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Finance

Rai Glover • Notable Names • March/April 2022

April 7, 2022
Rai Glover is the new market president for Truist Financial in Charlotte. Glover brings more than 23 years of banking experience to Truist and will be responsible for the commercial banking team covering the Charlotte region. Prior to joining Truist, Glover worked for Bank of America and has held nine different positions including senior vice president where she managed a team of contribution managers from New York to Florida and contributed more than $35 million in grants to non-profit organizations.…
Wellness

Pandemic! What to Do?

March 17, 2020
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.…
Lifestyle

Crowning the Beauty Within

October 9, 2019
  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.…
Events

The Rundown of Things to Do: Thursday, February 6- Sunday, February 9

October 7, 2019
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!…
2019 September/October

Seniors Stay Healthy with Friends and Fitness

September 16, 2019
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.”…