Thanks to the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County established by our community partners, ESR was able to create the Emergency Empowerment and Readiness Initiative to support local community members impacted by the novel coronavirus. The initiative began on Tuesday, July 21.
More than a dozen current and former firefighters are calling out leaders within the Winston-Salem Fire Department for allowing a culture of racism and hatred to fester. During a press conference on Monday, July 20, members of Omnibus, a local organization of Black firefighters, laid out a history of racism that includes gorilla masks, nooses, and gobs of used chewing tobacco.