On a bright Sunday afternoon, most of the offices on the fourth floor of downtown Durham’s historic Snow Building are dark. But the stillness at 331 W. Main St. is interrupted by energetic voices and warm light spilling from a door at the end of the hall: activists at the Durham Solidarity Center finalizing plans for the day’s event. The center,… Read more →
No matter how big or small, there’s a story to be told behind the door of every old house in a neighborhood. “All my life I have always liked old houses,” said Denise Harrison, a Durham homeowner and board member of Preservation Durham, a historical preservation society. Her affinity for houses is clear: Harrison has rehabilitated four residential properties in… Read more →
“The rain is trying to silence us so we have to raise our voices.” Fred Foster Jr., NAACP Durham chapter president and Durham County Commissioner chair gave those final words of encouragement before leading a group of 10 through the rain on March 24. Though 39-degree, overcast weather discouraged a large crowd, the show went on at 3:30 p.m. The… Read more →
As Tammy Kobani peeled apart the folded, soggy piece of white paper, she saw that some of the words had become illegible. However, one number remained intact: $213, the fine she must pay. Coincidentally, the piece of paper got wet as she engaged in the same behavior that earned her the ticket. Despite the rain and snow, Tammy stood beside… Read more →
Twelve instructors. Three hours. One Zumbathon. Latin-influenced notes of salsa, bachata, merengue and cumbia will fill the Downtown Durham YMCA on Saturday, as participants of El Centro Hispano’s Zumbathon dance and shimmy into the night. Since 2011, the Zumbathon has brought hundreds of community members together for several hours of high-energy Latin dancing. Zumba Fitness is a Latin-inspired fitness program… Read more →
Clean Energy Durham, a nonprofit organization focused on cutting energy usage and costs in neighborhoods throughout North Carolina, is working to promote energy efficiency through interactive workshops. Last year, employees produced a teaching program called Pete Street, which the organization sells to different communities in the state. So far, Durham, Chapel Hill, Wilson and Siler City are all licensed to… Read more →
Phone operators at the Durham Crisis Response Center estimate it takes an average of seven calls for a battered woman to leave her abuser. That’s seven calls for help to the center’s crisis hotline, seven different times, generally triggered by seven acts of violence. To the staff of the DCRC, which provides services to victims of sexual assault and domestic… Read more →
Last year on January 24, after reaching their goal of $4.5 million, the Durham Rescue Mission broke ground on its new Center for Hope. The Mission has been ministering to the homeless, poor, and addicted since 1974, when CEO and founder Ernie Mills and his wife and CFO Gail Mills opened their doors to 12 needy men. Over the past 39… Read more →
By Carol Longoria UNC Co-Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Life was not always easy in the Johnson household. Destin Johnson, the youngest of four children, started life in relative stability for the first eight to ten years. Then his family was hit hard with a series of events — job loss, substance addiction, parents’ separation, and people moving in… Read more →
By Hayley Paytes UNC Co-Editor The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com On Sept. 13, a Durham nonprofit celebrated Thanksgiving a little early. SEEDS NC hosted its 9th Annual Harvest Dinner at The Pavilion at Durham Central Park. The organization, Southeastern Efforts to Develop Sustainable Spaces, seeks to educate and improve the community through gardening. The dinner is the organization’s largest fundraiser… Read more →
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