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.
"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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"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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Franklin Street has had its fair share of business turnover. Here's a look at five new restaurants that have recently opened.
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The Student Affairs building, formerly known as the Carr Building, will carry the namesake of Henry Owl, the first American Indian student and person of color to attend UNC. Hortense McClinton will also be honored with her name on the former Aycock Residence Hall. McClinton was the first Black professor at UNC.
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UNC’s Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative is working with underserved communities in Orange County through a project called Communities on the Move. “A lot of the research we do is not us coming in and doing studies that we are interested in,” FFORC Community Outreach Field Coordinator and Orange County resident Judit Alvarado said. “It is more about learning what communities need. We focus on trying to find ways to align our research with our communities’ needs and desires.”
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While the number of faculty members of color at UNC has increased gradually in the past decade, many prominent members are choosing to leave the University. “We’re hemorrhaging faculty of color,” Dr. Keisha Gibson, vice chairperson of diversity and inclusion for the department of medicine, said. “This institution — we are absolutely hemorrhaging them.”
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The Commission met Monday to discuss a new ad-hoc committee to review naming removals, progress with the University's land acknowledgement and the Unsung Founder's Memorial webinar series.
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“A pardon of innocence is a formal recognition that the person is actually innocent and therefore their conviction and their incarceration was wrongful," Theresa Newman, one of Sharpe’s lawyers, said. "That has a very profound effect on the person who receives it, and it had a very, very profound effect on Mr. Sharpe.”
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“We want to increase the exposure of the Cherokee language to the general public, so people can get to know this language,” Shiyue Zhang, one of the developers of the program, said.
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Justin Hadad will pursue a Master of Philosophy in economics at the University of Oxford, where he hopes to continue studying market design. He is the second of three UNC students and alumni to join the Rhodes scholars class of 2022.
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“It’s been the first showcase we’ve had since COVID,” said Evynn Richardson, who is a first-year and member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and Nansemond Nation. "And not having one for the past two years, I’m just excited for everyone to showcase what they’ve worked on and what’s important to them pertaining to their indigeneity.”
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"For all of the positivity surrounding Friendsgiving, the celebration still revolves around the most controversial American tradition: Thanksgiving."
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Friends, family and advocates for Cates shared his story and discussed ongoing efforts to memorialize him at the remembrance event. "James was more than just a neighbor, he was a best friend,” Robert Campbell, a local minister and childhood friend of Cates', said. “He was a visionary and I just try to imagine, what would he have accomplished if he was still alive today?”
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Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken, a Triangle-founded biscuit and donut chain, is opening its first Chapel Hill location in March.
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"The story of Cates is more than a hate crime. It is about the complicity of so many local institutions based in white supremacy — institutions whose difficult history we still have not reconciled today."
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UNC's First Nations Graduate Circle hosted a rally in The Gift on Wednesday, encouraging all students and staff to learn about UNC’s prospective land acknowledgment. “This was built on stolen lands from brown people, and built on the backs of enslaved Black people,” said Lydia Ruth Mansfield, historian for the Carolina Indian Circle and member of the Lumbee tribe. “It is so important that we acknowledge that history and not shy away from it.”
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"It’s a privilege to even have the opportunity to have these issues explained rather than learning as you go as someone who lives with the consequences of not being an able-bodied, cishet, rich white man in this country."
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"We will continue to use our voices as student journalists to call upon the University to be more accountable to students — not to their public image. We commend and support The Daily Gamecock in this struggle towards more equitable and fair university leadership."
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Kellen Hoxworth, a professor at Florida State University, led a discussion at UNC called “Dave Carson’s Brownface Empire” on Monday to discuss the performances of Dave Carson, a comedian who built his career upon stereotypical depictions of South Asian men and women during British colonial rule of India.
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu — along with community panelists — discussed his documentary “The Problem with Apu" and harmful media stereotypes of South Asian Americans at an event in the Great Hall on Monday.
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