Hundreds at rally ask: Where are the children?
July 5, 2018Hundreds of Triad residents braved the heat on Saturday afternoon to gather at LeBauer Park in Downtown Greensboro in an effort to collectively raise their voices in protest against the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy against immigration and oppose the forced separation of children from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border. Concerned people from […]
Greensboro community calls for Cure Violence model
June 29, 2018A group of community members and leaders are calling for a new way to combat deadly violence in the city. In response to three shootings on Monday, June 25 that left three people dead and one in critical condition, concerned citizens gathered at Prestige Barber College on Phillips Avenue on June 26 to generate support […]
2018 grads embark on new beginnings!
June 22, 2018It’s that special time of year again when high school seniors across the county don caps and gowns in their school colors and take that final walk across the stage. Guilford County Schools graduated nearly 5,600 students between May 23 and June 17. According to the district, Guilford County’s class of 2018 earned a record […]
Community comes together to cure violence
June 21, 2018A group of Greensboro residents have come together to help curb violence in the community. Community members, CJ Brinson, youth pastor at Faith Christian Church and Gene Blackmon, owner of Prestige Barber College, led a public meeting at Windsor Community Center on June 18 in order to hear the concerns of Greensboro residents regarding how […]
Lawmakers and N.C. NAACP react to new voter ID attempt
June 15, 2018Black Democratic lawmakers in the State House are on one page when it comes to warning all about the newest attempt by Republican legislative leaders to put voter photo ID back on North Carolina law books, except this time, Republicans want the public to approve it by referendum so that they can come back later […]
Black business leaders demand changes to M/WBE policies
June 8, 2018Black business leaders, civil rights advocates and members of the Black clergy addressed the Greensboro City Council during council’s Tuesday, June 5 meeting over concerns of economic racial disparities in City of Greensboro contracting and to call for economic justice. About 15 people spoke to council about the City of Greensboro’s Minority and Women Business […]
Greensboro Medical Society hosts Men’s Doctor Day
June 1, 2018At Wiley Elementary, consider the diagnosis a healthy success from 13 African American doctors on Men’s Doctor Day. The smiling doctors from the Greensboro Medical Society delighted in dispensing hope and inspiration to the young male students. Donning characteristic white medical coats, the doctors met in groups with the eager young students. They provided the […]
Faith leaders galvanize the Poor People’s Campaign
May 24, 2018On Friday, May 18, national leaders Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, and Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), joined Greensboro clergy, civic and community leaders to discuss the objectives of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Leaders gathered at Beloved Community Center in Greensboro to […]
Greensboro Pastor heads to Louisville to lead Presbyterian Mission Agency
May 17, 2018LOUISVILLE – Following an expansive national search, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) elected Greensboro, N.C. pastor, the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA). This organization is one of six agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Moffett will assume leadership on June 11. Her appointment is subject […]
North Carolina Dems launch 2018 legislative agenda
May 17, 2018State Sen. Gladys Robinson (D) of District 28 and State Rep. Amos Quick (D) of District 58 hosted a press conference at North Carolina A&T State University on Monday, May 14, as part of a statewide effort to launch a new positive, unified 2018 legislative agenda for North Carolina Democrats. “This is what we, as […]
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