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From Brooklyn to Ballantyne: The story behind Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis

Charlotte’s history of affordable housing includes broken promises and empty gestures. Now that the city’s chronic shortage has become a crisis, leaders are responding with unprecedented resources. Will this time be different?

by Pam Kelly on June 17, 2019

Anyone who’s lived in Charlotte for a minute knows that the Ballantyne area, wealthier than Mecklenburg County as a whole, isn’t the place to find an affordable apartment if you’re a hotel housekeeper, a fry cook, a landscaper — anyone making less than $15 or so an hour.

Say it loud, I am black and I am proud

A Look at Black Gay Prides in the Tar Heel State

by Maurice Falls on June 14, 2019

Black Prides offers a safe place where people who identify as black and LGBTQ people could have safe spaces to celebrate their unique identities. In North Carolina, Fayetteville, Raleigh and Charlotte have all had Prides focused on the black community.

Bishop Tonyia M. Rawls

Talking About Liberating LGB/T People Through Theology

by Jack Kirven on May 31, 2019

In Charlotte, Bishop Tonyia M. Rawls created the Freedom Center for Social Justice (FCSJ) 10 years ago to be a “culture-shifting organization committed to the growth, safety, and empowerment of marginalized populations.”

10 Questions with Vic: Featuring Ashlee Marie Preston

Award-winning Media Personality, Producer, Editor and Civil Rights Activist

by Vic Gerami on February 8, 2019

Ashlee Marie Preston is an award-winning media personality, producer and civil rights activist. She is historically the first transgender woman to become editor-in-chief of a national publication and the first openly transgender person to run for state office in California.

Regional: SONG Cohort, Wedding Contest

Carolinas News Notes

by Lainey Millen on March 9, 2018

Southerners on New Ground has announced the expansion of its North Carolina Black Leadership Development Cohort with The Lorde’s Werq and Kimpton Hotels is holding a wedding contest.