The RESB Caucus is open to staff, students, administrators, and faculty of UNC Charlotte who have attended the 2-day Phase 1 Racial Equity Workshop.
RESB purpose:
Create community and provide healing/support
Study and strategize within the context of the...
The Department of Special Education and Child Development established a department-level DEI committee this year which meets monthly to plan for our department's strategic plan goals and objectives.
Carver College was a 2 year junior college for African Americans in Charlotte. NC that was the sister school of Charlotte College. After integration was enforced. Carver merged with a local industrial school which later became Central Piedmont Community College....
Charlotte Teachers Institute is committed to racial equity. Through its mission to strengthen teaching and learning in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, CTI is focused on racial equity in three primary ways: (1) offering content-rich, effective professional development...
I added a section to Scene Design I that focuses on African American centered play – "Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege." Students were required to use one of the short plays for their scene design final project. We engaged in course...
I created a new course, Disability Theatre, that focuses the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities as they try to become fully engaged in the discipline of theatre. Goals include: students will investigate how those with disabilities are portrayed in...
A doctoral dissertation and lecture recital featuring highlight's from Zitkála-Šá's 'The Sun Dance Opera'. Premiered in 1913, the opera is a musical depiction of the sacred Sun Dance ritual that was outlawed at the time by the US government. A writer, musician,...
We have four primary goals for undertaking this study. 1) We hope to understand the distinct experiences of Black students at UNC Charlotte, specifically regarding their perceptions of Atkins Library’s spaces, services, and resources. 2) We intend to recommend...
