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…
Elim Craighill-Middleton: Looking Back at January 6th
A dangerous precedent has already been set, but we can still turn things around. So what can we do to prevent it from happening again?
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…
Be Aware & Prepared: Election Issue of Immigration
There is no doubt that immigration will be a key issue in the 2024 election. Begin the new year with a bit of history, realities we face, and solutions being…
Everything’s Better when We’re Together!
What changed in 2023 that affects you and your family? What do you want to see change in 2024 on the local, state, and national levels? How are you planning…