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Food is medicine here, and a reminder to ‘eat the dang pie’
The Hunger and Health Coalition has been doing incredible work in Watauga County since 1982. But in the last eight years under the leadership of Elizabeth Young, the executive director, the coalition has become a model to address food and medication insecurity that could be replicated in communities across our state and our nation.…

Travel Diary | Pamlico & Craven counties
Editor’s Note: We are publishing a series of travel diaries this week. These pieces are part of our effort to deepen our reach across the state and build closer connections to communities in all 100 counties.…

Perspective | NC Reconnect: Loving and serving each adult learner to success at Forsyth Tech
I go to work every day knowing the work we will do that day at Forsyth Technical Community College is going to be important and impactful for our students and our communities.…
The Editor’s Notes
HEADS UP | The Co-Chairs of the PEPSC Subcommittees will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. This could be the last meeting ahead of a full committee meeting in September. At the last meeting, just 17 people listened in. Listen in. See where they are. Weigh in. The agenda is available online. The meeting will be livestreamed.
The NC Tribune reports this morning, “In an unusual response to N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ refusal to recuse herself in the Leandro case, attorneys for legislative leaders filed a request Tuesday asking the judges to remove her former client from the case.” The former client is the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP.
From our colleagues at CREED: “We are happy to announce that applications for the fourth cohort of CREED’s North Carolina Equity Fellowship are now open through August 31, 2022.” Apply today.
Need to know
TODAY AT NOON ET | NASSP will announce its release of PRN’s Guide to Recovery, a collection of best practices to assist school leaders in the aftermath of these tragedies
The National Association of Secondary School Principals’ Principal Recovery Network, including current and former school leaders who have experienced gun violence tragedies in their schools, will release best practices.... Read the rest
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NC State program allows students to teach while earning license, addressing widespread vacancies
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POSTSECONDARY GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE COMPLETION DUE OCTOBER 11