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In this episode, we’re talking to Katrina Knight, director of the Good Shepherd Center and then Tony McEwen, assistant to the Wilmington city manager for legislative affairs, about a $100,000 fund to pay for housing in local hotels for the most vulnerable of the city’s homeless population. The City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, the United Way and Live Oak Bank and nCino contributed. New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Dr. Philip Brown said the program would have a “positive effect on social distancing efforts” in the community.
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