Raleigh, North Carolina – Governor Roy Cooper (of Raleigh, North Carolina) appointed Barrett Berry to the North Carolina Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters Licensing Board to serve as a member with a three-year term. The Licensing Board was established to protect the hearing-impaired public of North Carolina by registering, licensing, and regulating Hearing Aid Specialists. Berry is the president of Solution Partnerz, LLC, a consulting firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in government contracting. He is a founding member of Dinner with Friends (DwF), a private business social club in…
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Saving Our Sons (SOS): Video of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaking to SOS youth on August 2, 2024: On August 2-3, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, Saving Our Sons (SOS) held a Boys to Men Lock-In at the C. T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center. The two-day program included Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, DJ Greg Street and others. The program is for males aged 8 to 15 and focuses on violence prevention and anger management. Throughout the year, the organizations has several field trips, but more importantly, the leaders talk to…
TEAM HOOTERS’ HOPE IS BACK!! As one of the top fundraising teams of the 2023 Georgia More Than Pink Walk, Team Hooters’ Hope is back to help fight for the lives of those forever changed by breast cancer. Our small but mighty 2023 team raised $5,600.00, and this year armed with more team members and the same dedicated spirit, we are aiming to raise even more money. Atlanta’s Alecia Robinson formed Hooters’ Hope because she wanted her family and friends to join her in directly helping those who find their…
Come out and support, participate, contribute to the SOS, Call to Manhood, Lock-in, Boys to Men, August 2-3, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Date: August 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm; and August 3, 2024 at 8:00 am. Location: C. T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center 3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW Atlanta, Georgia 30311-1301 Open to males 8 years old to 15 years old Cost: Free Volunteers, Sponsors, Vendors and Contributors are welcome and needed. Call (404) 889-3008.
The Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative (SnapCo) will hold its inaugural SnapCo Forever Gala as a call to action for SnapCo supporters, old and new, to continue celebrating and investing in Black trans leadership for years to come. With the theme “Make it Last”, the inaugural gala will occur on Saturday, July 13, 6:00 pm, at Factory Atlanta. The gala will raise money for SnapCo’s Taking Care of Our Own Fund, a mutual aid project created in 2016 to provide urgent, life-impacting, health-sustaining support to Atlanta’s Black, trans, and queer communities,…
As eighth graders, they were the big kids on their middle school campus. As they move on to ninth grade, they will be the youngest kids in high school. The new experience is daunting enough on its own, but with all the societal distractions present today, incoming freshmen have challenges their parents and grandparents never had to imagine. A new digital workshop, 829 Rising, guides incoming high school freshmen through an informative and motivating set of activities, as well as thought-provoking insights that let them know they’re more powerful than…
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