On Tuesday, the first forum for finalist candidates in UNC's search for the next vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer featured Cecil Howard. Howard discussed his goals if selected for the position in the forum, which was open to the campus community.
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There are over 60 establishments in Carrboro owned by people of color. These roundtable discussions are a way to determine essential resources and services for these local businesses.
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Members of the American Indian Center share how a lack of financial support from the University has impacted the center's ability to fulfill its purpose on campus — supporting American Indian students at UNC.
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As part of the campaign, NC CRED will create and maintain a website to provide information on confederate monuments in the state, work in coalitions to empower local communities to remove monuments through legislation and compile an accurate history of these monuments.
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Though violence against Asian Americans has risen particularly in major U.S. cities, community members say anti-Asian racism is not new — and that there is much work that needs to be done to address it.
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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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This Black History Month, students consider the erasure of Black history lessons in schools. “When I think about the way that African American history is cramped and restricted to a few figures and those figures, in turn, are often sanitized, they’re reduced to a few selected stories to represent their lives," UNC professor Glenn Hinson said.
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The Committee for Community and Diversity met Friday to hear faculty concerns about how student evaluations and the faculty nomination process might be altered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SFFA claims that UNC’s admissions policies violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, and are intentionally discriminatory against white and Asian American applicants.
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The best way to accurately cover our community is to have a staff that looks like our community. Unfortunately, the data proves that our newsroom does not.
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Students, faculty and staff discussed race and equity in the UNC System during a series of virtual town halls.
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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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