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Subsidy of Internet fees available to low-income households
Feb. 15, 2022 The first federal intervention in the economic fallout from COVID-19, named the CARES Act and approved in March 2020, set aside money for a temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to subsidize broadband access during the pandemic. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ... Continue Reading →
Women’s health: Honoring trailblazers, lending encouragement
Jan. 25, 2022 Forum participants today listened to stories describing how meetings over the last year among women focused on women’s overall health have led to a multi-pronged effort, first to recognize leaders in women’s health, and second to provide women ways to find the support they need to ... Continue Reading →
Barbara Ledford, former Dub-C principal, dies
Jan. 24, 2022 Barbara Ledford, former West Charlotte High principal and inspiration to many of her students, died Dec. 30. A Charlotte Ledger appreciation, republished in QCityMetro here. – – – ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding K-12 education after COVID disruption
Jan. 4, 2022 On a day when CMS and other schools were returning to classrooms, Forum participants engaged in a discussion of challlenges schools face in the post-COVID era. The conversation covered lots of ground: Many children have fallen behind amid remote learning. Teachers are leaving for ... Continue Reading →
Profound Gentlemen tallies its educator support efforts
Dec. 31, 2021 Charlotte-based Profound Gentlemen issued an annual report outlining the year’s accomplishments in supporting male educators of color both professionally and personally as a way to boost retention of these mentors in America’s classrooms. The details were provided in a YouTube ... Continue Reading →
Incoming health director on pandemic, health disparities
Nov. 30, 2021 The incoming director of the Mecklenburg County Health Department has most of the department running flat-out to meet the COVID-19 challenge. But a busted wi-fi connection in his office sent him off to a conference room with a cell phone camera. Yet, he barely missed a beat. Dr. ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown dies
Nov. 18, 2021 Additional information on Dr. Gorman-Brown’s life and contributions is at QCityMetro. The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Post American Academy of Family Physicians ... Continue Reading →
Read Charlotte reports on 3rd quarter work
Nov. 5, 2021 Munro Richardson sent in the following pages from a third-quarter report from Read Charlotte. All of the pages are in a downloadable PDF here. ... Continue Reading →
Mending the digital divide – one person at a time
Nov. 2, 2021 Many thousands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg households are caught in the "digital divide," without access to a near-essential utility of modern life, used now for job applications, banking, bill-pay and even school homework. If you don't have money to pay for a laptop, or to pay for the ... Continue Reading →
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