At The Duke Endowment, we believe it is important to share data, resources and insights about our grants and our grantees’ work.
We use storytelling as one of our main communication tools. In this section, you’ll find stories and videos about specific efforts, both past and present, around key issues in our four program areas. By sharing these experiences, we hope to shed light on our mission and foster learning and collaboration in the field.
Noted child development expert Jack Shonkoff says constant, unrelenting negative experiences – toxic stress – in early childhood affect a developing brain in ways that can...
In North Carolina and South Carolina, a new effort is aimed at improving maternity care and breastfeeding rates in underserved areas – and helping babies get the healthy start they need....
Clarence D. “Clay” Armbrister became the 14th president of Johnson C. Smith University on Jan. 1, 2018, succeeding Ron Carter, who stepped down in 2017 after leading the university for...
During his 20 years as a United Methodist pastor, the Rev. Ed McKinney has served five churches in North Carolina, and all but one have been in rural parts of the state. It’s in those...
When Maureen Murray talks about foster care, she speaks from experience. She began her career as a social worker and later worked as a therapist for children and adolescents. Several years...
