We’re Watching: Staying Informed – Should You Bother?
Some days it all feels hopeless. Does staying informed help you to know when you can effect change? Beau of the 5th Column often delivers positivity and hope with his…
January Calendar: Martin Luther King Holiday
Join the MLK Parade and walk to support reading, democratic ideals, and local 2024 Democratic candidates on Saturday, Jan. 13, 11 am - 12 noon. Meet up at 10:30 along Church…
Kenneth Stutts: Election Workers Needed
Interested in becoming a paid election worker? Rowan County Board of Elections member, Kenneth Stutts, provides encouragement and information to residents about becoming an election worker for the 2024 March…
What’s Now, What’s Next: Local Responses to Food Insecurity
On Tuesday, 1/16/24, Rowan County will celebrate its second annual National Day of Racial Healing with a presentation: "What’s Now, What’s Next: Local Responses to Food Insecurity." The event focuses on…
Kim Porter: A Liberal Arts Education
After many phone calls and postcards (yes I am old), I related to him [Dad] that a college education was to assist me in learning how to live, not get…
Keith Townsend: Slavery Was the Cause of the Civil War
This year will mark the 158th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Surely, at last, it is time for all Americans, especially white Southerners such as myself, to…
January Breakfast: Saturday, January 13, 2024
Join fellow Democrats and other supporters on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 10:00 am for our monthly breakfast and speaker. Doors open at 9:45 at RCDP Headquarters! Topic for the…
Donna Prunkl: Truth Be Told
"Truth is often difficult to hear, but it is essential to freedom for all. - For decades, I have been astounded by all I was not taught... I wonder how…
Don’t Assume – Support Your Values
It will take a concerted effort and each one of us to dislodge the Republican majority in the NC General Assembly. Local and state GOP appear in lockstep with Trump…
We’re Watching: Washington Week with The Atlantic
This is not about conservative policies, right versus left, or even how to vote. This discussion describes what America could look like under authoritarian rule in the United States. Two…