{"id":4845,"date":"2021-01-28T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:59:17","slug":"mandy-cohen-day-without-mandy-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2021\/01\/28\/mandy-cohen-day-without-mandy-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Cohen Day \u2026 without Mandy Cohen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Tuesday, Jan. 19, was \u201cSecretary Mandy Cohen Day\u201d in Durham. But Dr. Cohen, the North Carolina secretary of health and human services, didn\u2019t come to Durham, nor could she stand before the City Council as members honored her with a key to the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It marked the first time someone has received a key to the city without actually being in the city. Quite appropriately, Cohen was following her own COVID-19 safety directives to avoid indoor gatherings (the City Council meets by Zoom these days). That directive and many others from the state have surely saved countless lives, which has prompted considerable praise for Cohen\u2019s handling of the pandemic as North Carolina\u2019s top health official.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the meeting, Mayor Steve Schewel honored Cohen for her \u201cexceptional service to our city and its people.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are only able to present the key to you virtually tonight,\u201d Schewel said. \u201cWe do have a real key to give, but we\u2019re following your COVID-safe instructions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schewel said the key will be kept at City Hall along with the proclamation in \u201cbeautiful physical form.\u201d\u00a0 She&#8217;ll receive both once city officials determine it is safe to return to City Hall for mundane duties such as mailing packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the meeting, Schewel said he was sorry she could not attend. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would love to have shaken her hand. I would love for her to have actually heard a crowd of people rising and applauding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cohen, who took part in the meeting while sitting with her family by the stone fireplace of their Raleigh home, said she felt both lucky and saddened to have received the honor without leaving her front door.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to be in your own home and still be connected to everyone,\u201d she said in an interview with The 9th Street Journal. \u201cBut, we miss being in person, as everyone does. There\u2019s an intangible aspect there &#8230; we try to replace it, but it\u2019s never really the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cohen said she was grateful she could share the moment with her husband and young daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s been a hard year not just on me, but on all of our families, so it was nice to be able to include them in the moment and for them to hear how my work and our team\u2019s work has been impacting the state.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cohen\u2019s key recognizes her response to COVID-19, but she has other public health responsibilities. Since her appointment by Gov. Roy Cooper in 2017, Cohen has worked to combat substance abuse, raise mental health awareness and close the health care coverage gap. She has earned Harvard University\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health\u2019s Leadership in Public Health Practice Award and been named one of Modern Healthcare\u2019s Top 25 Women Leaders in Healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe is leading probably the most difficult, complex department that we have in state government,\u201d Cooper said during the meeting. \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful for her everyday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cohen said she is eager to visit the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe spend, as a family, a fair amount of time playing in Durham,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we look forward to being able to do that again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In photo above: The City Council honored Mandy Cohen, lower left, during its Zoom meeting on Jan. 19.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Tuesday, Jan. 19, was \u201cSecretary Mandy Cohen Day\u201d in Durham. 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