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Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium

September 10, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Race, Racism and Racial Equity

The inaugural Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events that will bring together scholars and researchers from across campus to share their work with Carolina and the broader community. We will provide context on the state of race at UNC and in the U.S., advancing the work of the Chancellor’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward. R3 will also highlight the stellar and innovative work of our graduate researchers through virtual “lightning” sessions and poster presentations.

The first of the R3 series, “The Historical Exploitation of Black and Brown Bodies at UNC: Learning from the Past to Change the Present, will be held on Thursday, Sept. 10, 1:30–3 p.m.

“This symposium was initially meant to be an annual, stand-alone event. However, the collective thirst for information, discussion and examination of race, racism and racial equity has been so powerful that we have expanded this into a series,” said Gretchen C. Bellamy, Senior Director of Education, Operations and Initiatives in the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

R3 co-convener Allison De Marco, Equity Lead, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work and Advanced Research Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, added, “Our goal for the R3 symposium was always to feature the important research going on across campus addressing race and racial equity and to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration. We plan to continue this idea through a series of virtual events that will both highlight this work and help us all to understand our role in dismantling systems of oppression.”

Register: go.unc.edu/R3

Please note: the zoom platform only allows for 500 people to be in the room at one time. For those of you who cannot get into the zoom, you will be automatically re-routed to the YouTube live. The link to the YouTube live presentation is: https://youtu.be/JwV0aGFGvDU

Read more about the panelists here: Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium

Event contact:

Gretchen C. Bellamy

Senior Director, Education, Operations & Initiatives

University Office for Diversity & Inclusion

Information after the program:

More than 2,200 people tuned in Thursday, Sept. 10 for the 90-minute Race, Racism and Racial Equity (R3) online symposium, highlighting research by Carolina scholars on how people of color were historically exploited for the University’s benefit.

Panelists presented research on the University’s foundation on a legacy of slavery and exploitation, on land originally inhabited by indigenous people during the symposium, whose theme was “The Historical Exploitation of Black and Brown Bodies at UNC: Learning from the Past to Change the Present.”

The event was the first in a series of virtual R3 events, co-hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the Jordan Institute for Families and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UNC School of Social Work. “Action must be informed by the lived experiences of Black, indigenous and people of color, and we must tell those untold stories, these untold truths,” said Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, special adviser to the chancellor and provost for equity and inclusion and interim chief diversity officer.

Visit go.unc.edu/r3 for forthcoming announcements about the second event in the R3 series.

More about Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium from a news article on UNC’s The Well

Details

Date:
September 10, 2020
Time:
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Organizer

Gretchen Bellamy
Phone
919-843-6086
Email
diversity@unc.edu
View Organizer Website