By Carl Kenney
October 26, 2015
CEO of National Pawn, Bob Moulton, has a heart and a desire to give back to the community and to change lives. Just ask the kids at Shepard Middle School in Durham who are making more music with the recent donation of instruments from Moulton.
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Every Wednesday in September and October, a big truck with a NC Joblinks logo sits next to Angier Avenue Baptist Church. Some people in formal attire, some not, go inside the truck for a short while. Inside the truck lies new opportunities for Northeast Central Durham residents.
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October 23, 2015
Judd is the principal of Y.E. Smith Elementary Museum School. As its title infers, Y.E. Smith stands out from other NECD schools in that it focuses on hands-on and diverse learning opportunities through community collaboration.
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In the halls of Maureen Joy Charter School, students and staff are encouraged to be active in and around their school, as well enjoy and embrace learning. So what better way to accentuate that than to have a leader who is just that, and even is excited to do it?
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Since it opened its doors in 2009, Global Scholar’s Academy, with its extended hours and extra activities, has had families crossing their fingers that they will get drawn in the annual lottery for the charter school.
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Twenty years ago Oct, 16, 1995, found millions of men driving, flying and riding buses to Washington, D.C., for the Million Man March.
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October 20, 2015
Nod-worthy beats, enticing melodies, and soulful lyrics are the ingredients used to make Durham’s music group Tha Materials.
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During the 2014-2015 school year, I have heard students talked about how early they had to get up, saying that most mornings they’re too tired to do school work.
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For a few hours on a rainy Friday, the community helped Durham Bulls Athletic Park open its doors to some of the residents who needed it most.
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On a cool rainy October afternoon many residents of Durham were sitting down to watch the game or catch up on their usual Sunday afternoon nap, but for the 540 residents of Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, the day was anything but ordinary.
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It’s been said that kids say the darndest things. For the Walltown Aspiring Youth program, it’s the children who have the best ideas.
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SEEDS has developed opportunities for children and teens to bring things from the soil and to the table through the help of camps, classes and after-school programs.
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Patience. For Charles Singletary, better known by his stage name Charles DaBeast, there couldn’t have been a more fitting title for his debut album.
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More than 100 community members came together Saturday morning (Oct. 17) at the dedication ceremony for a 2,400 square foot mural commemorating Durham’s civil rights leaders.
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The Girls Who Code meeting didn’t start with a screen saturated with lines of code, a discussion of Python, or a lesson scrawled on a white board. It began with a story.
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October 13, 2015
Mr. Wendell Tabb stands at the door of his theater room, a group of children gathered around, “Due to the situation we are currently having, the school has cancelled rehearsal today, we will resume rehearsal tomorrow as planned,” he said. The students all scurry off, calling for rides they weren’t aware they would need. […]
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October 11, 2015
Wendy Clark, an entrepreneur and small business owner, sought an opportunity that would not only benefit her, but the people in the community as well, by purchasing the abandoned John O’Daniel Exchange building in January 2007. According to Joanna Cutrara, Clark’s staff writer, what is now a building for disadvantaged people and non-profits to work […]
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The Boys and Girls Club is a well-known nationwide network of clubs in urban areas to keep kids and teens busy, engaged, safe and off the streets. Durham’s John Avery Boys and Girls Club, 808 E. Pettigrew St., welcomes about 110 children each day. Their after-school programs run from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.. According […]
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October 1, 2015
On East Geer Street, a relatively new, flashy yellow two-story building stands out from the rest of the block. The color seems symbolic of the organization housed there. Sunrise Recovery Resources Center, a peer-led organization helps substance abusers turn their lives around. SRRC is a non-clinical organization and branch of the Alcoholic Drug Council. They […]
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When people ask Pat Murray what she does, she says, “I’m all about community media.” Murray never studied journalism as a student, but began writing as a part of Chicago’s radio and newspaper media. Murray has lived in Durham for 14 years and publishes the Durham Skywriter, an online community media outlet, as a positive news source […]
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“I’ve lived in the same ZIP code since I got to the U.S. in fourth-grade—27703,” says Vianey Martinez. Martinez, a 21-year-old senior who is majoring in sociology and Hispanic linguistics, grabs shelter from a downpour at the Old Well. She is the only student from her graduating class at Southern High School to attend UNC-Chapel […]
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“A crossroads between the community.” That is how Emmanuel Kearney, a volunteer, describes SEEDS (South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces). On Sept. 24, SEEDS hosted its 12th annual Harvest Dinner, the largest fundraiser of the year. Among the attendees were notable members of the SEEDS community, such as Kearney. The night began with a cocktail […]
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Walltown Children’s Theatre took center stage in a dance performance on Sept. 19 at the Durham Arts Council’s annual CenterFest in downtown Durham. The dance students stood in formation anxiously waiting for the beat to drop, while a curious crowd gathered around to watch the free show. The hip-hop and Bollywood performances showcased the […]
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Parents of Durham now have an option to track their child’s bus location when curious about their whereabouts. The “Here Comes the Bus” application allows parents to view real time school bus information of where their child’s location is via smart phone, tablet or computer using the latest in GPS technology. According to the […]
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Long-time Northeast Central Durham residents have no trouble recalling a time in the ’90s when their community was at a crossroads. “Things were out of control,” William Thomas, 72, of Taylor Street remembers. “There was drug dealing and a lot of undesirable actions.”
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