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Faculty and community members spoke of the legacy of grief and terror spawned by ongoing racial inequity and violence. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ must address its past and accelerate change for justice and equality, they said.

A series of events coordinated by the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education will celebrate Black History Month at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and author of "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity," spoke to the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community virtually about his most recent book.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, which offers summer internships to undergraduates across the nation.

The local minister formed a community partnership with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lauren Guilmette and the Alamance Resiliency Coalition to provide resources to help the older populations of East Burlington during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DEEP is the Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education’s (CREDE) signature program for social justice. We provide spaces for the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community to learn about, reflect on, and apply concepts of social justice with a foundation in racial equity. Together, we hope to achieve a greater understanding of identities, power, and their relation to systemic inequities.

Professor of Religious Studies Toddie Peters is among the fellows participating in the Auburn/CrossCurrents annual summer research colloquium which this year is focused on reproductive justice. 

Louisa Sholar '20, an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Honors Fellow, was one of three recipients of the 2019 Portz Interdisciplinary Fellowship to support research for her honors thesis. 

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Lindsey Jordan’s research focuses on an alternative leadership model in eliminating poverty.

Lindsey Jordan ’19, and Honors Fellow, is among the recipients of the Lumen Prize, which provides selected students with a scholarship and celebrates their academic and creative accomplishments.