Month: January 2012

New VOICE staff writers tour Northeast Central Durham

By Carl Kenney

January 31, 2012

By Norman Gossett, Jr. UNC Staff Writer The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Orientation for the spring staff of the Durham VOICE, which consists of students from North Carolina Central University and UNC-Chapel Hill, was held Jan. 28. The Voice is intended to promote the exchange of ideas between the people living in the Northeast Central Durham […]

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Sustainability: Our community, our times, our voices

By Carl Kenney

January 29, 2012

By Carlton Koonce Teen Mentoring Coordinator The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The old saying goes give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day; but teach him to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime. Communities are the same way. They progress upward as they learn to depend on their own skills and qualities. […]

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Eastway receives grant from Ellen Degeneres, Target

By Carl Kenney

By April Simon NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Sarah Myrick’s fourth grade class at Eastway Elementary is learning about Martin Luther King Jr. This week, they are making dream boxes. “You decorate the outside,” explains student Salma Martinez, 10. “And inside you write something that you want to see change.” For the students […]

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Eastway recibe más que $100,000 de Ellen Degeneres y Target

By Carl Kenney

Por April Simon NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com La clase de cuarto grado de la maestra Sarah Myrick en la escuela elemental Eastway  está aprendiendo acerca de Martin Luther King Jr. Esta semana, los estudiantes están haciendo “las cajas de los sueños.” “Usted decora el exterior,” explica la estudiante Salma Martínez que tiene […]

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Local backyard becoming an ‘Eco-Eden’

By Carl Kenney

January 24, 2012

By Sharif Ruebin YO:Durham Intern the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Growing gardens can transform health, back yards and neighborhoods. At least that’s what local edible landscaper Angie Jones believes. A resident of the Golden Belt neighborhood in Northeast Central Durham, Jones arrived 12 years ago from Indiana to teach with AmeriCorps as one of the first […]

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Service Learning, Our Responsibility

By Carl Kenney

By Sharif Ruebin YO:Durham Intern The Durham VOICE Empty beer bottles, scattered paper, plastic bags and food wrappers all accumulate over time. Littering is a big problem in Northeast Central Durham, and I experienced this in an Adopt-A-Highway service event. The Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society recently […]

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Gay Straight Alliance discourages hurtful word

By Carl Kenney

By Bailey Monsees Staff Writer The Round Table Northern High School This story appeared originally in The Round Table, the school paper of Northern High School, which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. I think I just heard you say, ‘that’s so gay’,” This slogan has been brightly plastered on posters throughout the school as […]

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Committee for Democratic Education rallies community

By Carl Kenney

January 22, 2012

By Jasmine Grays Staff Writer the Hillside Chronicle Hillside High School This story appeared originally in the Hillside Chronicle, the school newspaper of Hillside High School which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. I always wanted to make a difference in the world. There was a problem though: I didn’t know how. One day I […]

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A student’s perspective on the dropout rate

By Carl Kenney

By Marisol Juarez Staff Writer the Hillside Chronicle Hillside High School  This commentary appeared originally in the Hillside Chronicle, the school newspaper of Hillside High School, which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. Many students in the United States struggle to graduate. Not graduating is a huge problem all around the world. Therefore, we have […]

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Hillside skaters rally to create their own club

By Carl Kenney

By Thy Lam and Michael Jacques Staff Writers the Hillside Chronicle Hillside High School This story appeared originally in the Hillside Chronicle, the school newspaper of Hillside High School, which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. Multiple clubs have appeared in Hillside’s illustrious history.  Now able to count themselves among such clubs is Hillside’s own […]

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Northern makes significant EOC gains

By Carl Kenney

By Rebecca Holloway Staff Writer The Round Table Northern High School This story appeared originally in The Round Table, the school newspaper of Northern High School which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. Northern is no longer classified as a low-performing school by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Sixty – one percent of […]

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Free breakfasts increase academic achievement

By Carl Kenney

By Bailey Monsees Staff Writer the Roundtable Northern High School This story appeared originally in the Roundtable, the school newspaper of Northern High School which has partnered with the Durham VOICE. In September, Governor Beverly Perdue announced that 28 schools throughout North Carolina would participate in a new, federally funded school breakfast program titled “No Kids Hungry.” While Northern is […]

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Commentary: Teens have minds of their own

By Carl Kenney

By Bobbi Burroughs Staff Writer the Southern Scoop Southern High School This commentary appeared originally in the Southern Scoop, the school newspaper of Southern High School which partners with the NECD Community VOICE. “I was running in circles, I hurt myself, Just to find my purpose.” –Circles (by Hollywood Undead) Music is everywhere, whether you […]

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Reading Heroes to the rescue

By Carl Kenney

By Westley McGhee and Tina Jones Staff Writers The Southern Scoop Southern High School This story appeared originally in the Southern Scoop, the school newspaper of Southern High School which has partnered with the NECD Community VOICE. Some Southern Spartans have decided to take part in a new program at Southern High School that has […]

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From tot to adult, scrap worker creates lasting effect

By Carl Kenney

By Roneisha Jackson and Jade McClain Durham VOICE Interns There’s an old saying that goes, “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” In other words what one may throw away, another may find a good use for. Changing “junk” to “treasure” is a specialty of the people at the Scrap Exchange. For people in Durham, […]

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Sports or work? Teens face a tough choice

By Carl Kenney

 By Abigail Sherrod Southern High School This commentary appeared originally in the Southern Scoop, the school newspaper of Southern High School led by journalism teacher Heather Lemke. The VOICE supports the Scoop with resources and mentoring. Sports offer scholarships, and work of­fers money. The best one out of the two will always be unknown. There […]

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Living with Scoliosis

By Carl Kenney

By Jade McClain Durham VOICE Intern I’m Jade McClain and I participate in YO:Durham. I’ve had fun through this eye-opening experience. Currently I am a sophomore attending City of Medicine Academy here in Durham. I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis, a spinal deformity, when I was in the 5th grade. My pediatric doctor noticed there […]

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