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Durham raised
$4,767.83 for People’s Alliance – which focuses on creating a just and equitable society in Durham – during the Maud 2.23 virtual run/walk and strength workout on Feb. 23. More than 400 people across 21 states and 63 cities participated in the event. The virtual event acted as a remembrance of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia. “The goal of Maud 2.23 was to create awareness of the indignities that are suffered daily by people of color,” says Together We Stand NC founder Tyrone Irby.
Big Night In for the Arts, a regional fundraiser
broadcasted and livestreamed to more than 35,000 viewers via WRAL on March 11, raised $350,282 from 600 corporate sponsors and individual donors for local nonprofit arts 22
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and culture organizations to assist in their recovery and reentry post-pandemic. More than $52,000 of the money raised benefits the Durham Arts Council, which is helmed by Executive Director Sherry DeVries (pictured). The event featured performances from local and national talents, including Durham’s Branford Marsalis, addressed the impact of COVID-19 on the arts and highlighted the missions of local arts councils in the Triangle. You can watch artists’ clips on DAC’s YouTube channel.
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United Way of the Greater Triangle, in
partnership with Lyft, launched a new program in late March called Ride United NC to help underserved residents get to COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the state. The campaign, which is made possible by initial investments totaling more than $400,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Coastal Credit Union and Duke Energy along with initial coordination support from the state Department of Transportation, hopes to provide access to 100,000 round-trip rides across all 100 counties and is currently accepting donations to support efforts.
WHAT AN HONOR
Mike Jones was awarded one of five $5,000
Sub Abover grants from Jersey Mike’s Subs in recognition of his efforts to make a difference in the local community through The Guru School, a basketball skills training program and youth center that provides free tutoring, meals and a safe space to hang out after school for students. The Golden Girls, a Girls on the Run of the Triangle neighborhood team, completed their Community Impact Project at the end of last season by gathering donations for Orange County Animal Services. “They wrote letters to each house in the neighborhood asking for donations of food, treats and toys for dogs and cats and let them know the date and time they planned to collect them, asking for donations to be placed out on porches,” says Jamie Botta, communications & outreach manager for GOTR.
Pauli Murray was listed in Oprah Daily’s “25 Civil Rights Leaders of Past and Present” in January. Pauli was an author, lawyer, women’s rights activist, the first Black person to earn a doctorate of law degree from Yale and the first Black woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. She cofounded the Congress of Racial Equality and the National Organization for Women in 1966 alongside many notable feminists at the time and was appointed to President John F. Kennedy’s Committee on Civil and Political Rights.
