Parallel Journeys: Parallel Journeys: WWII and the Holocaust will be on display in Karpen Lobby at UNC Asheville from March 4 – March 31 with an opening reception on March 6 at 5:30 followed by a keynote address given by Dr. Walter Ziffer at 7:00 in Alumni Hall.
Me 2 We: On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Me2We students led the march to City County Plaza and then on to the YMI Cultural Center where students participated in student led sessions on academic success and leadership development.
Digital Slave Deeds: In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on Sept 22, 1862, the Center for Diversity Education has worked with the Buncombe County Register of Deeds who now hosts the Slave Deeds on line in a digital format.
Lincoln: UNC Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education hosted 1,500 students for tours (pictured: North Buncombe Middle School) of the nationally traveling Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War at Ramsey Library with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Library Association.
ASCORE: In 1960-65 the members of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality (ASCORE) were high school students at Stephens Lee and Allen High School when they desegregated Asheville businesses and institutions. 50 years later Chancellor Anne Ponder lauded their courage and vision at a reception at the Pisgah House.
Seasons of Gratitude: Each year Road Show programs take artifacts to schools throughout WNC to teach about cultures around the world and right here in WNC. Currently, the interns of the Center for Diversity Education are touring for Festivals of Light in December and getting ready for Good Fortune: The New Year in Asia in February.
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