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On this episode, we’re talking to Audrey Hart, director of the New Hanover Disaster Coalition, a collaborative group of faith communities, non-profit organizations, businesses and governmental agencies working toward long term hurricane recovery and disaster preparedness. We recorded this interview after the coalition’s February meeting. Audrey and I talk about the coalition’s work, the state of our community post Hurricane Florence and how her organization is preparing for future disasters.
Maddie – an African-American woman living with her family in New Hanover County – is part of the American middle-class. But, as we talk, you’ll hear the reality of her every day from just making rent to overcoming systemic racism. The hope is these conversations will entertain and inform and give...
Published 11/12/20
On this episode, we’re talking to Linda Thompson. She was selected by New Hanover County to lead its new Office of Diversity and Equity. The new department was announced in June. Thompson came from the Wilmington Police Department where she last served as Diversity and Inclusion Officer. We talk...
Published 09/16/20