Burdell Opal O’Darisen
Birdie entered into rest on May 2, 2021. She was 90 years of age and a good friend. She was a beloved mother of three children, Jeffry S. Hansen, Keith E. Hansen and Denise A. Hansen. Also survived by two sisters, Ethel Van Beast and Janet Ward; two grandchildren and a daughter-in-law, Jessica M. Hansen. Niece Teresa lives locally and many other nieces and nephews throughout the states. Our family and friends will miss her beautiful spirit and kindness. Birdie volunteered many years at Bibles for Missions. A Memorial Service will be held on May 14, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., at Worthington Christian Church. Her final resting place will be at Nobles Street in the Worthington Cemetery.
Janet Ward Black owns a law firm in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her team specializes in civil litigation, helping clients navigate some of the most difficult times in their lives.
Janet Ward says, “Justice is God s idea, so we help people seek justice when they re not able to do it for themselves.”
Her firm has also been making a difference around the world, through giving. Already a faithful tither, Janet Ward says the idea came to her after Christmas in 2012.
Janet Ward shares, “I felt like the Lord was telling us if we started tithing on the law firm s gross revenue, I would, in fact, be tithing for all of our thirty employees.”
My Turn: A syllabus for the sponsors of ‘divisive concepts’ legislation
Published: 2/24/2021 10:41:57 AM
An open letter to Reps. Jason Osborne, Keith Ammon, and Glenn Cordelli, sponsors of House Bill 544, a bill that addresses the propagation of so-called “divisive concepts”: Having read HB 544, a bill relative to the “propagation of divisive concepts,” and having compared it to a September 2020 presidential executive order, I was struck by the repetition of ideas in both documents that are simply inaccurate and, sadly, fly in the face of contemporary history.
Solid research has demonstrated that, though we have made appreciable progress toward a racially just society, much structural, institutional racism remains and it will not simply disappear of its own accord. It is simply too integral and too invisibly ingrained in our society for reasonable people to expect that to happen.