NC Deep Dive

Representative Sydney Batch's Official NCGA Page
Representative Sydney Batch's Campaign Website
Representative Sydney Batch's Campaign Facebook Page

Erin Paré's Campaign Website
Erin Paré's Campaign Facebook Page

Senator Sam Searcy's Official NCGA Page
Senator Sam Searcy's Campaign Website
Senator Sam Searcy's Campaign Facebook Page

Mark Cavaliero's Campaign Website
Mark Cavaliero's Campaign Facebook Page
Contact Attempts 

Steve Bergstrom's Campaign Website
Steve Bergstrom's Campaign Facebook Page

Communication between HSDD and Mr. Bergstrom

Lindsay Mahaffey Campaign Page
Lindsay Mahaffey Campaign Facebook Page

Vote 411

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Holly Springs Deep Dive Podcast.

I'm not playing my peppy little music sting this week. My mom died today, August 24, in the wee hours of the morning.

She was entirely too young for this to have happened, but the autoimmune disease that she was able to control with varying degrees of success over the past 30+ years was finally too much for her body to handle.

My mom was really shy most of her life, but she was so selfless and was nice to absolutely everyone. She'd go out of her way to help people, and anyone who took the time to get to know her felt like their life was better for it.

So I'm asking you today to take the time you'd normally spend listening to this podcast and instead, just do something nice for someone else. Do it in memory of my mom. And if you feel like it, please let me know what you did.

I'll be back with new episodes soon, focusing on election season, because November 3 will be here before you know it. I’m hoping to talk to candidates for the District 8 Wake County School Board seat that Lindsey Mahaffey currently holds, the North Carolina House of Representatives district 37 seat that Sydney Batch currently holds, and the North Carolina State Senate District 17 seat that Sam Searcy currently holds. I’m pretty sure our current Wake County Commissioner for District 2, Matt Calabria, is running unopposed, so we’ll see what happens there.

Until then, be well, friends.

This week, hear from one of the founders and one (ok, really two) of the board members from the Holly Springs Education Foundation. Find out why it was created, what they want to do, how you can help and more.

Like the Holly Springs Education Foundation's Facebook page to keep up-to-date.

If you're a teacher, fill out their survey to let them know your needs.

What does "We must Maslow before we Bloom" mean?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Bloom's Taxonomy

Email the Holly Springs Education Foundation at [email protected]

Listening to this podcast is free, but making it is definitely not. If you'd like to support the show, visit my Patreon page.

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/hollyspringsdeepdive)

A couple of very wise and caring students at Holly Springs High School have started an Instagram account called DearHSHS with some very specific and high-reaching goals. Hear from them today, with pseudonyms, about why they started it and what they're noticing about the submissions.

Read some of their submissions.

Let's help this generation by doing better ourselves as human beings.

If you'd like to support the show, visit my Patreon page.

Hear from the FIFTH nurse who tried to talk with me about their experiences caring for COVID-19 patients in the Triangle.

The first four each cancelled at the last minute because of truly heartbreaking circumstances, from sheer exhaustion to trying to maintain their own family in their limited amount of free time to not being able to take a meal break because so many coworkers called out from their shifts that day. One even wanted to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal from the community when she talked about COVID-19 as a real disease with real consequences.

Tommy Fayet was informative and steady and caring. All the things you'd want if you or one of your loved ones requires care.

Find out the risk of encountering someone with COVID-19 in any county in the U.S.

Keep up with North Carolina and Wake County's latest statistics here.

If you'd like to support the show, visit my Patreon page!

In honor of Pride Month 2020, I present to you two citizens of Holly Springs who happen to be in the LGBTQ community. They're our neighbors and friends, but they don't always get the sort of respect and care that they deserve. Hear their stories here, and resolve to do better. These two are just a small representation of the part of our town that identifies as LGBT or Q, and they're wonderful people to get to know.

View these sobering statistics from The Trevor Project about suicide in LGBTQ teens and young adults. Let's be more accepting of our kids and teens come to us questioning themselves in this way. They deserve it.

Learn more about the Stonewall Riots - it's a pretty interesting time to find out about!

Stonewall riots - Wikipedia
1969 Stonewall Riots - Origins, Timeline & Leaders - History
1969 Stonewall Riots: How a police raid inspired today's Pride celebrations - CNN

This week, meet the founder of Impact Holly Springs, Chanel Wilkins. We talked about the Black Lives Matter march that took place this past Saturday in Holly Springs, about her goals for the group and plans for the future. She's a woman on a mission and I can't wait for you to meet her!

Join the Impact Holly Springs Facebook group.

Yes, the audio clip you hear was recorded from the #BLM march in Holly Springs on Saturday, June 20. It was a wonderful event!

Interested in sponsorship options for YOUR Holly Springs business when this is all over? Email me at [email protected].