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Poverty in North Carolina Continues to Escalate: This Is Not The Time To Turn Our Back On The Poor
Poverty is not just a seven-letter word; it is a state of being for over 46 million Americans and their families and over 1.7 million or 18% of North Carolina families. It is invasive and merciless when it comes to measuring quality of life and the potential future of not only communities but regions such…
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New Generation Leaders: Rural Communities Have An Opportunity to Help Build Their Economic Infrastructure With Youth and Young Adults
Rural northeastern North Carolina has undergone tremendous challenges since its history. Its ability to lure companies to help it move from its complexity of economic development, has an opportunity to inject youth and young adult leadership into the mix. Important to the work of communities is how they define the role of their youth and…
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Know the Numbers: Future Workforce Highly Connected to Social Media and Technology
From text messaging to video feeds, young people are being drawn to smart technology in ways that are changing the way they think, innovate and process critical data. Their ability to comprehend rules in the workplace, demonstrate soft skill competency, and handle work force demands, are all impacted by the rules of smart technology and…
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What We Know About Poverty: We Are Not Alone
What we know about poverty in America is that northeastern North Carolina is not alone. There are more than 46 million persons living in poverty in America making less than $23,000 a year to meet the needs of a family of four. When it comes to our kids, over 21% of them live in poverty…
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Stock Market and Unemployment Numbers Improving: Revisiting Public Supports Beyond the Numbers
The state of the country has been rising in its popularity over the last few weeks. The stock market has shown signs of unexpected improvement and so has the unemployment rate with the third week of claims dropping. However, there are regions across the nation with predictions that are on course. They have shown little…
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Voter ID Public Hearing: Vote No Was the Overwhelming Message
Yesterday I wrote an article entitled Groundswell of Concern Emerging : Back to Back Legislation Bad for Poor and People of Color (see below). It expressed a number of concerns about the Voter ID that is worth reading. Today I had the opportunity to appear before the Republican House leadership in opposition to the proposed…
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Groundswell of Concern Emerging : Back to Back Legislation Bad for Poor and People of Color
In any civil society, the protection of the poor and appreciating the worth of cultural and ethnic differences, defines who we say we are. When acts are unreasonable, its might and momentum not only reverses progressive legislation but reminds a community of people of basic rights that were once denied. From rejecting the affordable care…