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[From NC Newsline] Durham Council Member Warns ICE Will Disappear Residents
By Brandon Kingdollar, NC NewslineAug. 3, 2025 As residents rally to alert neighbors to immigration agents around the city, Durham City Council member Javiera Caballero warned Saturday that anyone could be arrested off the street and detained. Speaking to an audience of around 70 at a “State of Durham” town hall held in the Durham…
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[Election 2025] Leonardo Williams Files for Re-Election
Mayor Leonardo Williams on Tuesday filed his candidacy papers for re-election to lead the City of Durham. His campaign website lists achievements as mayor, including: He filed to run again a day after Anjanee Bell, daughter of former Durham Mayor William Bell, turned in her papers to challenge Williams for the job on Oct. 7. DeDreana Freeman Faces…
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[Commentary] Juneteenth: America’s Most Important Holiday
By Idrissa A. Smith, Special to Southpoint Access “I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich…
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Joshua Gunn Comes Home to Lead Durham’s City Economic Agency
Durham’s own Joshua Gunn is coming home and he’s stepping into a pivotal role that could shape the Bull City’s economic future for years to come. The City of Durham has officially named Gunn as the next director of its Office of Economic and Workforce Development. His first day on the job will be July…
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A Mother’s Mission: Angela White and the Importance of Water Safety
By The Haw River Assembly Originally published on The Haw River Assembly website. As Haw River Assembly prepares for our upcoming Water Confidence & Paddle Workshop on June 7, we want to share a powerful story that illustrates why these skills are so vital. Angela White, who lost her son Kristoffer to drowning at Jordan…
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Durham Hosts 22nd Annual Women’s Forum at City Hall
The City of Durham will host the 22nd Annual Women’s Forum on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. The free, public event honors National Women’s History Month and invites residents to attend in person or watch via livestream. The Human Relations Division of the Neighborhood Improvement Services Department and ISLA NC are…
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Durham PTAs Navigate Challenges of Responsibility Zones
Durham’s new “family responsibility zones,” designed to ease pressure on limited school bus resources, are requiring families of about 750 elementary students to find alternative transportation to school. This has created challenges for many schools, like Hope Valley Elementary, where 24% of affected students now walk, bike, or carpool. The Hope Valley PTA is stepping…
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Durham Habitat for Humanity Honors the Life and Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
Sign Up For the Southpoint Access Newsletter! Habitat for Humanity of Durham joins the world in mourning the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, reflecting on his enduring legacy of service and advocacy for affordable housing. Alongside his wife, Rosalynn Carter, the former president devoted more than 35 years to Habitat for Humanity, becoming the…
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People’s Alliance Urges HEART Expansion and 911 System Merger
Sign Up For the Southpoint Access Newsletter! The Durham County Sheriff’s Office should team with the City of Durham and Durham Public Schools to expand the city’s Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Team (HEART) and also should merge county and city 911 emergency call response. That’s the recommendation pushed by the People’s Alliance in a Jan. 2…
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[Raising Durham] How I Conquered a Lifelong Fear of Flying
The birthday card read: Two plane tickets to the destination of your choice! A fabulous 40th birthday gift that would delight anyone, right? WRONG! My palms were clammy as I held the card in shaking hands, my heart pounding like I’d just sprinted up a flight of stairs. A wave of dread and nausea made…
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[Raising Durham] Teaching Children the Power of Self-Advocacy
When my daughter Harper goes to her monthly clinic appointments, she commands the situation with a level of grace and authority far beyond her years. She’ll politely tell the nurse or technician that she needs Buzzy (a small vibrating device that helps with needle pain), a video for distraction, and that while numbing spray is…
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Durham’s Book Harvest Welcomes Two New Board Members
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! Book Harvest, a nonprofit literacy organization dedicated to providing books for every child and support for every parent, appointed Tracey Reed Armant and Carrie Norry to its board of directors. Both…
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