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After Hurricane Florence, a Latino Family Faced a Wrecked Mobile Home and Displacement. The Aftermath of Helene Showed How Instant $1,000 Disaster Payments Could’ve Helped
After hurricanes Florence and Helene, underserved communities on the North Carolina coast and in the mountains faced displacement and uncertain recoveries. But after Helene, something exciting happened: People’s phones began lighting up with offers of $1,000 and $2000 direct disaster payments. To tell the...
Brunswick mayor Jason Elleby on challenges to growth and looking beyond Election Day
Today is Election Day. Across North Carolina, voters are deciding who will make decisions about healthcare, education, public infrastructure and essential resources and services. But for small rural towns, there’s a larger question that extends beyond any single election: How much influence do residents...
Briyana Baker on Rural Leadership in North Carolina
How do small rural communities in North Carolina influence decisions about healthcare, economic development, and public resources? In this episode of Rural Narratives, host Layna Hong speaks with Briyana Baker, a 25-year-old town commissioner in Conetoe, a community of approximately 200 residents in Edgecombe...
What “Autonormativity” Has to Do With Wilmington’s BIPOC Communities and Pedestrian Safety
Wilmington’s pedestrian safety problems fall unevenly across the city. Its pedestrian plan found that most crashes involving people on foot occurred in areas with higher concentrations of minority residents and higher poverty rates than the county average. On the Northside, those risks are part...
The community efforts behind bridging western NC’s digital divide
Across western North Carolina, residents are working alongside local government, churches and other organizations to identify where people are being left offline and find ways to connect them. In this episode, we look at what it takes to build that kind of community infrastructure...
Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural North Carolina | Through The Trees
What does it take to participate fully in community life when so much of it happens online? In rural western North Carolina, digital access can shape whether someone can apply for a job, attend school, reach health and public services, start a business, or...
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