Dear Campus Community,
We categorically condemn the recent incidences of violence and hate crimes against Asian Americans, many of which have been disgracefully targeted toward the elderly. There has been a dramatic escalation of these attacks in the last year, both across the country as well as here in North Carolina. We are committed to supporting the Asian American community and engaging the wider community through the work of Carolina’s Asian American Center and encourage you to access the resources and events that the center provides. Education and engagement are powerful forces in combating the stereotypes and bias that contribute to these attacks.
Sunday, February 28, 2021, 3-4:30 p.m.
Admission is free, open to the public and recommended for school grades 7 and up.
In honor of Black History, the Friday Center for Continuing Education proudly presents a live, online theatrical performance presented by acclaimed actor and playwright Mike Wiley. Crafted from the public record, his one-man, multiple character performance of Dar He offers a transfixing dramatization of the historic interviews and events surrounding the lynching and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth travelled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and Southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand. It was a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman. This riveting play chronicles the murder, trial and unbelievable confession of the m
The arts can help us better understand systems of oppression and their impacts, challenge white supremacy, foster dialogue around race and racism, and advance racial equity. The third in the R3 series,
“ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle Racism,
” will highlight work by UNC scholars and current and former graduate students to do just that through a variety of artistic genres, including performance, storytelling, music, painting, and photography. We are also honored to include a spoken word performance by Chapel Hill’s inaugural Poet Laureate, CJ Suitt.
Moderator:
Travis Albritton, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Social Work.