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Siler City Unidos: Working to Unify a Community

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The Chatham County town of Siler City is 50 percent Latino — but the town’s leaders and most engaged residents are overwhelmingly white. Sergio Borrayo, a code enforcement officer for the town, says it is hard to engage the Latino…
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Second Helpings: Aiming to Break the Cycle

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Drew Doll applied for 138 different jobs in the 30 days after he was released from prison. ​“One-hundred-thirty-seven said no,” Doll said, “But I kept at it.” ​He landed an accounting job and started putting his life back together. But…
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Solving the Problem of Generational Poverty

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About two years ago, Kirby Jones and Albert Fisher started talking about the problem of generational poverty. Both men lead nonprofits in Wake County designed to help the poor, but their separate efforts didn’t seem to make lasting change. For…
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Durham and Raleigh Make it Official: August is Proclaimed Black Philanthropy Month

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The Foundation reached out to Durham & Raleigh City Governments in July 2015 to request that the cities officially proclaim August to be 'Black Philanthropy Month,' and both Mayor Bill Bell and Mayor Nancy McFarlane responded in favor. Black Philanthropy…
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What’s Next for Collaboration?

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In an opening session at the What Matters Community Luncheon, over 75 nonprofit leaders gathered to have a candid conversation about collaboration. We talked with Meredith Emmett of Third Space Studio to talk about some of the take-aways shared, and…
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Collaboration, flexibility, focus seen key to change

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Sustaining the Triangle’s growth and making it a better place to live, work and play will depend on how well individuals and organizations can adapt to sweeping, rapid change and work together to fix the region’s most pressing social problems.…
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Competition spurs collaborative ideas to fix local problems

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At stake was one $25,000 grant from Triangle Community Foundation. Competing for the funds were five groups of partners, selected from more than 50 partnerships that had submitted proposals in response to a request for ideas for innovative, collaborative solutions…