How Black Parents Survived 2020
‘What kind of world did we bring them into?’
The Farley family of Huntersville, N.C.: Exavious and Krishon with kids Emory, Ever, Early, Etta and Ellis (left to right).Credit.Cornell Watson for The New York Times
Dec. 22, 2020
The pandemic has tested parents’ limits, and for Black families 2020 has been especially crushing. Black people are dying from Covid-19 at two times the rate of their white peers. The recession has widened the gap between Black and white unemployment, with Black workers disproportionately facing permanent layoffs. And Black and Hispanic students are at greater risk of falling behind during this year’s academic upheaval.
Turtle & Hughes Makes 2 Executive Operations Promotions
The electrical and industrial products distributor has a new SVP of electrical distribution and VP of corporate operations.
Dec 15th, 2020
Turtle & Hughes, one of the nation s largest independent electrical and industrial distributors, has reorganized its Corporate and Distribution Operations departments, promoting two veteran staff members to new positions.
Chuck Noll, who has spent close to 30 years at Turtle, is now Senior Vice President of Electrical Distribution Operations, a newly created position. Michelle Kelly, a 14-year veteran, succeeds Noll as Vice President of Corporate Operations. Chuck has earned this promotion with almost three decades of leadership and contribution to Turtle & Hughes impacting our bottom line and customer service, noted Kathleen Shanahan, CEO of Turtle & Hughes. We are always excited to promote home-grown talent to the next level of management as Turtle continues to drive quality custom