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UNC sophomore pre-nursing major Peyton Morris, president of Walk. Support. Glow. is pictured outside of South Building on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Guru Balamurugan
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Walk. Support. Glow. makes strides, brightens student mental health

By Keerthana Gotur | Feb. 8

Walk. Support. Glow. is a student-run nonprofit focused on mental health awareness and suicide prevention. On top of hosting biweekly meetings, the organization holds community outreach events to help educate the Chapel Hill community about mental health resources.  In early March, they will host “Stomp the Stigma” — an event and walk to continue their education on mental health awareness. 

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UNC sophomore and member of Earthtones, Kennedy Hall, is pictured with art she painted for the club on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in the Student Union. Olivia Paul
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Earthtones club celebrates student artists of color at UNC

By Keerthana Gotur | Jan. 9

Earthtones, a club comprised of students of color at UNC, aims to foster a space for community building and self-expression through art.  The art collective, which officially started last fall, hosts biweekly community meetings and “paint-and-sips,” during which members can meet to experiment with a new art form together.   “Earthtones has really helped me find people that are like me, that really like expressing themselves through art, connecting with each other in art, talking about it and using it to grow or to help ourselves or whatever it is that we use art to do,” Lokumo Eteni, a musician, said. 

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Dr. Joanne Wilson, a 1969 alumnus of UNC, reflects on her time at the University as a Black female during the Black Pioneers Dinner on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
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UNC's Black Pioneers reflect on decades of 'shared kinship'

By Keerthana Gotur | Oct. 4

Members of the Black Alumni Reunion met for dinner and conversation last Friday at their first full-scale, in-person event since 2019.  The dinner was one of numerous events that took place across a five-day-long celebration of Black alumni at UNC. Members in attendance included past and present Black students, including the Black Pioneers. The Pioneers are the first generation of Black students who attended UNC-Chapel Hill from 1952 through the class of 1972.

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President Rosa Elias and Vice President Michelle Jamanca of UNC SUIE pose for a portrait at Wilson Library on Sept. 12, 2022. Heather Diehl
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SUIE fosters immigrant advocacy on campus

By Keerthana Gotur | Sep. 13

SUIE was started in 2008 to raise campus awareness about different issues that prevent immigrants from enjoying basic human rights.                                                                     “When I came into UNC, I saw a predominantly white community — I didn't see a lot of diversity,” Rosa Elias, the president of SUIE, said. 

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