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The Sequester-Enough Has Not Been Said?
Across America and around the world, reports of the impact of the sequester continues to make headlines. Media spotlights are on economic super powers from New York to California. Reports of the sequester is a defining moment for communities that continue to fight poverty. Like no other time in history, the needy is being challenged…
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A Look at Local Currency and Taking Charge of the Brand
Northeastern North Carolina’s regional currency took another blow. Sequestration is now the law. Legislative stressors to regional infrastructure such as unemployment insurance, funding for Head Start, and bills that support job creation, makes growth even more difficult, while at the same time, sparks the region’s most creative genius; a redo of its brand. Building the…
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Time for a New Perspective: Sequestration and Nonprofits in Northeastern North Carolina
Across the board budget cuts in Washington, DC, will impact Northeastern North Carolina. There is no balancing act in Washington or Raleigh for that matter, that will not impact the most vulnerable. Shifts in support services for families in the northeast are not new experiences among the poor. With sequestration, the most vulnerable is not…
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Fostering the Growth of Entrepreneurship in Northeastern North Carolina
What do we do about poverty? How do we reduce the poverty rate in our community? Evidence points to the power of entrepreneurship as a strategy for many to help eradicate poverty. In Northeastern North Carolina, we face an uphill climb. As a region and as a community, there are a number of barriers that…
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Northeastern North Carolina Let’s Buy Local
Small businesses exist to meet a local demand. Northeastern North Carolina is home to a number of small businesses with an employee base of a lot less than 20 persons. They face the same regulatory and statutory demands of other businesses. Their ability to serve the communities, they do business in, depends upon the commitment…
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Poor and Poverty are not the Same
Poor and poverty are not the same. Poverty is a measurement of a set of conditions. Poor are indicators that you mirror the conditions of the measurement. We have a tendency to think and act in ways that make poor and poverty synonymous. As a little girl growing up in a persistent poverty community, I…
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Sequestration in North Carolina: Pending Cuts and Its Impact
Today, conversations around sequestration have intensified. With just a few days before automatic cuts go into effect, Washington shows no signs of changing the projectory of the sequester. North Carolina, like other states across the nation, is predicted to undergo tremendous cuts. Here are a few programs at risk: Head Start- cuts to about 1,500…