Wake’s Hit the Bricks event raises six figures for cancer research
Busta’s Person of the Week: Talk, cry and laugh with Tisha Raye’s ‘judgement-free zone’ podcast
Back in the 1990s, Winston-Salem native Vincent Parker became one of the most respected football officials in the game on the collegiate level. He was also one of only six Black officials in the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) at the time. His hard work on the field helped pave the way for other officials of color that followed.
Getting to know your Rams: Jaylin Parker: Small guard, big impact
Bubba Wallace won the NASCAR playoff cup race at Talladega, becoming the first Black driver to win a race on NASCAR’s premiere level since Wendell Scott did so in 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Nonprofit IFB Solutions, the largest employer of people who are blind or visually impaired in the country, announces its board of directors’ officers for the 2021-22 term and welcomes a new board member.
To combat gun violence in the community, last week the local branch of the NAACP #5471 and the Political Action Committee (Chair Quamekia Shavers) and Social Justice Committee (Chair Reginald McCaskill) held a program designed to help local adolescent/teenagers build leadership skills. On Oct. 8, the chapter hosted their event at “Sherman’s Drop-In.”
The Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) grant fund is now open for applications for the 2021 round of funding. The MBE grant fund launched last year with the goal of assisting Black and Latinx-owned small businesses in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County with COVID-19 recovery. The fund provides businesses with up to $25,000 and is focused on improving business success, job retention, and job creation.
SECU Foundation is pleased to join the collaborative efforts of UNC Health Foundation and other key organizations for a new telemedicine pilot addressing child and adolescent behavioral health issues for North Carolina public school students.
