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Celebrating a Long Legacy and Passing the Baton
May 3, 2021
“In my heart I was a social worker, but I never really knew I was.” This is the instinct that led Dr. Mary Anne Busch to pursue a career in social work. Like many in her family, she always had an instinct to help others, and when her husband accepted … Continued
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Apply Today to AmeriCorps!
April 19, 2021
Serve your community and be active in changing lives as an AmeriCorps member! Through AmeriCorps, you can tackle America’s most pressing issues. At the CNNC, you can work directly with immigrants and refugees as we promote access and integration into the Greater Greensboro Area! Click Here to learn more and … Continued
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Women’s Resilience in the Face of Trauma
March 29, 2021
International Women’s Month aims to raise awareness about matters impacting gender equality, equity, and access, acknowledge the achievements of women in the past, and highlight the progress that has been made and continues to impact our lived experiences. In honor of International Women’s Month this March, we would like to … Continued
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Resettlement and Race: A Complicated Intersection
March 1, 2021
As Black history month comes to a close, we want to acknowledge the plurality of African and African American experiences right here in our city. Greensboro’s history of Civil Rights activism, and immigrant and refugee integration has made it unique, especially as it continues to grow as a racially and … Continued
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Evaluating the CNNC Community Centers: A Guilford College and UNCG CNNC Collaboration
February 2, 2021
We are excited to announce that The Center for New North Carolinians was recently awarded The Way Forward Grant from Bringing Theory To Practice (BTTOP). The goal of our participatory action research project is to evaluate the Community Centers over the next year and a half in order to track … Continued
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Reopening the Community Centers and Regaining Hope
October 28, 2020
Community gives us unlimited capacities to grow. After five months of being closed due to COVID-19, the CNNC Community Centers reopened in September. Located across the city of Greensboro are our three community centers: Glen Haven, Oakwood Forest, and the newest center, the Community Enrichment Center. The Community Centers support … Continued
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Interpreting Saved My Life
September 30, 2020
Interpretation demands accuracy. That’s why Cesar Bastias goes by Tony when he’s interpreting. Many people were misinterpreting his first name as “scissor,” so he picked Tony for its simplicity. For Tony, delivering accurate interpretation is so vital that he altered his own name so as to be understood correctly. Tony, … Continued