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The Jacobs Family Battles Illness with Hope and Resilience

August 26, 2021

Kimberly and Frank Jacobs Sr. of Huntersville were shocked when they suddenly lost their son Gabriel in 2015, when he was playing basketball in the backyard and died from sudden cardiac arrest. Their son was only 12 years old. They were unaware that he had an undetected heart defect.Their…

Dr. Tracie Clark of Central Piedmont Chosen for National Presidential Fellowship for Community College Leaders

August 6, 2021

photo credit: Darnell Vennie/Central Piedmont FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2021Contact: Jeff Lowrance, 704.330.6660, jeff.lowrance@cpcc.edu Aspen Institute Contact: Monica Clark, monica.clark@aspeninstitute.org Tracie Clark of Central Piedmont Chosen for National Presidential Fellowship for Community College Leaders 40 aspiring community college presidents will participate in 2021-2022 Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship to advance student success CHARLOTTE, N.C.–…

MUSEUM INVITES COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT PROJECT TO SAVE HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL

August 5, 2021

Engagement Session is the First in a Series CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 3, 2021 – The Charlotte Museum of History will host a virtual engagement session for the community on Thursday, August 19, at 5:30 p.m. to share the latest updates on the Save Siloam School Project, a project to save a historic African American school building.…

IOR Global Services Helps International Employees Settle in to New Communities

June 29, 2021

By Ryan Kouame Noel Kreicker started IOR Global Services after he returned from a “failed” expatriate assignment in the 1970s in Colombia. Kreicker said he was determined to make the expat transition easier so international employees could succeed in their living and working environments while abroad.…

An ‘Artivist’ Takes Art to the People

June 29, 2021

By Angela M. Haigler Rosalia Torres-Weiner is a creative force of nature. Her determination to express herself creatively was evident early, as she used her art to entertain her siblings in a tumultuous family environment. In her teens, she told her parents she wanted to be an artist.…

How Pride Public Relations Became a Top Charlotte Agency

June 29, 2021

By Sonja Whitemon A 20-year-old Johnson C. Smith University student had no idea how a basic college internship would chart the course for her life. “Neph” Nepheterra Best was paired with Dee Dixon, now publisher of Pride Magazine for a role that was supposed to be a writing internship, simply writing articles for the magazine, which was owned by The Charlotte Observer at the time.…

Black Youth Suicide Rates Are Rising — Here’s How You Can Help

June 28, 2021

The suicide rate of Black youth is rising faster than any other demographic.[1] Black children under 13 are more likely to die by suicide than white children. What’s happening to our kids?

The Same Problems As 100 Years Ago

Unsurprisingly, researchers have found that racial discrimination (not to mention the social stress of being LGBTQ+) damages children’s mental health.…

Hoop Dreams Take Charlotte Basketball Player Around the Globe

June 28, 2021

by Tonya Jameson Antywane Robinson remembers every detail of the moment he began taking basketball seriously. As he stood in the corner of the baseline, holding a ball in his right hand, his Butler High School junior varsity coach told him that he could get paid to play basketball.…

My Pandemic Road Trips

June 27, 2021

By Dee Dixon Charleston, S.C. Most of you know I love to travel internationally. Of course, the pandemic put a serious dent in my plans. I had two trips booked for 2020, one to England and one to Amsterdam when COVID-19 literally destroyed my dreams.…

FREE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY

June 9, 2021

FREE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY CHARLOTTE, N.C., June, 9 2021 – Celebrate Charlotte’s Black history and culture with the free African American Heritage Festival, hosted by The Charlotte Museum of History, June 7-12. This year’s festival is a combination of virtual and in-person events.…