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Board Member Article Budget Policy & Priorities Current Events Equal Pay Family Issues Family Leave Livable Wages Politics/Public Policy Poverty Issues Racial Justice/Equity Working Families

Why Are We Still Telling Black Women to Work Twice as Hard?

The women in my family set high standards for what “hard work” felt and looked like. In many ways these lessons gave me strength and...[Read More]

22 Aug
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Board Member Article Current Events General LGBTQIA Native American Heritage Reproductive Rights

Why Does Our Health Still Depend on Politics?

The recently released Status of Women in North Carolina: Health & Wellness Report (the second in a series of four publications) gave us good and...[Read More]

28 Jun
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Board Member Article Civil Rights General LBGTQIA Racial Justice/Equity

Love Wins

This week, I hit the two-month mark before my August nuptials. In the midst of seating arrangements, song selections and vow writing, an email came...[Read More]

17 Jun
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Board Member Article Civic Engagement Current Events Equal Pay General Racial Justice/Equity Reproductive Rights Working Families

Disrupt the Status Quo for Women in North Carolina

I recently began a small workbook titled: “Do Disrupt: Change the status quo. Or become it.” It’s timely for us to be talking about changing...[Read More]

17 May
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Board Member Article Current Events Events General Mother's Day Working Families

A More Meaningful Way to Celebrate Mother’s Day

Six years ago on Mother’s Day, I arrived at Ros’ home and knocked on the door only to find no answer. I walked in expecting to...[Read More]

8 May
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Board Member Article Disabilities & Ableism Mental Health

Let’s Replace the Word “Crazy”

Often, I’ve used the words “crazy” or “insane” in casual conversations to refer to situations I find scary, shocking or unbelievable. I grew up in...[Read More]

26 Apr
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Board Member Article Children's Issues Current Events LBGTQIA Politics/Public Policy Youth Issues

NC’s Conversion Therapy Bill Will Protect Children

If you think kids need a “cure” for being gay, then maybe you’re the one who needs conversion therapy. Last week, the Mental Health Protection...[Read More]

22 Apr
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Board Member Article Current Events LGBTQIA Sexual Assault Violence Prevention

Domestic Violence: What will it take for the NFL to change?

As Superbowl Sunday approaches, the media seems to be paying lots of attention to the Colin Kaepernick controversy which made it hard for the big...[Read More]

3 Feb
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Strive for Progress Not Perfection in 2019!

Give more. Lose weight. Start exercising. These New Year’s resolutions sound familiar? Ones you make every year that you might not have kept? You’re not...[Read More]

4 Jan
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Community Issues & Volunteering Current Events Racial Justice/Equity

Silent Sam: It’s a sad time to be a Tar Heel

Last week UNC administrators‘ recommendation of a $5.3 million history center on campus to re-house the confederate monument nicknamed Silent Sam, with an annual operating budget of...[Read More]

12 Dec
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