I first heard about the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case in September 2021 and went to a rally hosted by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. It was so empowering to hear from other people about their own abortion experience and ways we can get involved—I dove in head first. When the Dobbs decision was leaked […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Taylor Tally
Spanish/Espanol As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023
Entrevista: Candidato a la Junta Escolar de CHCCS Taylor Tally
English/Ingles Como señalamos en nuestra publicación sobre la evaluación de los candidatos a la junta escolar, hemos enviado cuestionarios a cada candidato a la junta escolar y los estamos publicando en el orden en que los recibimos. Las preguntas fueron compiladas por miembros de la Junta de Triangle Blog Blog y Bridging the Gap, así […]
Posted inCarrboro, Greenway
Greenway walk with El Centro Hispano
This past Saturday the Carrboro Linear Parks Project (CLPP), a project of NEXT, hosted their monthly greenway walk in collaboration with El Centro Hispano. El Centro (for short) is a longtime Latino-led and Latino-serving organization, which has offices in Durham, Raleigh, and on Weaver St. in Carrboro. El Centro focuses on four core areas: education, […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023, Journalism
Seven things we learned from the News & Observer’s follow up on our scoop on the $120K PAC
Earlier today the News & Observer published a piece on the plans by twelve wealthy couples to inject $120,000 into the Chapel Hill elections in a bid to overturn the Chapel Hill Town Council’s June vote to legalize duplexes townwide. Here are seven things we learned: The News & Observer confirms that Adam Searing met […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Events around town, UNC
Learn to ride your bike around UNC and Chapel Hill this Friday!
Join us this Friday, as Next and the Bicycle Alliance of Chapel Hill sponsor a bike ride around Chapel Hill. The second annual Bike Around Chapel Hill is organized by UNC grad student René Iwo. The ride is a social bike ride around UNC campus and Chapel Hill/Carrboro. The intent is to demonstrate how chill […]