Partnership and Driving Impact Across North Carolina
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 30, 2023
Duke in DC’s New Event Series Highlights How Duke Faculty, Students and Staff are Making a Difference in Their Local Communities
From left to right, Chris Simmons, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Brad Thie, Liz DeMattia and Aaron Kyle
For Liz DeMattia, Duke’s work to improve communities across North Carolina is about empowering them.
“I think the common theme … is agency,” said DeMattia, director of the Community Science Initiative at the Duke Marine Lab. “When you hear the negative and don’t have the agency, it can be depressing.”
In Beaufort, North Carolina, DeMattia creates . . .