I love Durham. It is as simple as that. When I think about it, I don’t know much about any place else because I pretty much haven’t left “my neighborhood.” I was born and raised on the West End side of Durham. I was educated in Durham Public Schools on the West End until I attended The old Hillside High School on Concord Street. I literally crossed Fayetteville Street to attend North Carolina Central University. I worked in RTP and at Duke University, then went to Law School at Central. Now, I work downtown Durham and I live in southwest Durham.

Durham is the only place I call home and it has been good to me. That’s not to say that Durham is a utopia - but it has gotten I bad rap. I believe that Durham embraces all of the wonderful qualities of a city and it does it LOUDLY! We like our diversity and our history. We are proud of our accomplishments and pretty pushy about our problems. We like to express ourselves in brutally honest terms and that can sometimes affront our neighbors. We have open dialogues, where people can get angry and still walk out friends. We know our problems with race, economics, schools, and let’s not forget religion. But we combine all of that and for the most part, we have a lot of fun living life in Durham…. The thing that I like most about Durham is the fact that most Durhamites actually care about those who are less fortunate and we help. We don’t like the great divide…we want everybody to have a purpose-filled and prosperous life and we are willing to share. I believe that what we are now seeing is the beginning of a collective dream turning into reality… So many others have pointed at us with disdain…. We are rising to the challenge and we are showing our true colors LOUDLY! The colors of an INVISIBLE GOD, HIS HOLY SPIRIT and remembering HIS ONLY SON JESUS!

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