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Meet SAGA: The Campus Y’s newest student-run committee
There are over 30 different student social justice organizations at the Campus Y dedicated to everything from public health to education to environmental justice. We would like to welcome our newest committee, the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), to the Y. SAGA began in 1974 as the Carolina Gay Association … Read more
Five Questions with the 2019-2020 Campus Y Co-Presidents
There was no such thing as the co-presidency when UNC’s original YMCA was established in 1860. It wasn’t until one hundred years later, when the YMCA merged with the YWCA, that the co-presidency was born. Initially, the roles were shared by one man and one woman to ensure equal representation … Read more
GEF blog: Currency legitimacy and social justice
The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social justice-oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Val Lucas, a rising junior majoring in Economics and Global Public Health. My summer drew me deep into the annals of currency legitimacy, email templates, and … Read more
GEF blog: Finding home in the people of Pader
The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Maggie Mae O’Daniel, a rising junior studying Pre-Nursing. This summer, she is working with the Northern Uganda Medical Mission (NUNEM) to collect information on the health … Read more
Campus Y sends off 2019-2020 Global Gap Year Fellows
On Saturday, July 20, the Campus Y’s newest cohort of Global Gap Year Fellows concluded their two-week Global Gap Year Institute with a presentation and celebration for family, friends, and the campus community. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz opened the ceremony by congratulating the fellows and emphasizing UNC’s commitment to producing local … Read more
Post-grad pep talk: Meet seven Campus Y alumni continuing to pursue justice through law
In 1963 the North Carolina State Legislature passed the Speaker Ban Law, which restricted free speech at public schools like UNC Chapel Hill. Two years later a group of student leaders, including Campus Y co-president Jim Medford, petitioned the Chancellor to allow two non-approved writers to lecture on campus. As … Read more
GEF blog: Greetings in Malawi
The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social-justice oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Emma Miner, a rising sophomore studying Health Policy & Management and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is spending six weeks in Malawi, helping to conduct research … Read more
GEF blog: Examining sustainability and systems on a French organic farm
The Global Engagement Fellowship (GEF) supports UNC Chapel Hill students conducting international social justice-oriented summer projects. The following blog was written by GEF recipient Val Lucas, a rising junior majoring in Economics and Global Public Health. Sitting in the backseat of a car driving Vignoux-sur-Barangeon, I see a field dotted … Read more
Phyta surfs new wave of entrepreneurship in Newsweek opinion
Emily Kian, one-third of Phyta – a 2018-2019 CUBE venture – published a piece in Newsweek documenting the team’s journey as young, female entrepreneurs. Learn more about Phyta’s early origins here and click below to read Kian’s full article. Three Female Entrepreneurs Built North Carolina’s First Seaweed Farm on a … Read more
Campus Y announces CUBE 5.0 cohort
Congratulations to the twelve new social ventures that have been selected for CUBE residency this year! Designed and managed in collaboration with Innovate Carolina and the Department of Public Policy, CUBE provides students with a year of seed funding, professional mentoring, and capacity building as they tackle complex social problems. … Read more