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Women in Northeastern NC: She Doesn’t Have A Glass Ceiling She Has A Poverty Ceiling
As news reports talk at length about the glass ceiling, there are women living in communities in America like northeastern North Carolina, who face a different type of ceiling; the poverty ceiling. It is an economic barrier that seems unbreachable and impenetrable.The glass ceiling is a real construct. It has been a tool of constraint…
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Women in Northeastern North Carolina Are Members of the World Community of Women: Celebrating International Womens Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day is to celebrate the women of Northeastern North Carolina, as well. Neither their poverty or geography separates them from this event. They stand with women from across the world to draw attention to their human rights advances, as well as remind the world atrocities against women still exist, and call…
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Low Wealth Communities Building Its Own Hope for Better Than Expected Unemployment Numbers
Reports of over 236,000 new jobs were created last month and a drop in the unemployment rate from 7.9 to 7.7, made the headlines beginning early in the morning. The numbers were surprising to many believing they would be much lower with all the concerns waged about the sequester and a sluggish economy in general.…
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Building EMS Infrastructure During Tough Times:Bertie County Looking to Make Critical In-Roads
Bertie County is much more than a political body of policies, referendums and county as fiduciary on behalf of over 20, 000 residents. It is home to a community of citizens raising their families, attending their churches, and making their way to workplaces. As important as is its roads and bridges, is the health of…
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Voter ID Hearings Begin: What Says Northeastern North Carolina
In just a few days the NC Republican party will hold hearings on their proposed Voter ID legislation. This fiery debate has stirred the memory of people of color in a painful way. It mirrors racial constructs from North Carolina’s past that was thought, to be gone forever. Yet, news reports state that African Americans,…
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Recapturing “Mail Moments” in Rural Northeastern North Carolina
As a little girl raised by two amazing grandparents with a 4th and 7th grade education respectfully, and later by an incredible teen mom, I can still see my grandmother “fetching” the mail. For her, it was a daily ritual that would dare not be broken. No matter where we were or what we were…
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Managing in Distressed Communities: A Public Trust to Manage Knowledge
People capital as a market value in distressed communities is an overlooked primary asset. Managing communities is a trust given to manage knowledge. A community’s wealth is not solely in the tangible assets on a general ledger, but the very heart, soul and mind of those entrusted to manage a different type of portfolio- people…