Rainy weather didn’t prevent women dressed in red from flooding the M.C. Benton Convention Center on Saturday, Feb. 23, for Red H.E.A.R.R.T’s annual Red Bottom Shoes Wellness and Luncheon Affair.
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There were few empty seats in the sanctuary of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church last week as students from Winston-Salem State University and other supporters continued their push to “Free Ronnie Long”.
This week we shine our light on Torre Jessup, Commissioner of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles.
Nearly 100 people attended the 100th birthday celebration for Charlie Jasper Lentz on Saturday evening, Feb. 2.
When making a list of Winston-Salem’s Black History Makers, your list isn’t valid if it doesn’t include champion of equality and education, Dr. Virginia K. Newell.
Last Friday members of Get Hate Out of Winston-Salem gathered at the corner of Fourth and Liberty to keep pressure on city officials to remove the statue that depicts a Confederate solider holding a rifle.
Lin Cundiff has been a Meals-On-Wheels volunteer for over 30 years.
Long has been in jail since he was 19 years old for a crime he says he didn’t commit. And last week students from Winston-Salem State University joined the fight to help Long seek justice.
While anyone can look at these numbers and come to the conclusion that more needs to be done to lift our community out of this hole, it is equally important that we look at the root causes of these issues and uplift programs and organizations that are already doing the work to change the narrative.
