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Jul 23, 2024

IEI Welcomes Sharon Adams as Business Services Specialist

IEI is pleased to announce that Sharon Adams is returning to the organization in the position of business services specialist.
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Jul 1, 2024

Financial Resilience Community Cohort Announced

IEI is excited to announce the five regional teams that will make up the Financial Resilience community cohort. The cohort met for the first time on June 26 at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus.
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Jun 26, 2024

BAND-NC Celebrates Digital Champion Grantees

NCDIT recently announced their Digital Champion grantees, totaling more than $30 million for digital inclusion projects across North Carolina. BAND-NC is thrilled to see so many of our partners receiving this needed funding for their programs.

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Jun 18, 2024

Digital Inclusion Leaders Gather in Flat Rock for BAND-NC Digital Opportunities Gathering

More than 130 digital inclusion experts and community leaders from 40 NC counties gathered on June 4, 2024, at Blue Ridge Community College for IEI's first Digital Opportunities: Growing Connections Across North Carolina conference.
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Jun 3, 2024

Growing Connections: Celebrating Western NC’s Digital Inclusion Plans and Projects

IEI is celebrating digital inclusion partners in Western North Carolina who have worked with local organizations to create digital inclusion plans and projects for their regions.
Collage of change agents featured in this article: Philip Prescott, Carlos Cotto, Ed Treat, DeWayne Barton, Emily Nicholson, Jamir Jumoke, Chris Huntley, Barbie Patterson and Dr. Balu Gokaraju.

May 23, 2024

Spotlighting North Carolina Change Agents

IEI Communications Intern Adam Sichel highlights some of the change agents across the state who are working everyday to improve North Carolina’s talent pipeline and connect underutilized communities to well-paying, meaningful jobs.
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May 7, 2024

IEI Celebrates Graduating Student Interns

IEI congratulates its graduating student interns. These three undergraduate students have excelled as IEI interns, and the organization wishes them every success on their future journeys.

Apr 30, 2024

College, Financial Wellness and the 2024 Emerging Issues Forum

IEI Communications Intern Adam Sichel talked to four other college students across the state about their financial wellness and perspectives on the topic of the 2024 Emerging Issues Forum. This is part of the Emerging Voices blog series.
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Apr 23, 2024

Annual Conference Draws Faith and Community Leaders to Tackle Tough Topics

Nearly 100 faith and community leaders from across North Carolina gathered at First United Methodist Church in Asheboro on April 15 and 16 for the 2024 Faith and Community Initiative annual conference, held by NC State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues.
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Apr 17, 2024

From Unbanked to Banked

In this episode of The Connector, The Collaborative Executive Director Marquita Robertson and Center for Responsible Lending Director of NC Policy Rochelle Sparko discuss what it means to be unbanked and how those without traditional bank accounts can protect their money.