By Carl Kenney
April 25, 2013
Talk with Atrayus Goode and it’s easy to compare him to a soldier on a mission. His weapons and armor are encouragement and relationships. His objective – to prepare the leaders of tomorrow. Goode is founder and director of Movement of Youth, an educational and mentoring program granting opportunities to a diverse group of community […]
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A father smiles down at his son as they walk hand-in-hand down the street. On a nice Sunday afternoon, when daddy could be inside watching football, he decides to take a walk with his son. Everything is quiet. Everything is calm – until it is not. “The road is a dangerous place,” freshman John Malik […]
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April 19, 2013
Hillside Senior Cameron Hall, the student body president, is very involved with school and community activities. Hall said he became involved with activism after Hillside History Teacher Bryan Proffitt introduced him to social justice movements. Hall revealed that he feels that his greatest accomplishment was the “Stop The Violence” walk to honor Hillside Senior Kaaylon […]
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The curtain rises for the opening of the show and reveals a stage filled with elementary, middle, and high school students from all around Durham. This happens yearly at the DPAC for An Evening of Entertainment (EOE), a performance headlining singing and dancing that raises money for scholarships. High school seniors performing in the […]
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Talent roams the halls of Northern in many forms, but recently some talent in the form of four art students (junior Anres Alcocer and seniors Brianna Patterson, Zach Mincey, and Gia Smith) has been in the spotlight. All four students had the honor of being able to enter a piece for competition in the Scholastic […]
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U.S. Senator Kay Hagan visited Hillside High School on March 15 to announce a new educational grant program. “It is great that she has chosen Hillside High School, where she will re-launch legislation for school transformation and turnaround. She couldn’t have chosen a better place,” Hillside Principal William Logan said. Sen. Hagan revealed that she […]
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“Why Mosquitoes Buzz,” Hillside High School’s latest theater production, could be headed to New York City. “We will be talking with the Curtis Brown Agency in New York about other viable options for ‘Why Mosquitoes Buzz,’” said Wendell Tabb, Hillside’s drama director. “Based on our audience reaction, I think it could do very well […]
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As a parent, when I heard the words “sex offenders need friends too,” my first thought was “huh?” Where was this conversation headed? But that is the message shared during the most recent community luncheon roundtable hosted by the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham. Held every fourth Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at […]
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Medicine and the Christian ministry might seem like an unlikely pair. The two usually hardly converge, but on occasion, one can see this phenomenon in the Durham community. People who are sick and need a prescription or medical assistance might call a nurse. But locally, if they are sick, and need medical assistance or simply […]
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It was early 2001 when Malcolm Clemens came home to find his belongings piled in the middle of the floor. Everything he owned — clothes, shoes, keepsakes — was there. The only thing missing was his family. Earlier that day, Clemens made plans to party with his friends. Before leaving, his wife made a promise. […]
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April 12, 2013
“I wish I would have had someone to help me out from the very beginning, [starting] freshman year. [Someone] to tell me the importance of a higher education,” Symone Morales said, thinking back on her journey to college. Morales is a Durham native, born and raised in the Bull City. She has lived all over […]
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April 11, 2013
Manhattan’s Central Park shares little with Durham’s SEEDS garden in size or appearance. But Tom Kenan encouraged attendees at Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony to embrace the comparison – at least when it comes to impact on their respective communities. “When we first came out here 20 years ago, the neighborhood looked sort of tired,” said Kenan, […]
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April 10, 2013
Providing youth and children with the power to prevent destructive behavior in themselves and their friends is the goal of many youth organizations in Durham. Playworks Durham and Durham Together for a Resilient Youth (T.R.Y.) work to promote community change by supporting local youth. Playworks Durham Playworks Durham, at 119 Market St., strives to improve […]
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Editor’s note: TROSA partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to veterans in Durham. Two recipients are Herman Williams, a TROSA staff member, and William Touchstone, a current program participant. For at least 15 years, Herman Williams drank his breakfast in a yellow, 11-ounce tumbler. He filled the tumbler three-quarters full with […]
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¿Hablas español? The staff and members of the Lakewood YMCA in Durham want the community to know they do. The La Voz (The Voice) Spanish-speaking Advisory Committee aims to address the needs of the Latino community in the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the greater city of Durham. The idea for the committee began as part […]
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Twelve poets. Three minutes. Four spots. At 8 p.m. on April 20, 12 of the Triangle’s best poets will compete to earn one of four spots on the 2013 Bull City Slam Team, which will represent Durham in the National Poetry Slam in August. At Grand Slam Finals, top-scoring poets from the Hayti Heritage […]
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April 3, 2013
Community based programs are often a necessity in order to help impoverished areas thrive. But connecting citizens to those resources can be a challenge. Healthy Families Durham, located at 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Suite 908, is a program of the Center for Child & Family Health. It was established to help fight the odds […]
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April 1, 2013
Oppression. Suppression. Burdens. These are all words that might be familiar to many in the community. But how do you express a concept like oppression in art? One local artist seems to have found a way. “Structured as Such: Architecture of the Oppressed” is an exhibit by local artist Joe Bigley that debuted at Liberty […]
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I enjoy spending time with family. Just getting together with the entire clan and “kicking it.” My father, son and I recently visited my 87-year-old grandmother and my aunts in Carrboro and it brought back memories for us. With busy lives, we don’t get to do it as often as we’d like. There we were […]
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“Some kids take things for granted,” said Patricia Muschette, a Durham parent. “They need to learn responsibility.” Muschette said this is the reason local teens need to work. Most teens try to find a part-time job for after school so they can start to earn their own money. Many teens may hate asking parents for […]
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It’s everywhere you look around town. Bull City restaurants. Bull City blogs. There are little bulls in art all over the city. Even the downtown bus line carries the “Bull City” namesake. But have you ever wondered where the nickname comes from? Asking around why Durham is called the Bull City finds some residents coming […]
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He always wore a suit and tie. Tipped his hat to the ladies. In his portrait, he is immaculate — staring dead into the camera, eyes betraying a fierce intellect. The streets might have called him “clean,” but the best description of James E. Shepard is this: Visionary leader. “James Shepard had more respect than […]
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