By VICTORIA JOHNSON For most immigrants migrating to Chatham County without English fluency, language presents both a concern and an opportunity. Yet, while children can learn English in school, many barriers prevent their parents from dedicating themselves to the language — among them time, availability and cost. To address that need, two Chatham nonprofits, Central […]
By INFORME DEL PERSONAL PITTSBORO — En honor al Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Chatham 250 destacará la increíble historia del equipo de fútbol Los Jets de Jordan-Matthews al presentar una exhibición especial a los estudiantes de las Escuelas del Condado de Chatham este otoño. La versión móvil de la exhibición de 2016 del Museo […]
By BILL HORNER III SILER CITY — Desde el escritorio de su oficina en el Chatham Hospital, Eric Wolak ve un rayo de esperanza cuando habla de la pandemia de COVID-19. El reciente aumento ha disminuido un poco, las vacunaciones están aumentando y los pocos casos de “avance” (a pesar de vacunarse) que ha tratado […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — Inside an unassuming brick building just off 401 N. Ivey Ave., two UNC dental students have hatched a months-long program to instill in patients the necessary habits — and hope — to achieve lifelong oral health. Literally. The program — called H.O.P.E., or Hispanic Oral health Prevention and Education […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The Hispanic Liaison, in partnership with Greensboro-based medical provider Better Care, vaccinated more than 200 people during its COVID-19 Health Fair on Saturday, blowing the nonprofit’s original expectations out of the water. “It was crazy. It was way above our expectations,” Ilana Dubester, the Liaison’s founder and executive director, […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — The Hispanic Liaison’s COVID-19 Health Fair in September will now offer vaccination incentives, the Liaison’s executive director, Ilana Dubester, announced Friday in an email news release. The health fair will be held outdoors from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 in the Chatham Rabbit Cafe courtyard, where it’ll […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON En español SILER CITY — COVID-19 has once again postponed the town’s Hispanic Heritage Fiesta. After months of planning and preparations, the Fiesta’s primary organizer, the Hispanic Liaison, announced Saturday that the 8th Fiesta would not take place on Sept. 11 as originally planned because of “the rising threat of the COVID-19 […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — El Futuro permitirá entrar otra vez a sus clientes en su oficina en Durham para citas presenciales, según un comunicado de prensa el viernes pasado, pero su oficina en Siler City quedará remota por ahora. “Esperamos abrir la oficina en Siler City pronto”, dijo Mary Hondermann, la gerente de […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON SILER CITY — El Futuro will once again allow patients into its Durham office for in-person appointments, according to a Friday press release, but its Siler City location will stay remote for now. “We hope we can open the Siler City office soon,” El Futuro’s communications manager, Mary Hondermann, told the News […]
By VICTORIA JOHNSON A Chapel Hill education nonprofit, LatinxEd, chose the Hispanic Liaison’s Selina Lopez last week as one of 15 Hispanic leaders statewide to form part of its inaugural Fellowship cohort. Housed at UNC-Chapel Hill, LatinxEd works to invest in Hispanic leadership and advance educational equity in North Carolina, especially for immigrant families. The […]