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Announcements, June 21, 2022

Through Aug. 19: Beatties Ford Road Vocational Center’s PG-13 Summer Tech Camp, $75/week first child, $40 for 2nd through 6th. Details on flier.
June 22: Pride Patton 88th Birthday Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Genesis Project, 5104 Reagan Dr. Ste. 5.
June 22: Virtual training on infectious disease prevention and control, focused on COVID-19, free, virtual, 8:50 a.m.-11 a.m. Info and registration here.
June 23-26: MeckMIN Summer Interfaith Youth Camp for those 10th-12th grade. Register here.
June 25: Council of Elders “Know Your Rights Healing: Racialized Trauma Edition,” 11-a.m.-3 p.m., Plaza Road Academy, 1000 Anderson St., lunch provided.
June 25: Friends & Family Day with April Benson’s Sisters Helping In Educational Leadership & Development, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 5631 Mount Holly-Huntersville Rd.
June 26: “The Frankie Mae Foundation: Care for the Caregiver,” 3 p.m., free, Zoom. Register here.
July 6: Virtual training on infectious disease prevention and control, focused on COVID-19, free, virtual, 8:50-11a.m. Info and registration here.
June 29: Alma Adams Men’s Health Symposium, 10-11 a.m., virtual. Register here.
July 14-16: Afrofuturism Fest & Unconference by City Startup Labs. Thursday 6-8 p.m. “Libations & Liberation,” free, Dubois Center, 320 E. 9th St., Register; Friday 4-8 p.m. “Family Fun Fest,” VAPA Center, 700 N. Tryon St., Register; Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., “(un)Conference & Colab,” free, Dubois Center, 320 E. 9th St., Register.
July 16: Food drive, 1-4 p.m., at Reeder Memorial Baptist Church, 3725 Beatties Ford Rd. Suggested items for families in need listed on flier.
July 18: Virtual training on infectious disease prevention and control, focused on COVID-19, free, virtual, 12:50-3 p.m. Info and registration here.
July 18-23: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn to the Gulf Coast for casino attractions.
Aug. 3: Virtual training on infectious disease prevention and control, focused on COVID-19, free, virtual, 8:50-11a.m. Info and registration here.
Aug. 22: Virtual training on infectious disease prevention and control, focused on COVID-19, free, virtual, 12:50-3 p.m. Info and registration here.
Sept. 12-16: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn to Cincinnati for Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center – and a casino.
Oct. 22: Council of Elders Expungement Clinic, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 1000 Anderson St. Pre-register at website here.
2023
Jan. 21: Council of Elders Expungement Clinic, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 1000 Anderson St. Pre-register at website here.
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Candidates & Elected Officials
Alma Adams 6-17
Dimple Ajmera 6-15 6-19 6-19
Joyce Waddell 6-15 6-20
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Nonprofits & Government
Charlotte Area Fund 6-16
Dirt Road PAC 6-16
NC Administrative Office of the Courts 6-21
New Rural Project 6-17
Obama Foundation 6-15 6-16
Sol Nation 6-18
UNCC Urban Institute 6-16
Urban League 6-18

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