Year: 2022

Business

NC IDEA – Elevating Black Entrepreneurship

April 29, 2022
By Sonja Whitemon Three Charlotte startup companies were selected to receive grants from NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina. The foundation awarded $75,000 grants to seven companies in North Carolina. The recipients of the awards were all companies founded by Black entrepreneurs.…
Business

A Full Plate: Chef Lisa Brooks Cooks Up Faith

April 29, 2022
Photo by Amanda Richardson Photography Story by: Sasha Manley Chef Lisa Brooks, a Charlotte native, is an example of what it means to step out on faith and bet on yourself. Brooks decided to leave corporate life at the age of 40 and get back to doing what she ultimately loved.…
Business

Real Men Get Manicures and Pedicures

April 29, 2022
By John Burton Jr. Imagine being in a nail salon, receiving your normal service, and two strapping construction workers venture in. They’re not there to meet their significant others but proceed to plop down in chairs at the pedicure station. Subsequently, they peel off their dirt-caked construction boots, then place their feet in the awaiting bubbling foot water bath.…
Featured Story

The Write Brothers Inspire the Next Generation of Leaders

April 29, 2022
By Anders J. Hare These four Black men — Rev. Reggie Tuggle, Dr. Augustus Parker III, Patrick Diamond and Ron Ancrum — didn’t form their writing collective just to tell their individual stories. They wanted to teach readers that no matter where they come from or what their circumstances are, they have the power to accomplish their goals.…
Donations

Food Lion Feeds Donates $1 Million to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina

April 27, 2022
Donation helps fund food bank’s new Salisbury location SALISBURY, N.C., April 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Food Lion Feeds is donating $1 million to help fund Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina’s new Salisbury, N.C., location. The facility in Rowan County, which will be named Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina – Food Lion Feeds Center, will provide new opportunities for the food bank to better serve the community through its agency food distributions and food pantry partners in Rowan, Cabarrus and Stanly counties.…
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Here's why STDs continued to surge during the pandemic

April 25, 2022
CDC data shows reported cases dropped during the early months of the pandemic, before surging at the end of 2020. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — COVID-19 had a sizeable impact on the fight against sexually transmitted diseases. Let’s connect the dots. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows reported cases dropped during the early months of the pandemic, before surging at the end of 2020.…
life

Homicide is a top cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. Black women are at higher risk

April 15, 2022
By Angela Lindsay Of all the concerns a pregnant woman may face as she navigates the months leading up to her child’s birth, violence at the hands of a domestic partner is one that is alarmingly on the rise. According to a study published last October in the medical journal “Obstetrics & Gynecology,” homicide was the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S.…