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Lorie Clark has been the high school specialist for Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate since early 2002. As service advisory to the Blue Ribbon Youth Leadership Institute and the Minority Student Achievement Network, she’s been striving for years to help students of color reach their full potential within our school systems. As this week’s Hometown Hero, we’d like to shine some light on the work she does, both with Blue Ribbon and otherwise. “Blue Ribbon was created in 1995 in order to help close the achievement gap,” said Clark. “The Blue Ribbon task force was created to take a look at some of...

This week’s Hometown Hero is George Ann McCay, the volunteer specialist and ESL program manager for Chapel Hill/Carrboro schools. She’s been serving the state for 25 years, with 17 of those spent in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro district. “I have found that it’s just a wonderful community be a part of here in Chapel Hill,” said McCay. “We have wonderful volunteers who are willing to volunteer in our schools to help make students have better experiences in our schools. The support we get from volunteers is immeasurable.” McCay is retiring this month to enjoy travelling, spending time with family and...

Michelle Johnson has served on the Carrboro Board of Alderman since her election in 2011. A member of the National Association of Social Workers, an appointee to the Affordable Housing Task Force and Community Home Trust Board of Directors among other committees as well as a local yoga instructor and artist, Johnson’s presence in the Carrboro Community has consistently been a positive one. She graduated with her bachelor’s from the College of William and Mary, and her master’s degree in social work came from UNC. Though she has “enjoyed her time” serving the Carrboro community and is “excited to...