2- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016-THE CAROLINA TIMES
Central Carolina Black Nurses Holds 25th Educational-Lecture Luncheon
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT - From left to right are: Kiana Cooper, recipient;
Ms. Stephannie S. Cooper, scholarship chair; and Ms. Helen Horton, president.
Dr. Ronnie Ursin, chief
nursing officer of the Northern
Louisiana Medical Center and
former board member of the Na
tional Black Nurses Association,
chronicled the changes in health
care during his presentation for
the 25th Annual Educational-
Lecture Luncheon on December
5 at the Friday Center in Chapel
Hill. The event was sponsored
by the Central Carolina Black
Nurses’ Council, Inc. He re
minded the audience of the dy
namic nature of the healthcare
environment and the need to em
brace changes that support safe
and quality patient care.
A highlight of the event was
awarding the Patricia Daniels
Ruffin scholarship of $1,000.00
to Kiana Cooper to support her
nursing education. Ms. Cooper
is a junior nursing student at
Winston Salem State Univer
sity. The Patricia Daniels Ruffin
scholarship is awarded to a nurs
ing student who exhibits exem
plary community service.
DR. RONNIE URSIN
TROSA Grads Celebrate Recovery Feb. 21
After years of heavy drinking and legal trouble, James Reeves stopped recog
nizing himself. “When I was out there doing what I was doing and messing up, I
was losing it,” he says. “I was just lost.”
Life now has changed for the better for the former construction worker from
rural Robeson County. He is among 32 men and women who will graduate Sun
day from Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, a nonprofit that
helps people recover from addiction in what is known as a modified therapeutic
community.
Like other residents of the two-year program, Reeves, 29, received peer sup
port, counseling and job training. Most important, he says, he learned how to have
healthy interactions with others. He gave up what he calls his “mean mug,” a glare
that kept people at a distance.
“TROSA taught me patience and how to deal with anger,” Reeves says. “It
taught me how to be James Reeves again, the person I lost out in the world.”
Durham Chamber to Host White House Business Council Briefing
After graduation, he plans to remain at TROSA as a senior resident, overseeing five crews of fellow residents who are
receiving training in lawn care and landscaping. TROSA’s lawn care service and other businesses - including a moving com
pany and thrift store - equip residents with marketable skills and bring in revenue to support the program. TROSA offers its
services at no cost to the individual resident.
Reeves says he wants to be completely sure that he can maintain his recovery on his own before he leaves the program.
“I want to make it right in one shot and not keep making mistakes,” he says.
Many graduates continue at TROSA as senior residents or staff. The program offers supportive housing, transportation,
relapse prevention and other continuing care for graduates. The 60-member staff includes people who are in recovery as well
as medical and other professionals.
TROSA is currently serving more than 600 people, with demand rising significantly in recent years. The Centers for Dis
ease Control and Prevention reports that 1,358 people died of overdoses in North Carolina in 2014.
“If you are living a life and getting nowhere and you want to start over and get your life right, you need to look at TRO
SA,” Reeves says. “If you want help, TROSA is the land of opportunities.”
To learn more about TROSA, visit www.trosainc.org or call 919-419-1059.
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and Business Forward will host a
White House Business Council briefing with Robert D. Manogue, Director of the
Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, on international
trade. The briefing will focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Obama
Administration’s trade agenda.
This will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and provide advice about
international trade policies and how they affect your business and the greater Dur
ham area.
WHAT:Business Leader Briefing on International Trade
FEATURING: Robert D. Manogue
Director of the Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs, U.S. Department of State
WHEN: Tuesday, March 8, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET
WHEREiResearch Triangle Park Foundation, 12 Davis Dr., RTP
REGISTER HERE http://action.businessfwd.org/page/s/business-leader-briefing-
with-robert-d-manogue-dos-durham-3-8-2016
DURHAM COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Working for a Durham
where all citizens can thrive
and have access to good
jobs, a good education and
safe neighborhoods.
Kevin McDonald, president/CEO of TROSA and Graduating class. (Photo courtesy of TROSA.
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anti so^pgahon acxrpo through the courts and
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Democratic Party in 1933. Austin mi-bated the
South's first legal challenge to segwigated higher
education, the attempt io ewp« Thomas Hocutx ■
represented by local Macfc
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Cecil McCoy in the School of
Pharmacy#! The University of
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South's firs'! rrnenacrai football game, held in Durham between a
white wen from fh - wje^:.A ano a Mack loam from Washington,
DC. in 1853, be handled p^i Matrons for Renew N, Harms'#
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m the WKH. he put^shod the names of swas beyrwad for their
fa^ure to h/re 'biack wor*«ey#, Avium died in Durham in 1971. Hr#
daughter V«han Austin Tomonds published The Carolina Tana# from
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