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PRIDE MAGAZINE – BEST OF THE BEST 2021

May 21, 2021
Recognizing outstanding professionals in our community sponsored by Atrium Health and Novant Health. There are well over 400,000 people in the Charlotte workforce, with future job growth expected to be around 42% over the next ten years. With numbers like these, it is sometimes difficult to give great employees the accolades they deserve.…
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PEEP Is Being Reborn

May 3, 2021
By Alicia Benjamin and Kaycee McGee When Pride Magazine featured the story, “Who Will Save Our Children,” in a 2006 issue that told the daunting story of how many Black children in the Charlotte area were severely neglected, Dee Dixon, Pride Magazine’s CEO and Publisher was motivated to do something to help the children.…
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NXT | CLT Helps Small Businesses Succeed

April 30, 2021
By Angela Lindsay It can be challenging for minority-owned businesses to get off the ground, let alone remain sustainable for generations. While full of potential, too often these enterprises aren’t given the opportunities necessary to grow to the next level. Recognizing this challenge, business accelerator NXT Charlotte (NXT | CLT) has stepped in to give these companies a step up.…
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WOMEN BREAKING BARRIERS

March 3, 2021

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Black Women in Charlotte Are Breaking Barriers

By Angela Lindsay

Charlotte has a rich history of Black women who have broken barriers in the areas of school desegregation, executive representation in the corporate world and local politics. Meet a new generation of talented Black women who are following their callings and lighting paths for others now and for the future.…
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What Every Woman Needs to Understand About Heart Disease

March 3, 2021

The No. 1 killer of women is not getting the attention it deserves.

By Dr. Sandy Charles.  5 MINUTE READ.  Dr. Sandy Charles is the medical director of the Novant Health Women’s Heart & Vascular Center in Charlotte. She’s a passionate advocate for heart health for everyone, but she is especially focused on the heart health of women.Heart…
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Overcome The Strong Black Woman Syndrome

March 3, 2021

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Overcome The Strong Black Woman Syndrome

Pride Magazine – 2021 March/April “Women’s” Issue5 MINUTE READ Be strong. Be perfect. Be better than the rest. Be the breadwinner. Be supermom. Be the one who holds it all together for yourself, your family and your community.…
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Teens Cope with Loneliness in Covid

March 3, 2021

Teens Cope with Loneliness in Covid Isolation

By Shavonda Bean. 3 MINUTE READ. Although many have adjusted to this new way of life brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, some teenagers have not found a new rhythm. The word “lonely” has been used repeatedly by teenagers to describe their emotional state these days.…
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Jada Grandy-Mock Is Preparing New Paths for Herself, Family and Community

March 3, 2021

Jada Grandy-Mock Is Preparing New Paths for Herself, Family and Community

By Angela Lindsay.  4 MINUTE READ.   Fifth Third Bank executive Jada Grandy-Mock has accomplished a series of impressive firsts throughout her life. She was the first in her family to go to college; the first to earn a master’s degree; the first to own a home; the first to get married; and will likely be the first to leave an inheritance.…
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Atrium Health Expands Access to COVID-19 Testing in Underserved and Minority Communities

April 4, 2020

Atrium Health Expands Access to COVID-19 Testing in Underserved and Minority Communities

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 14, 2020

By Pride Staff. 3 MINUTE READ. New sites will remove any barriers that may exist to easily provide coronavirus screening and testingCHARLOTTE, N.C., April 14, 2020 – Atrium Health is rolling out additional Coronavirus Testing Centers this week, specifically aimed at addressing underserved and minority communities in Charlotte.…