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VICTOR MACK RECEIVES NATIONAL GRANT TO SUPPORT NUTRITIONAL LITERACY PROJECT
Victor Mack, director of the Cato College of Education Office of Educational Outreach, received a 2022 Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant to establish the 100 Ways to Nutritional Literary program. https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/2022-08-17/mack-receives-national-gra…
Mental Wellness Event with Deona Frierson
Mental Wellness luncheon with Deona Frierson. Event
Annual Diversity Reception
The African and African American Faculty/Staff Caucus will be hosting the Annual Diversity Reception November 8, 2021. The reception will be held at the Hauser Alumni Pavilion, 8931 Cameron Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28262. Please RSVP by November 1, 2021.
Byron White recognized as one of Pride Magazine’s Best of the Best for 2021
Associate provost of Urban Research and Community Engagement, Byron White is recognized as one of Pride Magazine’s Best of the Best for 2021. Byron White recognized as one of Pride Magazine’s Best of the Best for 2021
University Remembers Lasting Legacy Of Mary Harper
Mary T. Harper, Ph.D., who played an important role in mentoring and teaching students at UNC Charlotte, developing African American studies at the University and in preserving the African American story in the Charlotte community, died on Oct. 1, 2020. University Remembers Lasting Legacy Of Mary Harper
GOVERNOR APPOINTS SOCIAL WORK PROFESSOR TO STATEWIDE TASK FORC
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed UNC Charlotte social work professor Sonyia Richardson, Ph.D., to a statewide task force on health inequities. The move comes as part of an executive order aimed at addressing the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color. https://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2020-07-16/governor-appoints-social-work-p…
Black Silence is my Weapon…Allow Me to Push!
In the midst of a pandemic resulting in disparate rates of death among Black and Brown people, African Americans are also dealing with the hefty weight of racism, murder by cops, and Amy Coopers of the world. Black Silence is my Weapon…Allow Me to Push!
On Behalf of My Sisters: A Self-Help Curriculum for White Women
Note: No one Black person can speak for all, but over the course of this week and the last three months, several years, decades, and centuries of constant death in the name of racist systems, institutions, and people, many of us have received numerous reachouts from friends in sympathy and asking how you might support. […]
Chancellor’s Statement On George Floyd
Like so many of you and others around the nation, I was heartbroken by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Monday night and the horrifying video of his final moments. The recent killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are further examples of the systemic racial injustice that continues to plague our country. Chancellor’s Statement […]
Promotions
ANNOUNCED Dr. Sonyia Richardson earned PhD and promoted to tenure-track assistant professor; transitioning out of BSW Program Director role.