Elevate is here to do exactly what it says — to give a platform to those whose voices are often silenced. This is a page to celebrate and uplift the underrepresented communities that make up Chapel Hill, who contribute to our culture and daily lives in ways that are often not reported. Elevate adds depth to stories across campus, the town and Orange County.
The page is in part put together and reported by members of the Sharif Durhams Leadership Program, a talent and leadership development course for DTH students from underrepresented groups. Elevate accepts pitches throughout the year for op-eds and letters from members of different groups in our community. Please send submissions to elevate@dailytarheel.com.
“CJ’s poetry has always been profoundly beautiful, and all I really ever really had to do was hand him a mic and get out of the way,” Suitt's 10th grade English teacher, Michael Irwin, said.
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“CJ’s poetry has always been profoundly beautiful, and all I really ever really had to do was hand him a mic and get out of the way,” Suitt's 10th grade English teacher, Michael Irwin, said.
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Juan Álamo was recently appointed as a distinguished term associate professor in Latin American studies at UNC. In his new role, he aims to approach the instrument he primarily plays, the marimba, from a more global perspective. "I love what I do," he said. "If I were to be born a hundred times again, I would be a musician.”
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“(Saathee is) not just a business,” Samir Shukla, the editor of Saathee, said. “It brings everyone together.” The magazine has highlighted South Asian community and culture for over two decades.
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As of now, abortions before fetal viability are legal in North Carolina. However, various other barriers — including the procedure’s cost, travel, childcare/lodging expenses and anti-choice legislation — have curbed abortion accessibility throughout the state.
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UNC alumna Saskia Staimpel was a Sean Douglas Leadership Fellow at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Her research has centered on the criminal justice system, Black activism and abolition.
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The Carolina Pride Alumni Network, Wilson Library and the Southern Oral History Program have partnered to create 'The Story of Us' – a digital archive to preserve the history of the University’s LGBTQ+ students and faculty. “I think there are direct benefits for current students both undergraduate and graduates who will, in the future, be able to access this archive, find themselves in it, find inspiration from it and hopefully see that they too fit in and they count at Carolina,” CPAN President Hogan Medlin said. “It’s incredibly important for any marginalized community, but in particular this community, given that our history has not yet been captured.”
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"The University must dedicate itself to creating a thoughtful work environment that honors and respects the time, expertise and resources of faculty of color. Here are some ways that UNC can better retain faculty members of color."
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Al Howard said the clothes his business sells are about stewardship, which he defined as "the rent we pay to take up space in this world.” “Growing up, I always noticed how clothing was a great way of expressing who you are,” the Durham entrepreneur said. “I remember going through donated clothes at a shelter trying to find something that would make me feel a little bit better about my situation.”
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North Carolina redshirt first-year Marisol Nugent is the first woman ever listed on an ACC varsity wrestling roster. Nugent, who has wrestled from a young age, transferred from Lehigh University and has high aspirations for herself and her sport. “I want to be a world champion,” she said.
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The Chapel-Hill Carrboro virtually celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day on Monday. The event featured prerecorded videos of the UNC Gospel Choir, an interview with Theodore M. Shaw and a poem by speaker Soteria Shepperson.
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"We have a lot more to work on before we can congratulate ourselves for continuing King’s legacy. We should rather ask how much actual progress has been made to sustain the achievements he helped make regarding racial equality and voting rights and pledge to continue his fight for economic equality that ended when his life was violently taken."
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On Jan. 5, Carrboro celebrated Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten's birthday. The celebration honored Cotten's influence on American folk and blues music.
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The UNC Southern Oral History Program interns and researchers examine activism, environmental justice, tenure for female and femme faculty of color and health care relationships in North Carolina.
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With an increase in students moving in, many historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Carrboro are working to combat gentrification and the displacement of their long-time residents.
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Eric Garcia, a 2014 UNC graduate, a senior Washington correspondent at The Independent and a columnist for MSNBC, published "We're Not Broken" on Aug. 3. “I hope that through reading this book, that (autistic people at UNC) see that it's possible to live a good autistic life," he said.
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Corbett, who graduated from UNC with a doctorate in microbiology and immunology in 2014, is being honored alongside three other scientists, who researched how COVID-19 survives in order to make an effective vaccine possible.
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Here's a list of events UNC community members can participate in to honor the legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. next week.
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In December, the University announced it would rename two buildings on campus, for Henry Owl, the first American Indian student and student of color to attend UNC, and Hortense McClinton, the first Black faculty member at UNC. These renamings are part of an ongoing effort to address campus buildings with names tied to white supremacists. But some community members say it's only a step in a larger process.
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"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up and administrators sticking their heads in the sand, and the only decision being delegated to me is whether or not I risk my life to attend my classes. That’s a difficult decision to make."
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A large, red-lighted archway welcomed visitors this weekend at the front of Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, leading to a lantern-filled pathway. The festival, which concluded Sunday and returned this year after being canceled due to the pandemic, saw record attendance.
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