2021 Piedmont Laureate aims to increase representation in children's literature
By Macon Porterfield | Feb. 23"After 17 years as a writer, Lyons has published over 15 children’s books with people of color serving main character roles."
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"After 17 years as a writer, Lyons has published over 15 children’s books with people of color serving main character roles."
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The Carolina Indian Circle wrote a petition and launched a social media campaign, calling for Indigenous Peoples Day to be recognized as a University holiday.
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The committee focused primarily on its goals related to the Roadmap for Racial Equity and advocating for campus centers in the meeting on Tuesday.
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UNC faculty said they have considered leaving the University for peer institutions due to a lack of leadership opportunities and a toxic environment for faculty who are people of color. “The work that we do is not valued as much as work that other faculty do,” Jennifer Ho said. Jennifer Ho was the associate director of the UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities — until she left in June 2019. “A lot of us were going to leave at a certain point because one, we couldn't get leadership positions, and two, who would want to stay in this climate?” Sharon Holland, chairperson of the Department of American Studies and Townsend Ludington distinguished professor, said.
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The N.C. Supreme Court ruled that Marcus Robinson, who was resentenced to death after the Racial Justice Act was repealed in 2013, could not be executed due to double jeopardy.
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Angelica Edwards and Julian Berger spent their summer establishing a new chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists — UNC-Chapel Hill NAHJ.
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College students and Chapel Hill natives reflect on summer protests, organizing the community during a pandemic and what's next for activism in Chapel Hill.
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“This podcast is really something that can promote inclusion in schools,” Phoenix Tudryn, a Carrboro High School senior, said. “If Black and brown student voices are being heard, then schools can cultivate an environment where Black and brown students are comfortable.”
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As Black Lives Matter protests renewed national conversations about race over the summer, Black artists at UNC were trying to think about how they could use their respective mediums to process their emotions and send a message. Here are some of their stories.
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As protests for racial justice grew around the country, these designers pledged to donate all revenue from their new designs to various local and national charities, ranging from the NAACP to the Know Your Rights Camp.
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The Commission on Campus Equality and Student Equity's resolution calls for full remote instruction and limitations on the number of students living on campus. The resolution came in response to the concerns students and Chapel Hill residents have expressed regarding UNC's reopening plans. “The only way we can make sure that everyone is safe, and everyone has access to an equitable education experience, is by offering all courses virtually and de-densifiying our dorms,” said Chairperson Lamar Richards.
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During the Faculty Executive Committee's first official meeting for the 2020-21 school year, administrators and community members discussed important updates for fall reopening, including COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, UNC athletics and diversity and equity initiatives.
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The UNC Board of Governors Racial Equity Task Force met for the first time Thursday to outline the group's mission and the work it plans to do over the next several months. The task force will focus on three key areas: equity in student recruitment, enrollment and success outcomes, recruiting and retaining "diverse and equity minded practitioners and leaders" and creating safe and inclusive campuses.
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A UNC sociology professor is under fire for the use of role-playing pedagogy in his classroom after a student went public with allegations that he created an unsafe learning environment for students of color within his Social and Economic Justice class last semester. The student also said she felt her issues with the class were at times “blatantly ignored and unaddressed” and that the professor didn’t initiate conversations regarding her and other students’ concerns about how the class addressed issues of race.
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"We need to do better, and as a student newspaper that claims to train the next generation of journalists, that change has to start with us. So, we’re changing our social media and conflict of interest policies to remove barriers that prevented our staffers from expressing themselves, as a recognition that our identities can enrich our reporting."
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It's been a rough year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro businesses. Vote for the best of the best to win a Carolina's Finest award.
