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Teen Creates Map Showing the History of Slavery in Charlotte

By Brenda Porter-Rockwell What started as a Girl Scouts service award project for 18-year-old Alexia Alexander, has blossomed into a long-term partnership with two local museums. Enslaved individuals were buried in a separate section of Setters Cemetery in Charlotte on the Poplar Street side where the land was low and swampy.…
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Area Colleges Focus on Keeping Students Healthy

By Cheryl Clemmons Today’s college students face pressing physical and mental health issues, and student health centers locally and nationally are now expanding to offer more inclusive services. According to national student health organizations such as the American College Health Association and the Southern College Health Association, students need access to on-campus services that include mental health counseling, virtual appointments, and pharmacy services to deal with important issues including depression, stress, fear of mass shootings and inflation, all of which are prevalent today.…
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Bank of America column

Charlotte Is Your Home. It’s Ours, Too. By Kathy Cummings, Senior Vice President, Homeownership Solutions & Affordable Housing Programs At Bank of America, our investment in communities extends beyond the locations of our financial centers. We’re committed to strengthening our communities because they’re our communities too.…
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Executive Functioning

Teaching Children to Manage Their Lives and Emotions By Shavonda Bean These challenges can occur for several reasons. One of the most common contributors can be weaknesses in executive functioning skills. This is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of skill sets necessary to manage our lives, emotions and behaviors — much like an executive manages a business.…
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Humane Society of Charlotte

By Sasha Manley Where in Charlotte can you bring your laptop to get some work done, grab some coffee and hang out with adorable, adoptable cats? Answer: the Cat Café in the Humane Society of Charlotte’s new state-of-the-art facility on Parker Drive in Charlotte.…
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Small Business Special Section

Yonel Bredy & Vania Bredy – Owners of  Bredy Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab, LLC

New Family-Owned Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab Practice Promoting Health and Wellness Opens in the Charlotte Metro Area MATTHEWS, NC—Bredy Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab, LLC.…
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Pride Magazine • Notable Names At Atrium • Lana Haecherl • The Atrium Health Take Over!

Lana Haecherl, a long-standing associate at Atrium Health Greater Charlotte is the Surgical Services Education and Development Director. In the 1990s, Atrium Health was pivotal in sponsoring immigrants seeking asylum due to the Croatian War of Independence. Haecherl cultivated a safe, calming work environment for refugees affected by the conflict, supporting the success and career advancement they pursued when fleeing to the U.S.…
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Notable Names At Atrium • Dr. Benjamin Simmons

By Lelita Cannon Dr. Benjamin Simmons, a Family Physician and Assistant Professor for the Department of Family Medicine, has been part of Atrium Health for 13 years. His medical practice extends to newborns, geriatrics and everyone in-between in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.…
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Roadmap to Transformative Equity

At Atrium Health, leadership at all levels and regions of the organization are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, it’s central to our business and culture as demonstrated by our mission: to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.…
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Notable Names at Atrium Health • Dr. Janelle White

By Lelita Cannon Dr. Janelle White joined Atrium Health in 2004 and currently serves as the System Medical Director of Community Health. In this role, she provides leadership and administrative management to formulate and implement enterprise-wide and regional public health initiatives aimed at delivering clinical care and quantifiable progress for at-risk populations.…