Pandemic! What to Do?
By Robin Fonsha
We are in the midst of a very tumultuous time. In our lifetime, we’ve not seen or experienced anything like the spread of this Coronavirus. It’s no wonder we are not sure what to do! Well, the first thing to NOT do is panic or overreact.…
Why Life Insurance Should Be a Priority for Millennials
By Nicole McConico
Having a conversation about planning for the unknown or a death occurring is hard for most people. It is definitely easier to discuss a recent travel destination or trending sports topic with a millennial than life insurance.
According to a recent T.…
How One Woman is Fighting to Close the Racial Gap in Health Care
Yvonne Dixon still vividly recalls the heartbreak and hard work of her family’s struggle to care for her great-grandmother in Salisbury in the 1970s.
Caring for a person with dementia is often too much for families to handle on their own.…
The Rundown of Things to Do: Thursday, November 15 – Sunday, November 17
By Shawn D. Allison, II
What’s the word family? It has gotten mighty cold over the past week, but not to worry because I’ve found all sorts of flyness guaranteed to warm your souls! Please be sure to bundle up and engage in regular health and wellness checks during these climate changes.…
Crowning the Beauty Within
By Angela Lindsay
In a social media climate that glorifies eyelash extensions, lace front wigs, claw-like artificial nails and butt implants, a local program is celebrating all-natural beauty and empowering young women to embrace their own.
Founder Vernisha Crawford saw a need for such a program when she realized how much time and money she was spending on her external appearance.…
The Rundown of Things to Do: Thursday, February 6- Sunday, February 9
By: Shawn D. Allison, II
Greetings everyone! Hope you all have had a great weekend. But the weekend is here and so is The Rundown and it is chock full of cultural flyness! I will be out spreading the love to all this Sunday afternoon on the turntables at my event “Bueller’s Black Love Boogie: Vinyltine’s Day 2020” so please be sure to come through and get some of this musical magic!…
Seniors Stay Healthy with Friends and Fitness
By Tonya Jameson
Inside the community room at Greater Bethel AME Church, music blared as arms reached toward the ceiling and bodies swayed. Laugher rang out as the group’s leader called out the steps.
“Push it away,” Mitchell Smith-Bey called out, “hot dogs, push it away, hamburgers, push it
away.”…
Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Partner Spotlight: the Steve Smith Family Foundation
By Gerard Littlejohn
It’s not often that you get to live out your purpose and make a living doing it. Fortunately for me, I get a chance to do just that on a daily basis.
Four years ago, I was hired by former Carolina Panthers star Steve Smith Sr.…
The Rundown of Things to Do: Thursday, September 5 – Monday, September 9
By Shawn D. Allison, II
Peace brothers and sisters! This is the most important weekend of the year—it is The Black Ferris Bueller’s Born Day! What better way to celebrate with all of you in a wide variety of goodies to get into!…
The Rundown of Things to Do Thursday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 9
By Shawn D. Allison, II
Seasons Greetings everyone! We are now in the final month of 2019 and it’s been a wild ride so far. To kick off this month, The Rundown is jam-packed with lots of Christmas plays, performances and some totally far out music jams!…