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First Boards & Commissions Class Graduates

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The first class of NCLCV Foundation’s new Boards and Commissions program fellows will graduate next month. The NCLCV Foundation, in partnership with LEAD NC Institute, is running this Boards and Commissions Fellowship training program. The program is intended to develop the skills and capacity of North Carolina community leaders and build the power of underrepresented […]

Chicken Guts to Sewage Spills

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From chicken guts in small-town Siler City to a major sewage spill in urban Winston-Salem, the shadow of environmental racism continues to haunt North Carolina communities today. North Carolina has become known as the birthplace of the American environmental justice movement. (A leader in the 1982 case featured in that article will be the 2022 […]

Dr. Chavis Will Keynote Green Tie Awards

Dr. Chavis

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr., nationally known civil rights and environmental justice leader, will keynote NCLCV’s Green Tie Awards on September 7. Dr. Chavis has served as the national president of the NAACP and vice president of the National Council of Churches, among many other roles. He first rose to international attention as a young organizer […]

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