Human Rights Annual Impact Report 2024-25

Greensboro resident Turkesshia Moore (pictured) received the 2025 Everyday Champions of Civil Rights Award from the City’s Human Rights Commission. Department Deputy Director Maria Hicks-Few made the presentation as part of the HRC’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Breakfast at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons. The HRC first presented the honor in 2023 to City residents who have gone “above and beyond” to champion human rights and social justice. Winners are nominated through a citywide process and selected by the MLK Breakfast Planning Committee. Moore is the ninth City resident honored with the award. She owns Brain Power Academic Services, Everyday Champion of Civil Rights

which tutors kindergarten through eighth-grade students in all subjects and offers induction support for new teachers. Her company provides low-cost and free tutoring services, which demonstrates her dedication to equitable education access. The former classroom teacher also has extensive volunteer experience with children and young adults.

Morningside Awards

The City of Greensboro’s Human Rights Department honored five members of the James B. Dudley High School Class of 2025 with the annual Morningside Award in June. Gabrielle Brown, Misa Brumby, Brinity Horton, Jordan Johnson, and Gabrielle Taylor were honored in the prize’s fourth year. The annual awards remember the five lives lost in a mass shooting at a 1979 anti-Ku Klux Klan protest in the City’s Morningside Homes community. They recognize five graduating Dudley seniors for their commitment to social justice and equality. Each recipient received $1,979 to support their future academic, employment, or entrepreneurial goals.