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Women on the Move End-of-Year Celebration!
Communities on the Move | December 5, 2024 Last week, several participants gathered at the Dorothy N. Johnson Community Center to...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read


In the News!
Communities on the Move | December 2, 2024 "Hillsborough Town Board Unanimously Supports Fairview Traffic-Calming Proposal" Members of...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read


“Grassroots Youth Group Takes On Walkability”
Communities on the Move | November 22, 2024 Our annual Youth in Action event, Walk Fairview Day, was featured in the latest blog post...
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Nov 22, 20241 min read


Safety Improvements Approved!
Communities on the Move | November 18, 2024 ✅ We are beyond excited to share some good news! On Tuesday, November 12, we presented our...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read


Participatory Grantmaking (PGM) End of Season Celebration!
Community Gardens | November 11, 2024 The 2024 inaugural Participatory Grantmaking (PGM) process concluded with a celebratory gathering...
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Nov 11, 20241 min read


Moving Towards Transit Equity
Transit Equity | November 8, 2024 Our Director, Molly, and some of our students are attending the 2024 Triangle Bicycle & Pedestrian...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read


Transit Equity: Investing in Public Transportation
Habitat for Humanity Orange County, NC | October 29, 2024 Youth in Action interns riding bus The Triangle Transportation Choices Grant...
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Oct 29, 20242 min read


Fairview Traffic Calming Workshops!
Communities on the Move | October 23, 2024 The purpose of these workshops is to bring residents together to address speeding concerns,...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read


FFORC In The Classroom!
UNC Chapel Hill, October 15, 2024 Yesterday, our FFORC Director, Molly De Marco, and our Communities on the Move Project Manager, Judit,...
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Oct 14, 20241 min read


On the News! Warren County Farmer’s Market – A Local Gathering Place for All
CBS17 My Carolina, August 20, 2024 Our team member, Reverend Bill Kearney, and our partner, Tamara, from the Warren County Farmers...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read


Walk Fairview Day in the news!!
News on the Hill, CHAPELBORO.COM , August 6, 2024 Hillsborough: Street Paving, Government 101, and ‘Walk Fairview Day’ Listen to the most...
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Aug 6, 20241 min read


Quenching Curiosities: Spotlight on our student intern, Emile!
UNC Research Stories (Formerly known as Endeavors), June 19, 2024 Meet three Carolina researchers studying beverages, from beer to soda,...
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Jun 19, 20241 min read


RUNC: Seth LaJeunesse researches safe and healthy modes of transportation
UNC Research Stories (formerly known as Endeavors) , June 19, 2024 Our teammate, Seth, was recently interviewed by Research UNCovered, a...
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Jun 19, 20241 min read


Fairview Youth Program Helping Enhance Community Center While Engaging Residents
CHAPELBORO News | Dec 22, 2023 | News Around Town, Nonprofit Image of Dorothy N. Johnson Community Center located in Hillsborough, NC The...
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Dec 22, 20234 min read


The Power of Voice & Lived Experience – A community champion’s story for safer streets in their neighborhood
Written by Carlos, Edith, Judit, and Chanta'l | December 19, 2023 Fairview, a residential community within the town limits of...
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Dec 19, 20236 min read


On the News!
CBS 17 My Carolina: Learn About the Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative at UNC Chapel Hill Aired on August 14, 2023 ...
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Aug 14, 20231 min read


Community partnerships to fight hunger in North Carolina
Published in Carolina Public Health on March 2023 The Gillings School of Global Public Health article highlights collaborative efforts in...
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Mar 14, 20231 min read


Food access report highlights lived experience of those facing food insecurity in Orange County
The Daily Tarheel, February 2023 A recent study has found that 11 percent of Orange County, North Carolina, residents face food...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read


Health Care Half Hour – NC’s role in birthing the environmental justice movement
NC Health News, October 2022 North Carolina's Warren County commemorates 40 years since the birth of the environmental justice movement,...
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Oct 20, 20221 min read


Rev. Kearney empowers communities to celebrate their role in environmental justice movement
UNC HPDP, September 2022 Read the full article HERE
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Sep 16, 20221 min read
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