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  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...