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Gwendolyn Glenn
Race & Equity ReporterGwendolyn is an award-winning journalist who has covered a broad range of stories on the local and national levels. Her experience includes producing on-air reports for National Public Radio and she worked full-time as a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered news program for five years. She worked for several years as an on-air contract reporter for CNN in Atlanta and worked in print as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun Media Group, The Washington Post and covered Congress and various federal agencies for the Daily Environment Report and Real Estate Finance Today. Glenn has won awards for her reports from the Maryland-DC-Delaware Press Association, SNA and the first-place radio award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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The White House says junk fees cost consumers billions each year. Earlier this year, N.C.'s Josh Stein joined other attorneys general in supporting an FTC rule to rein in the deceptive pricing practice. Kevin Anderson, senior counsel for consumer protection in Stein’s office, talks to WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn about the office’s fight against add-on fees.
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Over the past 18 years, a group of African Americans has been quietly providing grants to nonprofits in Charlotte that serve the city’s Black communities. The New Generation of African American Philanthropists, or NGAAP, has more than 70 members from various career fields, who pool their dollars to fund their grantmaking work. One of its founders talked to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn.
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The Mint Museum Uptown's exhibition "Whitfield Lovell: Passages" focuses on the African American experience through sound, smells and wood charcoal paintings.
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The 38th annual conference of 100 Black Men of America was held in Atlanta this week. Charlotte chapter members attended and took some mentees with them to compete in the group's African American history competition.
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The founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund visited Charlotte to present awards at two events. Dr. Joyce Payne talks to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about the fund's impact on HBCUs and its evolution.
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Officials with the Charlotte Museum of History want to be included in the annual distribution of operational funding support from the city that many other arts organizations receive annually.
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Many of the rotating musicians at Cajun Queen in the historic Elizabeth neighborhood have played there since the restaurant opened in 1985. Most are in their late 70s, but they have no problem mesmerizing diners with classic jazz tunes seven nights a week.
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Many veterans need assistance with issues, including mental health. The commander of the local VFW 7775 in Charlotte encourages vets to contact her post, as well as other free services available, to aid them locally.
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A cardiology team at Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute performed a procedure, using a newly FDA-approved clip device — a first for the Carolinas. Patients with tricuspid regurgitation valve disease, who are not able to have open-heart surgery to correct it, now have a treatment option.
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May 18 is when people of Haitian descent worldwide will celebrate Haitian Flag Day. A festival in Charlotte will be held, complete with Haitian, music and food as well as workshops and discussions on Central Avenue at Project 658 from 3 to 7 p.m.