The National Council of Negro Women Celebrates 85th Anniversary
December 10, 2020The Life and Work of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of our beloved National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), was born on July 10, 1875 in a small log cabin on a rice and cotton farm near Mayesville, South Carolina. The 15th of 17 children born to Patsy McIntosh McLeod and […]
Greensboro faith community addresses memory loss diseases with drive-thru health fair
December 10, 2020A group of churches, health advocates and civic leaders provided free boxes of food, along with flu shots and resources for healthcare at the Alzheimer’s Drive-Thru Winter Festival hosted by New Zion Missionary Baptist Church on December 5. New Zion Missionary Baptist Church partnered with Wake Forest Baptist Health, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Trinity AME […]
Cone Health Foundation announces new board members and officers
December 2, 2020Cone Health Foundation, Guilford County’s largest health-specific philanthropy, recently announced that it has added three new members to its Board of Directors: J. Samuel Cone, JD, is a financial consultant with Pinsker Wealth Management, an independent wealth and tax planning firm in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cone practiced law before joining Pinsker Wealth Management. Following law […]
Protestors return to Graham one month after police confrontation
December 2, 2020A month after police and sheriff’s deputies confronted them with pepper spray during an otherwise peaceful “March to the Polls,” protestors, again led by Greensboro pastor Rev. Greg Drumwright and Justice 4 the Next Generation, along with members of Alamance Alliance for Justice, returned to Graham in Alamance County Sunday to demonstrate against police brutality. […]
COVID-19 puts N.C. “In Danger” says Gov.
November 27, 2020As Black families come together to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, they do so in the shadow of extreme risk. The number of coronavirus cases has risen across the state, according to the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and in the words of Gov. Roy Cooper, Monday during a press conference, “We are in […]
A Season of Giving
November 27, 2020Every day is a day of giving thanks for many congregations in Guilford County. But this past week, with Thanksgiving on the menu, was especially important to members of the Shiloh Baptist Church and Temple Emanuel as members of those congregation collected food that will be distributed to those in need. Rev. Steve Allen led […]
Statewide recount called in Beasley-Newby Chief Justice race
November 20, 2020Tuesday morning, Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Cheri Beasley officially asked for a statewide recount against challenger Justice Paul Newby in their neck-and-neck election battle. By noon Tuesday, Beasley was trailing by 366 out of 5.4 million votes cast. The recount must begin by today and be completed by Wednesday, Nov. 25th. Beasley […]
Howard Alumna Kamala Harris Makes History as First Female Vice President of the United States
November 12, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saturday was a day of firsts as Kamala Devi Harris became the highest-ranking female U.S. official in the country’s 244-year history, after Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 election. Harris is also the first African American woman to become vice president of the United States. In a post on Twitter […]
Biden & Harris WIN!
November 12, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. – After four years of feeling under siege from a racially hostile White House and after a week spent awaiting the results of a nail-biter election, supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden finally exhaled when it became clear that President Donald Trump was booted from office. Black America and the rest of […]
Election Day 2020: Guilford County Results
November 5, 2020Election Day 2020 in Guilford County ended on Tuesday night with 283,018 ballots being counted in the unofficial totals. Early voting statistics show that 191,477 of those votes were cast during early voting, which ran from October 15 – October 30. According to the North Carolina Board of Elections data, 239,073 absentee ballots for Guilford […]
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