Petty Officer Feeks died on August 16, 2012 in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was 28-years-old.

We won't forget.

This is a story about freedom.
About having it.
Then not having it.
Then getting it back.

For more information about Frisky's Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary, Inc., visit http://www.friskys.org/