Ernie Newton (opinion): A Black elected official s first encounter with racism in CT
Ernie Newton
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My first experience that I recall about how racism impacted my life occurred while attending high school.
I must have been a junior or senior at the time of the incident, as I was planning for a life beyond high school. This vocational advisory session involved a trip to the guidance office to explore my journey in life. I was excited to meet my guidance counselor and to talk about my dreams and aspirations of attending college. I was confident that she was filled with ideas and suggestions that would help me select the perfect college of my dreams.
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The establishment of U.S. Treasury-certified opportunity zones in Forsyth County in May 2018 continues to provide mixed results to residential markets in six census tracts reviewed in a report released this week by Attom Data Solutions.
Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts qualified to receive private investments through a new vehicle known as opportunity funds.
The goal is connecting those tracts with investors, offering tax credits and other tax incentives to get investors involved.
All but one of the 11 Forsyth tracts are in the central part of Winston-Salem. They account for more than 25,000 residents. They are among 47 in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina, and 252 statewide.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) Fayetteville State University has a new chancellor
Darrell Allison, a longtime advocate of North Carolina s historically minority-serving institutions, will take over the role March 15. Darrell Allison is a creative leader who understands the value of Fayetteville State University to the community, the region, and the state, University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans said.
He ll be the university s 12th chancellor. Allison is currently vice president of governmental affairs and state teams at the American Federation for Children.
Allison succeeds Interim Chancellor Peggy Valentine,
who was appointed in July 2019 and previously served as dean of the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University.