Fayetteville City Council moved to approve plans for a police advisory board, but local activists for police reform have their doubts about its efficacy.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) The Wake County Housing Justice Coalition is airing their grievances with the City of Raleigh over injustices.
Members of the community-led organization say not enough is being done to help residents who are being pushed out of low-income minority communities, or fall 30 percent below the area median income. We have tax dollars to ensure that people have a sustainable place to live, said member Wanda Gilbert-Coker. (The Raleigh) Housing and Neighborhoods Department is definitely perpetuating gentrification, without a doubt.
The coalition argues that sparkly new housing options come at a price and some hard-working people are being priced out.
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Legislation would require public schools to reopen, worrying Black parents about sending their kids back during a pandemic. They also fear their kids will fall behind academically without in-person instruction.
Geraldine Alshamy is well-versed in the science that says schools aren’t big spreaders of the coronavirus, if districts follow state and federal health guidance.
Alshamy, an education advocate who leads Mary Magdalene Ministries Inc., in Wake County also believes research that says learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic will harm students of color more so than their white peers.
Alshamy also knows, however, that one teacher or student death is one too many. “A dead child will never catch up [academically],” she said.