By VICTORIA JOHNSON Latino voters have the potential to sway North Carolina’s election results, and Latino advocacy groups state and countywide have mobilized to make that happen. On Sept. 3, the nonpartisan North Carolina Congress of Latino Organizations (NCCLO) and North Carolina Latino Power together launched a statewide “Get Out the Vote” campaign via Zoom […]
By MARCELA SLADE Jenny (*not her real name) learned that the Neighbor2Neighbor / VecinoAVecino program could help her pay bills. She got in touch with me and Abundance NC arranged to pay a bill for her. Later she called to ask for help with another matter. Jenny told me her family had a medical bill […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON Chatham Latinx agricultural workers hurt by the pandemic can apply to a Dunn-based nonprofit for financial assistance. The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry has again begun accepting applications for assistance from North Carolina’s Latinx agricultural workers after raising about $250,000 for its COVID-19 Emergency Fund. In April, the Episcopal Ministry created a COVID-19 Emergency […]
By HANNAH MCCLELLAN La Comisión de Salud del Condado de Chatham votó el lunes para declarar el racismo como una “crisis de salud pública que continúa” y también se comprometió a trabajar para mitigar las disparidades de salud asociadas. “Como miembros de la Comisión de Salud del Condado de Chatham de Carolina del Norte, nuestro […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON Nota del editor: Este es el primer informe de una serie de informes especiales producidos a través de la subvención que Facebook regaló al News & Record. El proyecto se financiará hasta el otoño. Para más información, vea nuestro contenido adicional en “La Voz”, la página de Facebook dedicada al proyecto. En […]
By MARCELA SLADE Editor’s note: This is another in a series of updates on Chatham’s “Neighbor2Neighbor,” a grassroots collaborative project of Abundance NC, the News & Record and the Caremongering Pittsboro Facebook group. N2N’s objective is to connect those in need during the pandemic with those who have the capacity to help. Marcela Slade, an […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON and OLIVIA ROJAS Without a Paycheck Protection Program loan, Chatham Habitat for Humanity wouldn’t have been able to afford building families affordable homes. “The money allowed us to continue to pay people to build those houses,” said Executive Director Jerry Whortan. “If we hadn’t had the PPP money, we would have shut […]