TAYLOR KNOPF | NC HEALTH NEWS
Founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network Cherene Caraco is flanked by peer support specialists and local law enforcement officials, including Mecklenburg Sheriff Gary McFadden, at the 2022 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mental health agency’s peer-run respite in Charlotte.
In early September, video of a man stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on a light rail car in Charlotte shocked the country. People from across the political spectrum demanded answers: How does a horrific, unprovoked attack occur between two strangers? What needs to change so something like it doesn’t happen again?…