The resettlement of Afghanistan refugees and Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis – these two topics do not have an obvious tie, but they have a huge impact on Charlotte’s local refugee community. This was one of the lessons, among others, we learned during our Lunch & Learn: At the Intersection of Hope and Refuge: Supporting Charlotte’s …
Cops and Barbers, an organization committed to making positive change in the young black male community, was founded in 2015 by Shaun “Lucky” Corbett in the midst of racial unrest after the murder of Michael Brown in Missouri. Incidents involving police officers and young black males made weekly headline news. Shaun launched Cops and Barbers …
Thanks to those members who voted on our March 2020 Spark ballot, which closed on Monday, March 16. We had 178 members vote, a significant majority of whom affirmed the two recommendations of the Spark committee. In the coming weeks, we will fund the following two grants: $25,000 to Cops and Barbers for unrestricted operating support and …
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