A campaign is under way to identify leaders in Craven County African American communities.
It is a project of three New Bern nonprofits - Abundant Life Community Services, Religious Community Services and Habitat for Humanity of Craven County.
Abundant Life Pastor Hazel Royal said the ongoing struggle for equity and social justice in the black community has its local heroes and they need to be made known. The African American community needs to identify who our leaders are, she said.
There will be a public nomination process, which will be handled through a Facebook page, which will go live soon. The page will include criteria for nominees and forms on how to submit choices.
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Religious Community Services of New Bern has been actively reaching out to cities around the New Bern area through their Operation Outpost initiative. The Havelock stop brought smiles from both volunteers and those in need.
Operation Outpost is a location rotating and traveling group of volunteers who bring food and clothing to those in need to Bridgeton and Havelock in Craven County, Pollocksville in Jones, and Alliance in Pamlico on designated days every month. The program is relatively new and is made possible by community donors and grants. Havelock s visit comes on the first Wednesday of every month.
The services are an extension from what is available out of the downtown New Bern center, according to David Kick, board of directors president, and the Havelock event was held at the Pregnancy Resource Center at 925 East Main Street in the East Professional Plaza.
The work of area volunteers and unsung heroes was honored Wednesday during the New Bern Sun Journal’s 52 Faces of Community Recognition Drive-Thru Celebration at Union Point Park.
Now in its fourth year, the event spotlights those individuals featured in the paper’s weekly 52 Faces of Community feature, which focuses on those who have made a positive difference in the community.
Antoinette Boskey-Chadwick was also chosen as this year’s recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service. The award honors “Outstanding Americans who are making a difference.”
She will represent Craven County this summer at the national Jefferson Awards event this summer. Past Jefferson Award winners include Tharesa Lee, Ben Watford, and Patti Peebles.