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Students invited to take part in aviation camp
The Liberty Community Development Corporation (CDC), a non-profit community development corporation dedicated to revitalizing the Liberty Street Corridor, is recruiting for its Fourth Annual Tom Davis ACE (Aviation Career Education) Academy summer camp. The
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Nonprofit seeks support for 5K and its mission
Silver Lining Youth Services is hoping runners will come out in force Saturday for its first big fundraiser. The Fit 4 Life 5K will start and end at Civic Plaza, the downtown grassy area
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Young musician’s talent leads to generous donation
Tyler Montgomery, 15, recently walked into The Bass Violin Shop in Greensboro to have his upright bass repaired. While waiting, he asked the owner if he could play the bass that the shop had
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Church of the Year: Ishi Pentecostal Temple
Church of the Year Ishi Pentecostal Temple Church is small in size but humongous in the Holy Spirit. Its mission to win over souls is achieved by spreading God’s love to those who need
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Curator of the Arts Honoree: Cheryl Harry
Curator of the Arts Honoree If Cheryl Harry has her way, every local man, woman or child will learn to embrace the richness of beauty of African American culture. Cheryl has made it her
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Community Service Award Honoree: Rev. Eyvette Abbott
Community Service Award Honoree The Biblical charge to feed the hungry and clothe the naked is one that Pastor Eyvette Abbott takes seriously. For her first foray into ministry, she used her own food
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Churches urged to link the poor with healthy food
In America, even the food system is biased, with poor communities of color struggling for fresh produce and other things many Americans take for granted. “We have a food system that’s unhealthy and unjust,”
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New arrivals in the Art District
Umoja African Crafts and 6th & Trade Clothing Boutique are settling into the Downtown Arts District. The boutique, named for its location inside of a building at the corner of Sixth and Trade streets,
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Controversial author/researcher gives her take on conquering poverty
Dr. Ruby Payne, author of “Bridges out of Poverty,” led a three-hour workshop last week, schooling a group of more than 150 social service and non-profit officials on ways that they can help their
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McMillan, Bell named Young Dreamers
Reynita Marcia McMillan, 22, and Kismet Loftin Bell, 31, have received 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Young Dreamers Awards from the Winston-Salem City Council and the Human Relations Commission. The Commission established the honor
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