Race
This past Friday, April 24th, marked the last day of classes at UNC-Chapel Hill for 2014-2015, and while many students fulfilled the campus tradition of relaxing on the quad, others chose to reclaim and “occupy” the space as a hub for an open dialogue about the university’s racial tensions over the past year.
The event was organized by The Real Silent Sam, which is a coalition of student, faculty, and community activists working to contextualize the university’s physical landscape and institutional history.
Most notably, the coalition’s efforts to rename Saunders Hall in favor of Hurston Hall have caused a buzz of controversy throughout the community, making local, state, and national headlines.
Saunders Hall is named after William Saunders, a UNC trustee, confederate colonel in the Civil War and a chief organizer for the Ku Klux Klan.
The Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity would
like to announce its 16th Annual Conference, “Waking Up from the
American Dream: The Sober Reality of Class in America.” On Saturday, February
25th, 2012, academics, community activists, practitioners, and students will
come together at the UNC School of Law Rotunda to contribute to the
rejuvenation of a discussion of class and inequality. We hope to encourage a
heterodox approach grounded in the intersection of an honest exploration of
class and the realities of racial, feminist, ethnic, and queer identities and
the law. For more information and to register please visit our website, http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/crcge/conferences/2012/default.aspx.
Date:
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location:
UNC School of Law, Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
The public is invited to a community viewing and discussion of "A Class
Divided" to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, in the Council Chamber
of Chapel Hill Town Hall. Refreshments will be provided.
Organized by the Town of Chapel Hill's Justice in Action Committee, the
event is the first in a series of outreach events designed to engage
the community in frank conversations about race relations in Chapel
Hill.
Mayor Kevin Foy and Justice in Action Committee Chair André Wesson will
make welcoming remarks. Dr. Jan Boxill, director of the UNC Parr Center
for Ethics, will help facilitate the discussion following the viewing
of the documentary film.
"Class Divided" is an encore presentation of the classic documentary on
third-grade teacher Jane Elliott's "blue eyes-brown eyes" exercise,
originally conducted in the days following the assassination of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The film is designed to help engage
people in reflection and dialogue about the historical role of racism
in the United States, as well as the role of prejudice and stereotyping.
Date:
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 3:00pm
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