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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"></a><a name="_Hlk503990985"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NEWS
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Date: 02/04/21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503990985"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Contact: Public Information Office
Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Watch the February ‘In Touch with Durham County’ Show<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Available online or on Durham Television Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Durham, N.C. – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Thanks to Zoom, the Durham County Public Information Office
continues to bring residents who are also social distancing important information on our programs and services with the “In Touch with Durham County” show for
</span><a href="https://youtu.be/DlfBEGCi0_A"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">February 2021</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes a regular guest in Durham County Department
of Social Services Director Ben Rose. We are also pleased to introduce Kweli Rashied-Henry, Durham County’s first Racial Equity Officer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">The Department of Social Services has worked tirelessly to help our must vulnerable citizens receive much needed services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rose discusses the ways in which DSS has transitioned and modified its delivery of services to help address some of the challenges the pandemic has created.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">In segment two, Rashied-Henry discusses her newly created role within Durham County Government and what her initial goals are in building the racial
equity program. She also discusses how this work will provide resources to employees and the community, as well as building partnerships throughout Durham.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">About “In Touch with Durham County”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">The “In Touch with Durham County” show is a monthly program that provides governmental programming and access to your local government and provides
timely, ongoing coverage of Durham County Government. The show airs daily on the
</span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"> (DTN). DTN is available on
Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. To view past editions of the “In Touch with Durham County” show, visit the DCo YouTube Channel
</span><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">. For more information on the Durham
County Public Information Office, call 919-560-0000 or email </span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">.
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