By Carl Kenney
March 30, 2010
By Rosalia Preiss Teen Arts Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Are you a kid who doesn’t have spring break plans? If so, you should consider attending Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s free movie showings on April 8, 9, and 10! The first film, “Racing Dreams,” will be shown on April 8 at 10 a.m. in […]
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March 29, 2010
By Corliss Pauling NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Looking from the outside of the Durham Branch Food Bank no one would ever guess or realize how important this facility is to a lot of people. The Durham Branch Food Bank located at 708 Gilbert is a non-profit organization that has served the community […]
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March 27, 2010
By Zenzelle Barnes Teen Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com On May 29th, Durham will get to experience fine dining and exercise at finest. The third annual Doughman, a team relay quadrathlon and competitive eating competition, will be held downtown. It is set to end at the Durham Farmers’ Market Pavilion, right in the heart of […]
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March 26, 2010
By Michael Gurganus UNC Multimedia Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Multimedia Editor Michael Gurganus shows the personnel on the Durham task group working to achieve better involvement of several areas, including Northeast Central Durham.
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By Chavaria Williams NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Chairs line the front porch of a small home where throngs of clients gather on the steps to receive fades and to sharpen edge-ups. Locals refer to 1014 Carroll Street in East Durham as the “home of the free haircuts” and waiting patiently to service […]
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March 25, 2010
By Jamese Slade NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Summertime is near, when schools close their doors and kids roam free. Durham Parks and Recreation wants to keep children in a fun yet safe environment at their summer camp programs. Registration started last Saturday and the camps are filling up fast. DPR is offering […]
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By Cara Oxendine NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Durham Farmers’ Market (DFM) offers the community access to fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, as well as natural, hormone-free pastured meats, eggs, cut flowers and so much more. It aims to promote sustainable, healthy lifestyles and is infusing a sense of community into […]
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By Carlton Koonce NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Tables full of hats and dishes, racks stuffed with business suits and blouses, and mats holding a seemingly endless variety of shoes awaited browsers of a Saturday morning yard sale held by Union Baptist Church in Northeast Central Durham. Church committees and members recently held […]
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By Latisha Catchatoorian UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com If anyone knows what a life of crime is like, Dennis Garrett does. He comes from a self-proclaimed background of “gang-banging” and “hustling.” But those days are long over as he helps change the lives of people just like him. Garrett is the founder and […]
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By Sarah Rankin UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Hayti Heritage Center is home to a lot of things: art exhibits, dance classes, concerts, documentary screenings and lectures. But it’s also home to one other type of program Durham residents might be less familiar with: poetry slams. The Hayti Heritage Center hosts its […]
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By Terri Flagg UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com For nearly two years, Wanona Satcher has had visions of leg-warmer-clad sugar plum fairies salsa dancing in her head. The idea for a 1980s-themed “Nutcracker: The Musical,” Satcher said “came to me driving down [Highway] 55 one night.” And as auditions approach, Satcher’s dream is […]
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By Lindsay Ruebens UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Martha Nance believes in the unexpected — like the birth of her second son, Jesse Alexander, in 2005 when she was 41. Her son, who goes by Alex, was a surprise because Nance was told more than 20 years ago that she wouldn’t be able […]
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By Allie McCoy UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Douglass Coleman was just looking for a good meal, like most patrons, when he walked into Kasib Abdullah’s New Visions of Africa restaurant, 306 Fayetteville Rd., in Durham almost two years ago. “But I was drafted into the good army,” said Coleman, a former elementary […]
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By Allie McCoy UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Coming to the United States isn’t always just to pursue the image of the “American Dream.” For many refugees, entrance to the U.S. comes from the intense fear or persecution or personal harm that would be caused by staying in one’s own country. Church World […]
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By Katie Little UNC Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Although Lyons Park resident Bessie Patterson blasts the heat to 77 degrees, her home is still drafty. “I’m sitting in there with a thin nightgown with air going all around my feet,” said Patterson, a retired nursing technician. “I’m paying to heat the outside.” To fix […]
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March 7, 2010
by Jock Lauterer UNC Adviser the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com After six bi-weekly online editions, the print version of the VOICE debuted Feb. 12, funded by supposrt from the Daily Tar Heel of UNC-Chapel Hill. A fresh print version of the Northeast Central Durham Community VOICE rolled off the press Friday morning, March 5, and is […]
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by Zenzele Barnes Teen Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com At SeeSaw Studio, the youth designers are learning about architecture. In the upcoming weeks the designers at SeeSaw will continue to learn more about architecture’s history. They will also build their own models, a task that architects often have to do. Also, the designers are going […]
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March 4, 2010
by Rosalia Preiss Teen Arts Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com “Mississippi Mourning: The Emmett Till Story” is an emotional play about Emmett Till, a young boy who was brutally lynched in Mississippi at age 14 in 1955. The play, written and directed by Kevin Wilson, is about Till’s life leading up to his murder. In […]
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By Briana Aguilar NCCU staff writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Malcolm Reed came to Durham in 2006 with a vision to help at-risk youth. He has helped 107 children get into college through his non-profit organization D3 Community Outreach, Inc. “My desire to act and to make a difference shifted from wanting to just give […]
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By Sarah Rankin UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The proverb, “it takes a village to raise a child,” is taken very seriously in Durham. A new program, the East Durham Children’s Initiative, will collaborate with community partners to create “a pipeline of services from cradle to career.” The initiative is modeled after the […]
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By Katy Millberg Latino Beat Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Five local entities are working together to improve the health and well-being of Durham Latinos through a program they call SEPA. In Spanish, the acronym means, “learn,” and it stands for Stroke Education and Prevention Awareness. SEPA works with Durham’s Latino population, seeking out community […]
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By Katie Little UNC Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Vesall Nourani compares the middle-school years of youth to a ripe fruit tree bearing its first fruit. According to the Baha’i faith that guides his youth group, children reach a level of maturity at this age where they can act upon their beliefs. Nourani’s group is […]
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By Lindsay Ruebens UNC Staff Writer The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Martin Luther King, Jr., was there. And Frederick Douglass. Muhammad Ali and Ray Charles, too. The people in the paintings, along with several other heroes, were honored in conjunction with African-American culture as part of the First Annual Black History Month Tribute on Feb. 21 […]
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By Catherine Rierson UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Students lugging backpacks trickle out of the Duke Transit bus and make their way to nearby dormitories. Soon a line forms in front of a small white truck on Campus Drive. It’s dinner time, and a savory smell wafts down the lane. “Fries with that?” […]
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The Durham VOICE sponsored a general interest meeting Feb 27 for new youth participants. The video “Listening for New Voices” by Michael Gurganus, UNC VOICE Multimedia Editor, shows the level of involvement the VOICE wants to have in the NECD community.
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A special feature featuring the VOICE’s Teen Arts co-editors talking about working on the VOICE. The video “Listing to our Voices” by Michael Gurganus, UNC VOICE Multimedia Editor, shows the level of involvement the teen co-editors have with the paper and the level of commitment it takes from a parents point of view.
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By Corliss Pauling NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Holton Career and Resource Center buzzes with activity in the evenings, but much of it is on the second floor rather than in the classrooms of the now well-known DPS programs. Durham Parks and Recreation’s D.R.E.A.M program is drawing teens in with its exciting […]
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By Cara Oxendine NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Builders of Hope, a non-profit organization based in Raleigh, is working to transform urban communities and lives by recycling homes and selling them at-cost to residents with below average median incomes. And now they are looking to expand their presence into Northeast Central Durham. “We […]
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By Jamese Slade NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Durham residents got their chance to help shape budget priorities and expectations last Saturday at the Holton Career and Resource Center. The Coffee with Council and Neighborhood Engagement Workshop brought residents and city council members together to discuss how to make up for a $13 […]
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By Chavaria Williams NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Northeast Central Durham Holton Career and Resource Center houses various vocational programs for Durham youth. The specialized courses prepare many local high school students to go straight from school to a job. The Holton Barber Shop is relatively quiet until the twenty students studying under Timothy McIntosh enter at […]
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By Paul Newman Youth Noise Network Staff Writer thedurhamvoice@gmail.com On Friday, Feb. 26, SpiritHouse Inc. Youth Noise Network hosted its second Safe in Our Streets event titled “Lasers vs. Losers Lupe Fiasco Listening Party.” at New Horizons Academy of Excellence on 121 Hunt St. Youth Noise Network (YNN) member Marcella Camara is a known Lupe […]
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By Chavaria Williams NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Part of the NECD Leadership Council’s mission is “to be a catalyst for the development of economic and human capital in our historic community.” Marion Lamberth is one of the council members out on the streets trying to turn the mission into a reality. Lamberth, […]
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By Briana Aguilar NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com “The country celebrates our anniversary every year!” says Rick Tuft, co-owner and head brewer of Triangle Brewing Company. Indeed, the NECD-based brewery opened its doors on July 4, 2007. Tuft and his partner Andy Miller, co-owner and head of sales and marketing, built their business […]
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