By Carl Kenney
December 3, 2014
A story of greater consciousness, of a longer social antenna, begins, rather morbidly, with an entombed pharaoh. The credit for this haphazard beginning lies with Gwendolyn Payne, a 16-year-old junior at Durham’s Hillside High School. She interns at The Durham VOICE on behalf of Partners for Youth Opportunity, a nonprofit mentorship program that extends academic […]
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December 2, 2014
Every child is a sponge seeking knowledge, whether that is in a classroom or not. “You’re expected to come to work with an unbiased mind and teach a classroom full of sponges because children are just sponges. SO that in itself is an issue,” said Heather Lee, 30 year old member of Durham. The Kettering […]
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December 1, 2014
The East Durham Trail Blazers—an exercise group formed by the East Durham Children’s Initiative to improve personal health and encourage community interaction—walked a total of 262 miles in less than six months, despite the heat, the cold and fatigue. EDCI challenged the group, composed entirely of local residents, to walk 26 miles in six weeks, […]
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When the family is working hard to buy a house, how can the children contribute? By planting blueberries! At least that was the answer Saturday afternoon Nov. 15 at the Angier Avenue Garden, where Durham Habitat for Humanity was testing a new program that will help children improve the neighborhood and buy houses. They will […]
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Years of success for Holidays by TROSA have encouraged the Durham nonprofit to expand this year’s offering of holiday trees, as this year a ninth location has been added at 3500 N Roxboro St. TROSA—Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.—is a two-year residential substance abuse recovery program that offers vocational training for its 505 […]
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Ted Stephens knows firsthand the challenges many U.S. military veterans face when they return from duty. He spent two years fighting in the Vietnam War as a member of the Air Force. He was at one time homeless, living out of his car in San Diego. He suffered through alcohol and drug abuse. He’s been […]
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In September, President Obama challenged communities to address opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color, and now Durham is responding. Obama’s initiative, My Brother’s Keeper (MBK), encourages communities to create strategies to help all young men reach their full potential in college or career paths, according its White House website. The Nov. […]
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On the coldest day of 2014 thus far, a few hundred people gathered on the morning of Nov. 18 to celebrate the completion of a new housing development: the Denson Apartments for Veterans. The construction of the apartment building, located at 1598 Sedgefield St., was overseen and managed by CASA, an organization that builds low-cost […]
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