(W)omxn of Worth returns to UNC with in-person spring conference
By Layna Hong | Apr. 5, 2022The conference, based on the theme “Make Room for More," aimed to equip participants with the tools for academic and professional success.
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The conference, based on the theme “Make Room for More," aimed to equip participants with the tools for academic and professional success.
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The conference, based on the theme “Make Room for More," aimed to equip participants with the tools for academic and professional success.
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"One freshman told us that she, for her it feels like she doesn't miss home as much because of the club, because it feels like home," Nasiha Rizwan, president of the new Tamil Student Organization at UNC, said. "So that's kind of like what we wanted to create for students."
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MSA's lantern lighting event in the Pit on April 1 celebrated the beginning of the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar that marks a period of fasting, reflection and community.
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Prior to serving as executive director, Kaylie worked for two years on the Extraordinary Ventures board and has experience working for other nonprofit organizations.
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The report, “Promoting Black Homeownership,'' presented findings on racial inequities in homeownership, recognized the racial wealth gap and offered policy solutions.
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"Black women are faced with structural racism, discrimination and sexism in a health care system not designed to support them."
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Based on the Color of Drinking study conducted in 2017 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UNC researchers are conducting a similar study focusing on the impacts of University alcohol culture on students of color and LGBTQ+ students.
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On March 3, the University announced the official launch of the CCR, which connects students to Resilience Coaches who are trained to help students experiencing identity-based issues.
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"Though the feature has the potential to change the everyday practices of granting credit, it's just a start to challenging a general societal trend that has an appetite for Black content and culture, but only when it’s performed by white and white-passing people."
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UNC alumna Janora McDuffie will be the voice behind all the announcements at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday. Now living in Los Angeles, she has appeared in numerous television shows and has done voice acting for commercials, video games and other animations. “It’s been a beautiful process to be a part of watching the growth in her career and growth as a person,” McDuffie's wife, Leila Ryan, said.
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“The system wasn't designed to support us," Maya Jackson, the founder and executive director of MAAME, Inc., said. "It was not designed to heal us, educate us, sustain us." Her nonprofit focuses on providing doula services for mothers of color.
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Photographer Cornell Watson's "Tarred Healing" project is a reflection of Black history through places, people and systems in Chapel Hill and at the University. Twelve days after the display at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History was initially canceled, the center went back on the decision on March 1 — without consulting Watson — before canceling it for the final time the next day. “Who plans and schedules an exhibition without the artist?" Watson said. "No one, ever.”
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Commission Co-chairperson Jim Leloudis said they have started thinking through proposed language for the University's land acknowledgement.
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Erika H. James, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was selected to give the first lecture in the UNC Distinguished Lectureship on Racial Equity and Belonging on Monday. She spoke to attendees about addressing racial equality in higher education.
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Beyond the University, Griffith has been working to help increase representation in the field of marine science for years. "Our research and our expertise deserves to be heard," she said.
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Adams comes to the Compass Center after gaining experience in management, as well as reproductive and social justice. One of her top priorities for Compass Center is sustainable funding.
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LaSaundra Booth, a lecturer of music education at UNC, began playing the cello in the fourth grade and fell in love with it. She has since performed in a variety of symphonies and orchestras, and founded the Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra, a nonprofit organization that provides instruments and musical training to over 350 children across three counties. “If there’s one word I’m taking into 2022, it’s 'empower,'" Booth said of her work. "I want to empower the next generation of teacher leaders.”
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The UNC Committee on Community and Diversity discussed recent news, including Vice Chancellor of Research Terry Magnuson's plagiarism incident published in a report by the federal Office of Research Integrity, and the University's response to photographer Cornell Watson's "Tarred Healing" photo story.
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UNC School of Medicine’s Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion E. Nathan Thomas III and SmartUp program Manager Kellye Whitaker are the recipients of the 2022 MLK Unsung Hero Award.
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As the pandemic and associated staffing shortages have taken a toll on school districts across North Carolina, English language teachers have faced many unique challenges.
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