Engagement professional in Raleigh, who loves local politics and bikes. Cali born, planning school in Chicago, adulthood in Atlanta. Open to collaboration.
Raleigh, NC
Joined February 2019
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Such a great business to work with!
Looking for a way to get involved in your community while making some extra money? @Civilityco is #hiring our 2024 Community Ambassadors. If you are passionate about community and local events, you should check out the #job description & #apply here: CivilityLocalized.com/career…
This is really wonderful to see.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is coming! We have hired Community Connectors to visit the New Bern Avenue area, where construction will begin in 2024. These folks will be helping residents and businesses learn about available resources. ➡️ bit.ly/3RnpEyn | #Raleigh #WakeBRT
Shoutout to the dude who didn't hesitate to pull over and help us jump our car. You, sir, made a really bad night so much better. And you wouldn't take the money I tried to give you. 🥹
In case folks aren't familiar with @civilityco they do FANTASTIC work. Please share if y'all know people in Rocky Mount.
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Read this week's blog post, Supporting the New Bern Avenue BRT and the Pending Transit Overlay District: buff.ly/3T3pZJ7
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Did you hear that we are developing an alternative response program outside of the Police Department? Your input is essential to this process! We have a listening session on December 12 and multiple other ways to share your ideas! ➡️ bit.ly/3GBX3k6 | #Raleigh #RalPol
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We’re working to develop an alternative response program, outside of the Raleigh Police Department, to further address our community’s need for crisis prevention and management.
Please share your feedback! #ralpol
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Our repair events are really fun! If you are even slightly curious to learn about bike repair, come on out! We'll have mechanics on hand to help answer questions and teach.
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You've read the draft of Raleigh's Black Heritage and Historic Places report and want to hear more? Join us tonight:
📆 Nov. 30 at 6pm
📍 Chavis Community Center
🍿 Light refreshments provided
Can't make it, but want to provide feedback? Take the survey bit.ly/47oL4Sv
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This is Fender. He was doing his morning yoga routine. Did his usual downward facing dog, then upward facing dog. Then the existential thoughts hit. 13/10
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This is such a cool program, way to go Durham County.
Tonight we launched #DCoThrives our @DurhamCounty guaranteed income program. I was proud to bring to our community as a co-founder of @CountiesforAGI!
65% of Americans are just ONE emergency away from financial ruin. A guaranteed income changes lives!
This is really exciting!
Effective spending created an opportunity to reinvest in projects that will benefit our community! At the November 7 meeting, City Council approved the following staff recommendations:
✅ $12.8 million to purchase 1400 S. Blount Street for the purpose of affordable housing
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Affordable housing is a key priority for the City of Raleigh. Last fiscal year, we made great progress towards our affordable housing goal, creating and preserving a total of 411 affordable units.
Learn about this work by viewing our annual report! ➡️ bit.ly/49roKZU
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#4 is exciting!! More City owned affordable housing to come.
Here’s a little more about what we did on Tuesday! If you missed my reel about Capital Reserves, check it out for more detail.
Let me know what questions you have!
#ralpol #raleighnc #citycouncil
I know folks have opinions on affordable housing in Raleigh. This survey is a great opportunity to share them with the City. #ralpol
Feedback Friday: Do you live in Raleigh and have an interest in affordable housing? The City of Raleigh is anticipating $4.7 million in federal funding next year, and wants your input on how to prioritize it. Take this short, anonymous, online survey: publicinput.com/n5133
Biltmore Hills in Raleigh named Dandridge Drive after her. 🤩
Happy birthday to the late actress, singer, and dancer Dorothy Dandridge!
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an actress and popular singer, and was the first Black American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater.
After several minor bit parts in films, Dandridge landed her first noted film role in Tarzan's Peril (starring Lex Barker), in 1951. Dandridge won her first starring role in 1953, playing a teacher in a low-budget film with a nearly all-black cast, Bright Road, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In 1954, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Carmen Jones, and in 1959 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Porgy and Bess. In 1999, she was the subject of the HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, starring Halle Berry as Dandridge. She has been recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Dandridge was married and divorced twice, first to dancer and entertainer Harold Nicholas (the father of her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne) and then to Jack Denison. She died at age 42.
LEGACY:
🎥Many years passed before the entertainment industry acknowledged Dandridge's legacy. Starting in the 1980s, stars such as Cicely Tyson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Halle Berry, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett acknowledged Dandridge's contributions to the role of African-Americans in film.
🎥In 1999, Halle Berry took the lead role of Dandridge in the HBO Movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which she also produced and for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. When Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster's Ball, she dedicated the "moment [to] Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll." Both Dandridge and Berry were from Cleveland, Ohio.
🎥For her contributions to the motion picture industry, she was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 671 Hollywood Boulevard.
🎥Dorothy Dandridge has a statue at Hollywood-La Brea Boulevard in Los Angeles, designed by Catherine Hardwicke built to honor of multi-ethnic leading ladies of the cinema together with Mae West, Dolores del Rio and Anna May Wong.
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