by Beacon Media | Oct 24, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Education, Elections, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics
By Lili Jones, Sam Ogburn and Lydia Pate When we said “climate change is real,” this is what we meant. When we said that inaction would cost us, this is what we were afraid of. When we were told to calm down, to compromise, to be patient, we grew frustrated. We were...
by Alexa Roberts | Oct 22, 2024 | Alexa Roberts, Elections, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, U.S. Politics
Alexa Roberts reflects on the importance of local office before our consequential November election. By Alexa Roberts Beacon Media The first time I walked into my daughter’s kindergarten classroom at Sandhills Farm Life Elementary as a volunteer, only a few weeks...
by Kimberly Jones | Oct 9, 2024 | Education, Kimberly Jones, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, U.S. Politics
North Carolina’s 2023 Teacher of the Year asks why politicians refuse to protect students and teachers through meaningful action after the school shooting in Winder, Georgia. By Kimberly Jones Beacon Media Last week, something happened that we must stop...
by Beacon Media | Oct 8, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics, WNC
Beyond belief in Ashe County Organizer Nancy Weaver, who lives on multigenerational land, wants to make sure government dollars are spent on those who most need them By Nancy Weaver Beacon Media One Sunday morning in November of 1977, my little sister Ann...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Sep 30, 2024 | Elections, Environment, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics, WNC
Leadership is not for someone else Especially in the wake of the deadly hurricane, seeking political office shouldn’t be about an insider’s game or internet celebrity. By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton Beacon Media The last few days in North Carolina are a head-turning study in...
by Beacon Media | Sep 16, 2024 | Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Public Health, Reclaiming Rural
Combating gun violence takes empathy, commitment The mayor of an Eastern, N.C., town offers lessons on how a town went from a gun violence epidemic to a milestone anniversary of no gun deaths. By Weyling WhiteBeacon Media One day in 2019, we were celebrating my...
