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Office of Racial Equality & Social Unity

Taking action now to build a better future for communities of color

 

Everyone has a role to play in achieving racial equality and social unity. Corning’s Office of Racial Equality and Social Unity serves as leaders and collaborators in the places we call home, using our scale to develop partnerships that advance school diversity, healthcare access and economic growth – programs that deliver meaningful multi-generational benefits, particularly in communities of color. We do this through our three strategic initiatives that drive diversity in education systems, stimulate economic growth in under-resourced areas and promote healthcare advocacy, access and awareness. We also amplify issues of national concern when and where our voices make a difference.

 
 

ORESU in the News

 

Corning | Oct 2024

ORESU Partners with Local, National Nonprofits for North Carolina Pop-Up Clinic

For the second straight year,  Corning’s Office of Racial Equality and
Social Unity (ORESU), partnered with national nonprofit Remote Area Medical (RAM) and N.C.-based nonprofit Ripple Effects to host a two-day health clinic. In addition to general healthcare services, the clinic also provided free mammograms through a partnership with UNC Health Nash and local nonprofit, Beyond Pink.

Corning | July 2024

ORESU Awards 2024 Edge for Tomorrow Future Teachers Grant

Corning Incorporated has awarded its 2024 Edge for Tomorrow Future Teachers Grant to 19-year-old Andrea Loera Valdez, of Edgecombe County. The grant, a partnership with Edgecombe County Public Schools’ Scholar Teachers program, is sponsored by Corning’s Office of Racial Equality and Social Unity (ORESU).  Loera Valdez is the fourth recipient of the grant, which supports students from the ECPS Scholar Teacher program. 

WETM | Sep 2023

Corning, Corning Community College Scholarships Address Local Nursing Shortage

Corning Community College and Corning Incorporated teamed up this afternoon to award three nursing students the inaugural Mary Eliza Mahoney Nursing Education Scholarship. The two year scholarship was created to support students that have been underrepresented in health sciences and address the local nursing shortage. The scholarship includes all tuition and fees.

 
 

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