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EmPOWERment, Inc. is holding an event this Saturday at the Friday Center, honoring town treasure Lillian Lee and raising funds for the PEACH, a proposed affordable housing development in Pine Knolls.

Can’t make it but want to support the cause? Click here for a link to an online silent auction.

Aaron discusses the event with EmPOWERment executive director Delores Bailey and Angela Lee, Lillian’s daughter and the executive and artistic director of Durham’s Hayti Heritage Center.

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