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Fifty Women in North Carolina You Need to KNOW.

July 18, 2024

Fifty women in N.C., including many from the Charlotte area region were recognized on Sunday,July 14 th , 2024, at The Pine, a new event venue located in the NODA area. The KNOW Women, amedia company that highlights female leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs across the U.S.and…

UNCC Honors Dontá L.Wilson with Named Building

July 12, 2024

The newest residence hall at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was renamed Wilson Hall in honor of Dontá L. Wilson, a Charlotte alumnus who serves as the vice chair on the Board of Trustees. Wilson Hall is Charlotte’s first residence hall named after an African American.…

La Noticia Publisher Bolsters and Informs Charlotte’s Spanish-Speaking Community

June 24, 2024

By Brenda Porter-Rockwell Hilda H. Gurdian has received many accolades, including publisher, CEO, mom, wife, friend, community leader, success coach, faith leader, speaker and author. But behind the titles is simply a hard-working woman passionate about helping others manifest the same success she’s seen over more than three decades.…

Whitfield Lovell’s Passages Exhibit: Hidden Stories and Cultural Memories

June 24, 2024

Whitfield Lovell’s Passages Exhibit: Hidden Stories and Cultural Memories By John Burton Jr. “Any work of art must first of all tell a story.” This quote by Robert Frost epitomizes famed contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell. Recognized as one of the world’s leading artistic interpreters of lost African American history, his artistry is based on found images of African American people from African Americans who lived during the Emancipation Proclamation through the Civil Rights Movement.…

Addressing the Body, Mind and Spirit with Traditional Chinese Medicine

June 24, 2024

Addressing the Body, Mind and Spirit with Traditional Chinese Medicine By Sonja Whitemon Approximately 64 percent of adults have experienced some type of childhood trauma, which can have lifelong health effects, according to the CDC. In fact, the CDC reports that Americans who have experienced adverse childhood experiences are at higher risk of dying from five of the top 10 leading causes of death with heart disease and cancer consistently leading the list.…

A Charlotte Movement to Unite All Cultures

June 24, 2024

A Charlotte Movement to Unite All Cultures By Rosanny Crumpton International Minority Coalition Founder, Willie Fleming, had a vision in 2017 to create a group of community members that would help change the negative narrative about Black and Brown communities. At the time, having experienced a term as county president for the African American Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party (AAC-NCDP) and freshly rolling off two terms as State president for the caucus, he felt energized to start something new and internationally inclusive.…

Festival of India Celebrates the History, People and Culture of India

June 24, 2024

By Angela Lindsay What started as a small one-day affair at Spirit Square in 1995 has blossomed into a sprawling weekend of vibrant sights, sounds and events. It’s Festival of India — and it’s spectacular. At its current scale, Festival of India hosts more than one thousand participants — artists and volunteers who all play vital roles in the event’s continued success. Last…

Living the Dream: The Joys of Becoming an American Citizen

June 24, 2024

By Angela Lindsay For those of us born in the United States, we may sometimes take our citizenship for granted. However, for the hundreds of thousands of people who are naturalized as citizens of this country every year, it can be the most exciting moment of their lives.…

How Southern Lion Is Changing Charlotte’s Shopping Experience

June 5, 2024

How Southern Lion Is Changing Charlotte’s Shopping Experience By Angela Lindsay When Blacklion home décor marketplace closed last year after 27 years, it left a void not only as a destination location for savvy shoppers hoping to luck upon a distinctive new addition for their home or a unique gift for that friend who has everything, but also for those merchants for whom the venue had become a reliable avenue through which to showcase their wares. …

Shorcut Hoppin’ John Salad

June 4, 2024

By Dawn Hilton Williams a.k.a. The Vegucator Symbolizing prosperity on New Years, this Shortcut Hoppin’ John Salad is a flavorful and nutritious dish that celebrates the black-eyed pea, which is a staple ingredient brought to the Americas at great risk by our ancestors during the transatlantic slave trade.…