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Imagining UNC’s Future – Reckoning with the Past

December 22, 2020

Public art is a vehicle for reckoning and change, a way to imagine healing, establish a common vision and build community. In 2018, the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC established a movement to create public art that imagines a shared future. The first phase of our collective effort is “Reckoning with Silent Sam.” Our vision is a safe, equitable and inclusive UNC campus in a region that is actively reckoning with the American South’s truths and paradoxes. As faculty, staff, and students advocated for the removal of UNC’s Confederate Monument (“Silent Sam”), they offered an opportunity to bring creativity to the forefront of our discussion as we address these questions.

James Cates – Remembering and Reckoning

November 20, 2020

There are members of the Chapel Hill community who know the story of James Cates, a 22-year-old man who was murdered on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. As part of a collective, Cates’ family members, community leaders, UNC and Duke University … Read more