"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."
Two UNC professors presented a roadmap for racial equity that has been in development for over a year at Monday's Faculty Executive meeting. The roadmap calls for sustained actions over the course of three years, including renaming campus buildings in an inclusive process, establishing faculty advisory groups on racial equity and holding an annual UNC Board of Trustees meeting with Black and Indigenous faculty, and faculty of color.
In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to incoming senior class president Chris Suggs; incoming Black Student Movement president Tamiya Troy; Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach committee co-chairpersons Chaz Crosby and Maya Logan; and Interim Chief Diversity Officer Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, to better understand what impact the movement, against police brutality and for racial equity, will have on the upcoming semester.
After the Orange County Schools Board of Education had its first joint meeting with the Equity Task Force, Orange County Schools are now finding ways to combat the racial achievement gap.
The Diversity in Science Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly event hosted by the University Libraries to discuss diversity and inclusion in science.
A new documentary hopes to ignite change by shedding light on CHCCS and how since integration, racial disparities have taken shape and continue to persist.
In a conversation with senior writer Amena Saad, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP President Anna Richards discusses the most rewarding and challenging parts of her job, as well as the future of the chapter.
The Hispanic and Asian populations grew one percent and 10 percent in Chapel Hill, respectively. The increase brings with it new efforts by the Town of Chapel Hill to help immigrants to feel more involved in the local community.
Bars, like the Pinhook in Durham, have been safe places to discuss and share for the LGBTQ+ community.
Chapel Hill has scored its highest score ever in the LGBTQ+ Equality Index, but due to limitations from HB2, it cannot meet all the needs it wants to.
“Look across the campus. We are in national news for diversity issues. That’s not good."
Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor G. Rumay Alexander will be resigning at the end of this academic year, continuing a turnover trend of UNC officials.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, read the stories of four influential women entrepreneurs in the Chapel Hill and Durham communities. From furniture to boba tea, art to African cuisine, these women are running the local business scene. And with women entrepreneurs in the U.S. having increased by 114 percent in the last 20 years, totaling about 40 percent of businesses overall, it's no big surprise.
Genevieve Lowry Cole became the first Native American woman to graduate UNC in 1954. More than 60 years later, she works with current students to help them achieve their goals, as well.
Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz has signed the "I Act On" diversity pledge of the CEO Action coalition, committing himself, as well as all of UNC, to increase awareness of unconscious biases.
A response by UNC to the group suing the University for the affirmative action case about their admission practices is underway.
Are better mental health resources important to you? Or are you interested in technology? This UNC graduate student is creating a new app, targeted toward African American young adults.
UNC’s Asian American Student Association is supporting the University’s race-conscious admissions process in a lawsuit against Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit that wants to get rid of admission policies that take race into account.
UNC professors use their passions to advocate for social justice, build diverse theater communities and tell stories of underrepresented groups.
Embody Carolina hosted a diverse panel discussion to help elevate the prevalence of identity in eating disorders.
