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Kim Gormley, a member of the organizing committee, assembles the hand-made canvases of the world map on the night before the conference. The canvases were used for attendees to place color-coded pins of the places they are from, the places they’ve been, the places they want to go and the places that inspire them.
A conference attendee places a pin on at the the hand-made canvases of a world map. The canvases were used for attendees to indicate the places they are from, the places they’ve been, the places they want to go and the places that inspire them. The canvases were made and painted by Kim Gormley, a member of the organizing committee.
TEDxUNC
TEDxUNC was held in the FedEx Global Education Center on Saturday, January 21. The conference was an independently organized event that featured several TEDTalks and cultural performances. Speakers included Kate Otto, Greg Van Kirk, Chancellor Holden Thorp, Victoria Hale, Alan Murray, Poetic Portraits of a Revolution, Joseph DeSimone, Dan Ariely, John McGowan and Shamila Kohestani.
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A cancer survivor cuts the ribbon to begin Relay. The event, which took place April 8-9, was held at Fetzer Field and Belk Track. 204 teams and 2,193 people participated.
The Lutheran Campus Ministry carries their team banner around the track during the start of the event.
Five-year-old Lexi Hogan visits her dad Brian in “jail” and gives him a kiss. Relay participants could lock up their friends and family in jail for $1. The prisoners then had to raise $2 to be set free.
Relay participants write the names of loved ones affected by cancer on a giant-sized luminary.
The closing speaker encouraged participants and ensured them that the world is getting closer to winning the fight against cancer.
Member’s of the Relay executive committee lead the last lap of Relay as they carry a sign bearing the total amount raised.
The Lizzy Ross Band played Friday evening. They were one of many musical and dance performances to visit Relay.
Freshman Fatima Domagtoy got a henna tattoo at one of the booths at Relay. Teams set up tables selling food, clothing, jewelry and other items to raise money for Relay for Life.
Freshman Tavaris Baxter, a member of the Kappa Kappa Psi team, paints freshman Jessica Powell’s nails at the team’s fundraising booth.
Whitney Kahn, a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Relay Team, plays with five-year-old Fiore “Ren” Stanford while locked in Relay’s prison.
Participants gather up the luminaries Friday night to protect them from the rain. The ceremony was moved inside to the Eddie Smith Field House.
A pair looks up at the memorial screen during the luminary ceremony. The annual luminary ceremony was moved inside because of the rain. People used electric candles and glow sticks during the ceremony.
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