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  Black Culture Awareness How Black Culture Awareness can bring students together at High Point University. by: Airion sanders Q news 3/24/22 High Point University is a predominantly white school. According to Jay Lowery , the total enrollment is 4,910 students. 7.1% are black, 2.4% are Asian, 6.7% are Hispanic, and 76.4% of students are white.   Since the percentage of the black student population is low, compared to the population of white students, HPU has almost 100 clubs and organizations providing diverse opportunities to get involved, and the Black Culture Awareness organization is one of them.   The Black Culture Awareness organization was established in 1990, which promotes awareness of black culture and black heritage, at HPU and throughout the High Point community. The main goal of BCA is to bring students together that have a common interest in black culture and provides a safe space for free expression of views on the social, economic, legal,...

  YMCA’s RISE partners with Piedmont Opera to empower immigrant entrepreneurs BY AUTUMN KAREN Triad City Beat MARCH 17TH, 2022   The whir of sewing machines cushions melodic laughter and mumbled, feminine tones in a series of interconnected rooms at the back of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem every Wednesday morning.   White, wood cubbies reaching towards the ceiling above a long counter face the two dozen busy fingers. Each cube stores the brightly colored bits of an in-progress textile project. A neatly printed black-and-white label across the bottom of every square bears a name originating from somewhere far away: Burma, Honduras, Mexico, South Korea, Venezuela, France, China, Colombia, Afghanistan. Its purpose : The women in these light-filled rooms are all non-native English speakers, here to grow their entrepreneurial capabilities through the YMCA’s Refugee & Immigrant Society of Entrepreneurs (RISE) program. The program ...

Recognizing and coping with Situational Depression  By: Caroline Bologna  Q news  Depression is not a one-size-fits-all experience. For many, it persists for a long time or feels as though it’s constantly recurring.    For others, it may only arise under specific circumstances and for a short duration. This latter condition is what many call “situational depression.” How it is Triggered:  “Situational depression is a depressive experience that is triggered by a traumatic event or a change in a person’s life, such as job loss, the death of a loved one or an unstable work environment,” said   Greg Kushnick, a licensed psychologist in New York. “It is usually considered to be a normal reaction to a major life change or trauma.”   He noted that a depressive reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic can be labeled “situational,” depending on the severity of symptoms, when they started and how long they persist.   The t...