UNCG, N.C. A&T, and Guilford College team up to present a Juneteenth Celebration, with events on Zoom Friday, June 17, and in person on the morning of Monday, June 20, at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. The post A collaborative Juneteenth celebration, virtually and on campus appeared first on UNC Greensboro.
UNC Greensboro’s chapter of the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus (APIC) leaders reflect on their heritage in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The post Asian American & Pacific Islander Caucus: Forging Culture and Community appeared first on UNC Greensboro.
Qualified immunity, police violence and healing from trauma. Dr. Jocelyn Smith Lee discusses the long-lasting effects of police violence and gun violence in an interview with NPR.
Remembering George Floyd, Diversifying Campus Communities, and COVID-19 Responses. Chancellor Gilliam joins the In the Margins podcast to reflect on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death, the Black Lives Matter movement, DEI initiatives on college campuses, and higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asian American Faculty within the UNC System Raise Awareness. Dr. Anthony Chow discusses the newly launched Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus with WRAL News.
UNCG professors working on online support program to give families strategies to have conversations about race, ethnicity. Fox 8 interviews Dr. Stephanie Coard and Dr. Laura Gonzalez about their “One Talk at a Time” program.
The Burden of Being ‘On Point.’ The Atlantic highlights the work of UNCG’s Dr. Jocelyn Smith Lee in a recent article about Black boys and trauma.
MOAA Names Three New Board Members for the 2021-22 Year. Rob Knox, associate athletics director for strategic communications at UNCG, was recently named to the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association Board of Directors.
Piedmont Triad professor reflects on lessons learned from National Women’s Month. Dr. Cerise L. Glenn shares reflections of the importance of Black women’s experiences in recognition of Women’s History Month
We all know of the Greensboro Four, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis. But what about the civil rights activists who don’t end up in history books? A UNC Greensboro project seeks to tell the stories of these lesser-known civil rights heroes of the 1960s and 1970s. … Continued