Feb. 26, 2019 Dr. Diane Bowles, vice president for government sponsored programs and research, and executive director of the Smith Institute for Applied Research at Johnson C. Smith University, this morning discussed two books published by the university. One of the books is "Let There Be Light: ... Continue Reading →
Promoting understanding of the complicated insurance world
Jan. 29, 2019 Robin Tolliver-Ayotunde is an insurance broker. Her background is in health insurance. On Tuesday she presented herself as marketing director for World Financial Group, a Transamerica unit based in Georgia and with a Charlotte office on Independence. She answered lots of questions ... Continue Reading →
Vakala outlines a ‘cultural strategy’ to undergird action for change
Jan. 22, 2019 Vakala thinks deeply about culture, and how most people allow themselves to be defined by whatever culture they join or find themselves in. One of his examples this morning: On 9/11, he says he saw most of his African-American friends on the UNC Chapel Hill campus consider the ... Continue Reading →
Fielding tools & people to help struggling readers
Chart illustrates how, on a schoolwide basis, reading test scores tend to fall as the prevalence of family poverty at a school increases. At right, Read Charlotte's Munro Richardson. Dec. 4, 2018 If only, with a tip of his right finger, Munro Richardson could lift the right end of the line up, up ... Continue Reading →
How to build daily lives that nurture all children
Nov. 13, 2018 In most discussions like this morning's, people speak out of their silos and talk past one another. Today, there was some engagement across silos. Perhaps some more communication will occur in the future. Dr. Betty Howell Gray advises groups on how schools can improve children's ... Continue Reading →
JCSU President Clarence D. Armbrister introduces himself
Aug. 21, 2018 Clarence D. Armbrister is a lawyer and investment banker by training and most of his work experience. Eight months in to his term as 14th president of Johnson C. Smith University, little wonder that the first of the four "Rs" outlining his goals at JCSU is "resources." It's hard to ... Continue Reading →
Urban League CEO reaches out
Aug. 7, 2018 Teddy McDaniel, President and CEO the Urban League of Central Carolinas, appealed Tuesday for help spreading the word about the League's workforce training programs . A Columbus, Ohio native and Morehouse graduate, McDaniel spent 15 years in various finance jobs before joining the ... Continue Reading →
Sickle cell patients need African-Americans to donate blood
July 13, 2018 Jessica Jankowski writes that, where the blood supply meets patients with sickle cell disease, there is “a problem.” “This past week alone, JUST ONE local hospital required over 170 of these specially matched units to treat sickle cell patients,” says Jankowski, communications ... Continue Reading →
Blue Star Mothers
May 29, 2018 They're in a sort of club, the Blue Star Mothers, that few would be excited to join: They have or have had family members in the U.S. military. The Gold Star Mothers among them have seen loved ones lose their lives in the service of their country. Yet they are reaching out to each ... Continue Reading →
How science now sees adverse experiences impacting children
May 15, 2018 Tuesday's presentation offered a view into how scientists' understanding of childhood behavior has been revolutionized by examining the impact that the violence and abuse that children witness early in their lives poisons them and seems to cause physical and mental illness later – ... Continue Reading →
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