In the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 4th, 2015, Sara Nicole Graham woke up as usual and started getting ready for work. Around 6:30...[Read More]
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Over 30,000 people attended Lumbee Homecoming in Pembroke, N.C. this past weekend. The annual event brings together the Lumbee community, with attendees traveling from across...[Read More]
This article is being shared with permission from the publisher, Chaise Lounge, and the author Anna Lynch. The link to the original article is here. The...[Read More]
On August 16, 2020, a special event was held in Chapel Hill, NC, entitled “Raising Our Voices”. The purpose of this was to bring more...[Read More]
The task force created by the Trump administration, and now the Cold Case Task Force, is long overdue. Nevertheless it is low hanging fruit meant...[Read More]
Criminal JusticeMissing & Murdered Indigenous WomenNative American Heritage MonthNative American Issues
This recent North Carolina Senate Bill 168 is concerning. I wasn’t aware until another community advocate alerted me to it a couple days ago. This...[Read More]
Human TraffickingMissing & Murdered Indigenous WomenNative American Heritage MonthNative American Issues
On Saturday, April 25th, Women AdvaNCe will co-sponsor an event that focuses on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and People (MMIWGP) through a Facebook live gathering....[Read More]
Before 36-year-old Rhonda Jones was identified as a murder victim found on April 18th, 2017 in Robeson County, she was simply a daughter, sister, friend...[Read More]
Current EventsMissing & Murdered Indigenous WomenNative American Heritage MonthNative American Issues
What do the names Sara Nicole Graham, Faith Hedgepeth, Katina Locklear and Rhonda Jones mean to you? To Native American communities in North Carolina, those names...[Read More]
CultureMissing & Murdered Indigenous WomenNative American HeritageNative American Heritage MonthNative American Issues
In December 2019, Women Advance will be rerunning some of our favorite stories during the year. There are too many amazing stories to highlight, but...[Read More]