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6.09.21 11:16am
Victoria Cooper thought her drinking habits in college were just like everyone else s. Shots at parties. Beers while bowling. Sure, she got more refills than some and missed classes while nursing hangovers, but she couldn t have a problem, she thought. Because of what my picture of alcoholism was old men who brown-bagged it in a parking lot I thought I was fine, says Cooper, now sober and living in Chapel Hill, N.C.
That common image of who is affected by alcohol disorders, echoed throughout pop culture, was misleading over a decade ago when Cooper was in college. And it s even less representative today.
Katherine Dupree
RIoT is a nonprofit organization driving innovation and entrepreneurship in the Raleigh area.
One program, RIoT Your Reality, is a competition where teams pitch AR ideas to improve the city.
Other initiatives include an accelerator program and a data-centric stormwater management project.
This article is part of a series focused on American cities building a better tomorrow called Advancing Cities.
In July, six teams will demonstrate their ideas for how augmented reality can help solve some of the challenges facing Raleigh, North Carolina, and the surrounding areas.
Through the program RIoT Your Reality, the teams are examining ways to improve diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in city programs, promote workforce development, and reinvent the Raleigh Convention Center to drive economic development.