
Building Safer Communities Through Compassion and Action
Public safety isn’t just about numbers—it’s about trust. Carla explains her approach to safer neighborhoods: fully supporting law enforcement while expanding mental health partnerships and
Born and raised in Greensboro, Carla Franklin first left the city for college at Duke University. Post graduation, she ended up working as a programmer and then in the world of consulting. After getting married and living in New York for 12 years, Franklin and her husband moved back to Greensboro.
“I found that they couldn’t instruct him well, I had to pull him out. His private school was able to teach him. He’s actually reading, and doing math at a second grade level. He’s starting to talk. He is making progress he could never make in Guilford County Schools,” said Franklin, Executive Director of Mothers of Color for School Choice.
Over the last 25 years, the feminist movement entered a new era with the emergence of the internet and social media. Despite historic under-representation of women in technology, key advances in software development and mobile innovation have been, and continue to be driven by women.
I remember feeling stunned, then sick. Sitting at my desk at a New York City consulting firm in 2009, I had randomly Googled my name. The jarring result: a series of strange montages on YouTube—all containing snapshots of me, Internet, were shots from a beauty pageant and a few acting jobs I had held in the…

Public safety isn’t just about numbers—it’s about trust. Carla explains her approach to safer neighborhoods: fully supporting law enforcement while expanding mental health partnerships and

Greensboro is falling behind its peer cities in tech and economic development. This blog outlines Carla’s plan to create a Greensboro Tech Hub, support local

Greensboro is a city with potential—but also with pressing challenges. From rising crime rates to gaps in digital access, the solutions must go beyond tradition.

📍 Greensboro, NC I’m proud to share that today, I received the official endorsement of the Greensboro Police Officers Association (GPOA), representing approximately 560 officers