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Act now: Save our lives before the next school shooting

by Kimberly Jones | Oct 9, 2024 | Education, Faith, Kimberly Jones, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics, Politics, U.S. Politics

North Carolina’s 2023 Teacher of the Year asks why politicians refuse to protect students and teachers through meaningful action after the school shooting in Winder, Georgia. By Kimberly Jones  Last week, something happened that we must stop accepting as a mere...

Combating gun violence takes empathy, commitment

by Weyling White | Sep 16, 2024 | Healthcare, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics, Reclaiming Rural, Weyling White

The mayor of an Eastern North Carolina town offers lessons on how a town went from a gun violence epidemic to a milestone anniversary of no gun deaths. By Weyling White One day in 2019, we were celebrating my grandmother’s birthday. We took her to the church for a...

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