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  • INDY’s Durham Primary Endorsements
  • Gene Dillard’s House of Mirrors
  • Two Exhibits Reflecting on Memory
  • Teachers Challenge GOP Legislators
  • CenterFest Returns in Durham

Good morning, readers.

With the start of early voting tomorrow, Durham voters have the option to maintain or make significant changes to the city council, with four of seven seats on the ballot. Whoever is elected will, over the next few years, make consequential decisions about the city’s future, and they’ll do so in an increasingly complex and fraught political climate. 

The choice of who those leaders will be is now before Durham voters. We at the INDY have spent the past several weeks thinking about these choices as well for our primary endorsements.

We considered which candidates had prior experience relevant to the role and who understood what the council can and cannot do, and what it is already doing. We looked for people who would come prepared to meetings, work well with other council members, and be diligent and receptive in their decisions.

We reached out to all 18 candidates and spoke to everyone who scheduled an interview with us. We talked to others knowledgeable about local government, reviewed voting records, watched candidate forums, and relied on nearly a decade of collective experience covering city council meetings ourselves. And we talked it through until we reached a consensus.

Here are the INDY’s endorsements (and one non-endorsement) for Durham mayor and city council Ward 1, 2, and 3 seats.

—Sarah W.

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Gene Dillard at home in Durham. Photo by Michael Kovnika.

Shine On

Gene Dillard, a former repairman, never expected his home to turn into a Durham destination—but after years of him sculpting it into a glittering mosaic sculpture, the house has become just that, Eva Flowe writes for INDY.

Left: An image of the "Potluck and Portraits" exhibit. Photo by jamaica Gilmer. Right: “Home is a feeling I carry” by huiyin zhou. Image courtesy of the artist.

Home Is Where the Art Is

Two exhibitions in Raleigh and Durham present powerful meditations on memory, Colony Little writes for INDY, asking us to reflect on our own familial journeys and how we continue to forge new bonds under the shelter of community. 

Lesson Plan

Fed up with insufficient pay and respect, educators are organizing to gain more representation in the General Assembly. The Assembly reports they’re starting by challenging Republican incumbents in primary elections.

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LOCAL: UNC system schools have issued reports showing their compliance with Trump’s executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion. WRAL reports on some of the programs and grants affected.

LOCAL: Federal cuts to Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programs are likely to hit the Durham Farmers Market and its vendors, The Duke Chronicle reports.

EDUCATION: Incidents of students being restrained in Wake County public schools are up by 38 percent, ABC11 reports. Administrators attribute the rise to better reporting.

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