Dave Ford Does Earth

Dave Ford Does Earth

A Lifelong Journey Around the World

Current Project: Snapshots of New York City

A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.

A Brooklyn Highschool and Sean Bell

Posted by Dave Ford

Below is the first guest post of my friend Wendy Brown. Wendy teaches the 9th grade at a Brooklyn high school–her classes are ethnically and economically diverse. However, the vast majority of her students fall into the economic category society would describe as “working poor.”
In New York–as well as nationwide–the Sean Bell case is major [...]