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Life in the Living Room — the Heart of the Home

By Angela Lindsay The living room is like the heart of the home — a symbol of love. The first room people often see when they enter a house — it’s usually decorated with things the owner loves the most such as paintings, pictures, mementos and other sentimental items.…
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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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Letter from the President and CEO of Atrium Health

For over 30 years, Pride Magazine has been a source of inspiration and information for the greater Charlotte region’s African American community, lifting and supporting Black voices in and around the place we call home. It is an honor for Atrium Health to be able to share our story in this September 2022 issue, shining a light on the ways in which we provide care and work to eliminate health disparities.…
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Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Names New CEO

Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy announced Toussaint Romain as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dedicated to providing legal representation to those who are unable to afford it, and advocating for policies that increase economic opportunity and mobility for the Charlotte community, Romain’s experience, leadership and passion for justice will serve the Advocacy Center well as it enters a new chapter of impact and growth.…
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Messy Roots Nurtures Men of Color

By Anders J. Hare After teaching seventh grade students in Charlotte and co-founding Profound Gentlemen, an organization that addresses the needs of Black male students by mentoring Black male educators, Mario Jovan Shaw decided to change course a bit. Through his work with Profound Gentleman, Shaw said he now recognizes “what it means to take it to the next level,” he said.…