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This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show looks at The Fourth of July, Juneteenth, and other ideas about freedom From a Poet’s Point of View — it's from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

The weather system became a named system on Saturday morning, and is expected to impact the South Carolina and Cape Fear coast. Most impacts are predicted to be minor, but flooding from rain and storm surges could be an issue, and rough water and rip tides are expected.

The Endowment’s new capacity and community grants, announced earlier this year, provide up to $5,000 to help small nonprofits and assist organizations of all sizes continue to develop. The Endowment funded 111 applications out of over 300.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, which commemorates the life of Baba (Father) Malcolm X, is From a Poet’s Point of View — from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

Last week marked the first Education Focus Forum in New Hanover County, held in response to the signing of Executive Order 14242 — which seeks to take power from the U.S. Department of Education and place it in the hands of parents and state lawmakers.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, recorded to commemorate Juneteenth, is From a Poet’s Point of View — from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

Recently, The Pender-Topsail Post & Voice has strongly criticized former school board member and county GOP treasurer Phil Cordeiro, blaming him for driving a lack of transparency at the Pender County Board of Commissioners; Cordeiro has pushed back on those accusations, saying he's pushing to modernize the county. In this edition, we include an opinion piece written by Cordeiro, alongside Post & Voice publisher Andy Pettigrew's "Watchman on the Wall" column from last week.

Earlier this month, Republican state senators filed a bill entitled, "Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education." In a pair of opinion pieces, Senator Michael Lee, who co-sponsored the bill, describes what he hopes the legislation will and won't do, and New Hanover County NAACP President LeRon T. Montgomery argued for the importance of DEI programs.

Dr. Christopher Barnes has served as interim superintendent since the New Hanover County school board fired Dr. Charles Foust in July. He’s received bipartisan support from a board that has otherwise been split on many issues.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, recorded to commemorate Juneteenth, is From a Poet’s Point of View — from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.