CONVERSATIONS WILL FOLLOW
New Episode Airs Thursdays, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
ncIMPACT
ncIMPACT Season 2 | Trailer
ncIMPACT also encores Fridays, at 8:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel, or online anytime.
Tune in Thursdays, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
ncIMPACT examines issues around our state including education, jobs, healthcare, and others. Host Anita Brown-Graham and her team from the UNC School of Government bring the listening, learning and leading that create conversations, going into the communities that are tackling these problems head on. Talking to the people on the ground, Brown-Graham identifies ways in which they are positively affecting others and making changes, while examining if these innovative solutions can be applied in other communities across the state.
UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina is partnering with the UNC School of Government, with sponsorship by Civic Federal Credit Union, for this compelling series.
New—ncIMPACT Filling the Gaps in Urban Broadband Access
Thursday, April 9, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Anita Brown-Graham asks how a Charlotte alliance is reducing Charlotte’s digital divide. There are urban areas of North Carolina with poor internet access. Income, race, age and education are some factors behind the urban Digital Divide. Anita Brown-Graham finds a Charlotte, NC alliance focused on reducing urban internet connection woes.
Episode 1: The Opioid Crisis
SEASON PREMIERE! Cabarrus County
Airdate: February 6, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 2: Integrating Communities
Lee County
Airdate: February 13, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 3: Veterans to Civilian Work
Craven County
Airdate: February 20, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 4: Forever Convicted
Durham County
Airdate: February 27, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 5: Reclaiming Youth Opportunity
Scotland County
Airdate: March 5, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 6: Energy Poverty
Halifax & Northampton Counties
Airdate: March 12, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 7: Healthcare Disparities
Edgecombe County
Airdate: March 19, at 7:30 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 8: Affordable Teacher Housing
Dare County
Airdate: March 26, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 9: Rural Broadband
Yancey & Mitchell Counties
Airdate: April 2, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 10: Urban Broadband
Mecklenburg County
Airdate: April 9, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 11: Work in Burke
Burke County
Airdate: April 16, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 12: Cottage Grove Collaborative
Guilford County
Airdate: April 23, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
Episode 13: Get Set Transylvania
Transylvania County
Airdate: April 30, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV
How Culture Boosts the Economy | Shelby Town Hall
Anita Brown-Graham hosts a townhall in Shelby about the ways in which robust culture in a community can boost the local economy.
Schools Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences
ncIMPACT looks at how schools are playing a role in preventing adverse childhood experiences
ncIMPACT is the catalyst for worthwhile conversations, as it dives deep into the issues that matter most in our communities. But it doesn't stop there, because good conversation ultimately leads to undeniable action.
CHAT WITH US ON TWITTER
Each week, team members from the UNC School of Government's ncIMPACT initiative convene a Twitter chat @ncimpactsog about issues addressed in that week's episode.
CONNECT WITH US VIA EMAIL
For more information on these and other important issues facing our communities, please contact the ncIMPACT team at the UNC School of Government.
Anita Brown-Graham, ncIMPACT Host
About Anita Brown-Graham of ncIMPACT
Since September 2016, Anita R. Brown-Graham has led the UNC School of Government's public launch of ncIMPACT—a special initiative that seeks to expand the SOG’s capacity to work with public officials on complex policy issues. Since her arrival, she and her colleagues have devised programs to support communities working on economic mobility, poverty, expansion of pre-kindergarten, extending the labor pool and addressing opioid misuse and abuse. During Brown-Graham’s first tour as an SOG faculty member, from 1994 to 2006, she specialized in governmental liability and community economic development aimed at revitalizing communities. In 2007, Brown-Graham became Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University. There, she led IEI’s efforts to build North Carolina’s capacity for economic development and prosperity, working with leaders from across the state in the areas of business, government and higher education to focus on issues important to the state's. Brown-Graham began her career as a law clerk in the Eastern District of California. She is a William C. Friday Fellow, American Marshall Fellow and Eisenhower Fellow. In 2013, the White House named her a Champion of Change for her work at IEI, and the Triangle Business Journal named her a 2014 Woman in Business for her policy leadership in the state and a 2017 CEO of the year. Brown-Graham serves on the boards of several organizations. She earned an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ncIMPACT is developed in partnership with the UNC School of Government.
We are proud to welcome back Civic Federal Credit Union as our sponsor.
