by Admin | Sep 19, 2022 | NEWS
Shenekia Weeks was hired in June 2021 as the Town of Chapel Hill’s first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer. The Town of Chapel Hill’s Diversity Officer collaborates with local leadership to direct, programs and activities designed to celebrate Chapel...
by Admin | Sep 15, 2022 | NEWS
Today marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15), an acknowledgment that began as a week, and later expanded to an entire month, to coordinate with the independence anniversaries of different Latin American countries. For over...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2022 | NEWS
By Laurie Paolicelli “My life’s creative challenge is wielding the tension between powerful narrative and compelling data to center Black intellectual lives as craft and method. Radically better metaphors for a radically better public life.” —UNC Professor, Dr....
by Admin | Sep 13, 2022 | NEWS
Diaspora Film Festival Kickoff: Thursday, September 29, 2022, 6:00 PM at the Varsity Theater, 123 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Alum, Resita Cox’s acclaimed documentary, FREEDOM HILL, spotlights the oldest town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved...
by Admin | Sep 13, 2022 | NEWS
JOY. STRUGGLE. THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES. New York in the summer of 1930. The hopeful notes of the Harlem Renaissance haven’t rung true for Angel, a failed Cotton Club singer, and her group of friends. Could their fortunes change at the hands of a handsome...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2022 | NEWS
Black Business Month is celebrated in August — it’s a time to acknowledge and appreciate black-owned businesses across the nation and all that they represent in the country’s continual striving for diversity and equality. Denise Moore, CEO of the Black Business...
