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  • Canceled NC high school diversity lesson points to challenge for educators

    Imari Scarbrough

    October 14, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Wake Forest, North Carolina

    Teachers in North Carolina are struggling to find the best way to get students to talk about the intersections of diversity and identity. When a lesson at Heritage High School in Wake County was canceled due to parent concerns, the school dedicated itself to figuring out how to better discuss intersectionality while balancing privacy concerns of the students. This article cites the expertise of a counselor who specializes in identity and examines how the lesson can be taught better in the future.

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  • North Carolina working to erase biggest rape kit backlog in nation

    Kate Martin Imari Scarbrough

    March 20, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, North Carolina

    With the largest backlog of rape kits in the country, North Carolina is taking steps to expedite the process. A key challenge in this effort is the autonomy of police departments to test them at their own discretion. Still, cities like Fayetteville are making headway and seeing results, namely, 37 arrests. On the state level, a bipartisan bill is in motion that would designate $6 million for testing rape kits.

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