“That makes me mad that your parents have never voted,” a white female high school teacher once said to me. Yet, she disclosed to me...[Read More]
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Articles I am turning 30 this year, and I have been nervous about this day for quite some time. Why? I have anxiety that I haven’t...[Read More]
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. This relief package contains measures for all Americans and targets...[Read More]
There’s a doorway in the middle of my hallway. I discovered it only after living in this house, an old one with many stories to...[Read More]
1. UNEARTHED NC: An eco-minded virtual writers retreat in collaboration with Southerly Magazine. 2. NEW STORYTELLERS: We added more than a dozen first time storytellers...[Read More]
On March 8, 2020, I’m sitting in a hotel in Williamsburg, Virginia painting, waiting for my husband to call me to come pick him up...[Read More]
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Women AdvaNCe has named Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center as a Woman to Watch! Dawn is an attorney and attended...[Read More]
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As a black woman in an interracial relationship, I hold my culture. I must pass this culture down to my biracial children. Being in an interracial...[Read More]
As a child and teenager, I grew up frequenting the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina A&T...[Read More]
It goes without saying that the Super Bowl is one of America’s largest cultural holidays. Super Bowl LIV features teams from San Francisco (The 49ers)...[Read More]