What can I do now to prepare for a future hurricane? This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated forecast of above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic, predicting between 14 and 21 named storms. In the face of a hurricane, and other weather events, preparation is your best defense. Here’s how you…
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Loneliness is tough, and it has real consequences for our health and life span. The pandemic certainly didn’t help with social isolation and broken routines. We went out into New Hanover County, North Carolina to learn how people experience loneliness and what we can do about it. One thing we learned is that loneliness actually…
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As a mental health crisis surges nationwide, we examine how folks in Carteret County are affected. Four local therapists provide us with insights into handling the emotional challenges of this moment. Shoresides is a local news podcast by and for Carteret County, North Carolina. Serving the coastal region and beyond. Support the show (https://shoresides.org/support/)
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Today, producer Brea Hampton takes us back to a COVID-19 vaccine drive that happened in Tabor City, Columbus County in March. She speaks with Ashlei McFadden, who’s been aiding vaccination efforts – like the drive in Tabor City. McFadden says that vaccines intended for Tabor City’s Black community went to white folks from outside of…
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“We were just sitting on the porch like normal on a beautiful Saturday. And then we heard this tractor, and then all of a sudden this animal waste was coming everywhere and it was stinking like nothing we had ever experienced,” says Elsie Herring of Wallace, North Carolina. Herring is one of many eastern North…
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In this episode, we bring you the latest updates on how Covid-19 is impacting our lives, and we talk about what we’ve been up to so far this holiday season. Amari and Brealyn give us the new trends in fashion and entertainment, and we talk about how we plan to stay Covid safe through the…
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Low-income communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental issues in NC, and face higher rates of disease because of it. When COVID-19 hit, Sherri White-Williamson, the Environmental Justice Policy Director at NC Conservation Network, says it became clear that these were the communities that were going to be unduly vulnerable to the virus. In…
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Amanda White, high school Chemistry teacher and president of New Hanover Association of Educators, lets us in on educator efforts to ensure a safe start to the school year. She also discusses the worries teachers have with schools being used as shelters from Hurricane Isaias, with sick or symptomatic people not being turned away, when…
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In this episodes, four of the She Rocks crew get together to discuss Black mental health. Kam talks about her own experience with mental health and what resources she uses. Amari gets us up to speed on politics and music, updating us on the top ten tracks. Arabia kicks off our fun topic, cherished childhood…
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North Carolina’s low-income communities of color already face higher rates of chronic diseases like heart disease. And with the threat of increasing temperatures due to climate change, these disparities will only worsen. In this episode, Marian Johnson-Thompson, a virologist and environmental justice advocate, talks about how climate change will worsen health disparities, and why these…
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