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Mar 12, 2019

First in Future: Director of Growth and Communications RIoT Sarah Glova

Summary: In 1982, a revolution began very very quietly, when somebody figured out how to connect a drink machine to the then-fledgling Internet. The drink machine was able to signal… 

Mar 5, 2019

First in Future: Executive Director of AMEXCAN (The Association of Mexicans in North Carolina) Juvencio Rocha Peralta

Summary: In 1980, Juvencio Rocha Peralta became frustrated by the job opportunities in Veracruz Mexico, a town of about 500 people, so he took a big chance. At the age… 

Feb 12, 2019

First in Future: North Carolina State University Dr. Mitch Renkow

Summary: Research shows that whenever a new economic development project is announced as bringing in jobs to a country, less than half of those jobs go to residents of that county… 

Jan 29, 2019

First in Future: Executive Director for the Triangle J Council of Governments Lee Worsley

Summary: “When an urban area wins, it ends up being a victory for the entire state, when a rural area struggles, it is a concern for the whole state”. That is… 

Jan 24, 2019

First in Future: Policy and Program Manager for the Institute for Emerging Issues Maggie Woods

Summary: The ReCONNECT to Community Impact Report provides a synopsis of the ReCONNECT to Community Forum and provides key statements, findings, readings and further steps for reconnection of civic engagement in… 

Dec 18, 2018

First in Future: Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan Gerlach

Summary:  In the late 1990’s, North Carolina leaders did something remarkable. As part of the national settlement agreement with tobacco companies, North Carolina was projected to receive an estimated $4.6… 

Nov 30, 2018

ReCONNECT to Community Forum Wrap Up

Thank YOU! YOU helped us launch our ReCONNECT NC initiative with our first ever forum outside Raleigh, ReCONNECT to Community! The civic engagement-focused forum drew in over 400 attendees as… 

Nov 27, 2018

First in Future: Senior Policy and Program Manager at the Institute for Emerging Issues Sarah Langer Hall

Summary:  The idea that the rural and urban parts of our state seemed to be getting further and further apart, and this is on the minds of North Carolinians. This… 

Nov 6, 2018

First in Future: Director of ncIMPACT UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government Anita Brown-Graham

Summary:  For our 100th First in Future episode we chose a guest who represents IEI’s history, Anita Brown-Graham, director of the Institute for 10 years. She has shown a long… 

Oct 2, 2018

First in Future: Senior Policy Specialist Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA Scott Marlow

Summary: Hurricane Florence really couldn’t have come at a worse time or in a worse way for farmers in southeastern North Carolina. Many farmers were still recovering from the impacts…