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March 15, 2012 StoryLine Coordinator Chosen
The ECHO Network has hired a new coordinator to manage its StoryLine program. Megan Shuford is joining the ECHO Network staff with over fifteen years of experience in non-profit and community-based organizations.  MORE

March 8, 2012 ECHO at the Cinema
ECHO is happy to present the 2012 ECHO@ Series. We'll be hosting quarterly outings during the year, and you are invited! Each outing will be presented in collaboration with a local venue. Are you ready to have some fun? First up, ECHO at the Cinema on April 1st!  MORE

January 9, 2012 ECHO Appoints New Leadership
The ECHO Network Network has appointed four new members to its board of directors. Joining as of January 1st are Adolfo Briceño of the City of Winston-Salem's Human Relations department, Robbie Chandler of DB Alex Brown, Alana James of the United Way of Forsyth County, and Daphne Holmes-Johnson, owner of Creative Endeavors and Events, LLC. MORE

September 8, 2011 ECHO on the Farm
The ECHO Network will host ECHO on the Farm on October 22nd from 4:00 – 7:00 at the Children’s Home. ECHO on the Farm is a community-wide social event designed to celebrate autumn with music, food, demonstrations, and giveaways. Chicken stew will be served!  MORE

February 3, 2011 Love at First Hear
Winston-Salem Chronicle Feature: For Winston-Salem residents Bernie and Marsha Buckles, love truly is blind, and the couple – both employees at Industries for the Blind – wouldn’t have it any other way. The two met on a national telephone chat line in 2003. At the time, she was living in Ohio and working as a telephone solicitor. He was in Philadelphia, PA., where he had spent much of his life. They connected over their love of music and the daytime soap “All My Children.” “The thing that captivated me about Marsha was her skills as a conversationalist,” related Bernie, 47. “We used to sit on the phone for eight hours at a time and never ran out of things to say.” MORE

January 16, 2011 A DREAM DEFERRED
Winston-Salem Journal Editorial: It's been 48 years since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his profound "I Have a Dream" speech in which he challenged and demanded America uphold racial equality and end discrimination and segregation. Since that defining moment of the civil-rights movement, countless others have recited the inspiring lines, "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. … We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. … I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. …I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at a table of brotherhood. … I have a dream today!" MORE

January 13, 2011 WE ALL HAVE STORIES TO TELL
Winston-Salem Chronicle Feature: Willie Mae Cherry was listening to the radio recently while on her way to Carver Road Church of Christ when she heard her own voice float over the airwaves. It was an exciting moment for the 66-year-old Georgia native. “It was a joy,” said the great-grandmother of eight. Cherry, a retiree, and her older brother, Samuel Gamble, reflected on their lived during a recorded conversation late last year for the StoryLine project, which began collecting the stories of local folks in April 2009. MORE

December 20, 2010 GETTING PEOPLE TO SHARE
Winston-Salem Journal Feature: There's fat to chew at the dinner table this Christmas that has nothing to do with ham, stuffing or bread pudding. While the food settles, ask a great-aunt or grandfather about their first memories or their favorite relatives. Family stories, particularly those from older family members, can yield a bounty of benefits, experts say. They serve as threads that tie together generations while making the storyteller feel important and appreciated. MORE

June 4, 2010 STORYLINE CELEBRATES ONE YEAR,100+ STORIES
StoryLine, which aims to build a more connected community by collecting and sharing Forsyth County residents’ life stories, marked its first year with “1 Year—100 Stories," a free public celebration featuring a dance performance, documentary film premiere and live music highlighting Forsyth County residents on Friday, June 4, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Salem College Fine Arts Center (601 S. Church Street). The one-year birthday celebration, supported in part by the Arts Council and Southern Community Bank, featured Cara Hagan, NC Dance Alliance 2009 choreography fellowship recipient and artistic director of 87 Dance Productions, jazz vocalist Diana Tuffin, Carolina bluesman and Sony recording artist Big Ron Hunter, and musicians Enrique and Nicole Rodriguez-Pastor.  MORE

May 19, 2010 SALEMTOWNE RETIREMENT PARTNERS WITH STORYLINE
Salemtowne Retirement Community is now the presenting sponsor of StoryLine, a project of the ECHO Network. Salemtowne, a part of Winston-Salem’s story since 1972, will support the work of StoryLine by making possible the recording and editing of Winston-Salem’s history through the voices of its residents. MORE

July 22, 2009 ECHO COUNCIL NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Natasha Gore has been named the first executive director of the ECHO Council. She comes to the Council after nearly three years with Smart Start of Forsyth County where she led communications, development, and outreach efforts. In her new role she will be responsible for expanding the Council’s presence in Forsyth County as well as overseeing the Council’s programs.  MORE