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Jan 25

#FD200 Kickoff Celebration, Thurs, Jan 25 at 7:00 pm

pc: Blake Chamberlain ©2013

Come help us kick-off a community-wide celebration of the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass with an evening of art and song. Visionary artist Tarish Pipkins, aka Jeghetto, will unveil his newest creation, a Frederick Douglass puppet and multimedia performance. Acclaimed gospel singer and scholar Mary D. Williams will celebrate Douglass by singing the story of the African-American experience–from slavery to abolition and beyond. This event launches a local series of commemorative programs to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Douglass’s birth.

This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Orange County, the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the Chapel Hill Public Library, and the Chapel Hill chapter of the NAACP.

Feb 24

Co-sponsored: Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town

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This oral history-based performance examines the history of a North Carolina aluminum town–or, really, two towns: Badin and West Badin. In addition to the personal losses experienced by the residents of these towns, the play reveals how discriminatory practices of pollution and toxic waste disposal produced disparate health outcomes for the residents of these primarily white and primarily black southern towns. We salute the courageous and compelling work of our 2016-17 McColl Fellow, Pavithra Vasudevan, as well as the community participants who had the courage to share their stories. Shows on Friday at 8:00 pm, Saturday at 8:00 pm, and Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Sep 3

CSAS Welcomes 2015-16 Work-Study Students!

WorkStudy1516Please help us welcome our latest additions to the CSAS team. From left to right, they are Tanner Glenn, a sophomore majoring in Political Science; Katie Yelton, a senior majoring in American Studies with a minor in Women’s Studies; Cassidy Hampton,Jernigan a first-year planning to major in Mathematical Decision Sciences; and Karen Ortiz, a junior majoring in Psychology and Neuroscience. Molly Jernigan (right) is a senior majoring in Global Studies, with minors in French and History. We are happy to have these fantastic folks at the Love House and Hutchins Forum!

Apr 15

Dr. Mindi Spencer on “Southern Discomfort,” Wed, April 15 at 4:30 pm

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Feb 13

Tell About the South: Chuck Reece, Fri, Feb 13 at 12:30 pm

Chuck ReeceJoin us at the Center for a lunchtime discussion with Chuck Reece. Together with three partners, Reece launched The Bitter Southerner, a weekly web magazine, in 2013 to tell the stories of a new(er) South. The editors have built a tremendous community around the magazine and its social media outlets, bringing together tens of thousands of readers and followers around the world. The Bitter Southerner‘s new approach to media has garnered the praise of many, including widely known journalists such as NPR’s Michelle Norris. The publication envisions “a South whose people are known for their creation, innovation, and forward thinking as much as they are known for their grace, hospitality, and conviviality.”

In his earlier life, Reece served as communications director to former Georgia Governor Zell Miller before moving into the world of corporate communications, serving as manager of global internal communications for The Coca-Cola Company. Reece returned to journalism because he believes that “the voices of the South’s smartest and most creative people are heard too faintly these days, and are too often discounted because of stereotypes in the dominant national media. Our goal is to raise those voices and, by so doing, to contribute to raising the fortunes of a changing South and its people.”

This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Patrick Horn at pathorn@unc.edu.

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