Voices Changing Communities
“Hometown Hero” L’Tona Lamonte, head women’s basketball coach at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), introduces herself as L’Tona, not Coach Lamonte. This humble “hometown girl” has returned with her family to […]
Want 20/20 Vision for the Year 2021 and Still Want to Look Stylish? Hillcrest Vision Has You Covered
BY AMY HILL Are your glasses just as exhausted from the chaos of the year 2020 as you are? Maybe the arms of your glasses are starting to become a […]
Professional Women of Winston Salem (PWWS)
BY BROOKE ORR Anything is possible when women band together to lift one another up. 2020 was a year of challenges and the members of Professional Women of Winston-Salem (PWWS) […]
In the Spotlight
BY JEN OLENICZAK BROWN Dr. Brittany Pearl Battle What makes you YOU? I like to think I am made up of the best parts of both my parents. I love […]
January: Human Trafficking Awareness Month
BY ELISA W. COPPEDE What is a severe life-threatening problem that affects every country in the world? Human trafficking. According to dosomething.org, a website dedicated to helping young adults volunteer, promote […]
Five Coping Strategies for Changing Times
BY JEAN MARIE JOHNSON With or without champagne, I am the type who bubbles over with energy and enthusiasm for the new year ahead. I say adieu to the year […]
Flower Power: The Growth of an Idea
BY TABATHA RENEGAR If any one person in the Triad epitomizes the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” it is Amy Lynne Dunlap. Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Amy got […]
Goodbye Goals: Accomplish the Unexpected by Abandoning Certain Goals
BY TARYN JEREZ After a year like 2020, the saying “We make plans and God laughs” has never felt more accurate. The truth is, you can make plans and set […]
Walk It Out!
BY JEAN MARIE JOHNSON Over thirty years ago, in the pre-dawn hours of a typical workday, I decided to go for a walk. Not a big deal, right? Except that […]
ReDESIGNS by Ava: Embrace Change
“The secret of CHANGE is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but building the new.” ~ Socrates I’m sure you have heard it said, “The […]
