The local branch of the NAACP awarded five $1,000 scholarships to deserving students last week during the organization’s Freedom Fund Gala held at the Anderson Center on the campus of Winston-Salem State University.
On Saturday, May 11, the Winston-Salem Symphony will present a concert that just may well be a historic event when two dynamic women – Michelle Merrill and Nia Franklin – join together in “At Last: Nia Imani Franklin.”
Mrs. Harris’ family and friends had the honor to celebrate her at the Salem Lake Marina where she received Mayor J. Allen Joines’ Proclamation declaring her birthday, April 23, 2024, as Rematha Harris Day.
ESR, a local nonprofit and leading player in “empowering social and economic self-reliance for the working low-income and homeless,” has appointed Fred Bazemore as the executive director of the agency.