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...

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...

On this episode of Collective Voice we’re talking to Andre Brown, a local attorney and community leader, about growing up as a Black man in Wilmington. During our conversation, we talk about how he felt isolated growing up in a working middle class neighborhood, how moving to Houston for law...